Flattops March 14th, great time, not a lot of fresh snow but we found some great play areas and some good jumps. Sarah, Ratz and Todd. 70-80 miles depending on whose sled you were on.
Sarah carving
Todd (the strong man) moved a rock for us. Thanks, we appreciate it.
Other people were up at the trail head and this dog named "Tibet"
Last Week a little snowmobiling with Peaches and Anna and Sarah up on Red and White. We had a great time. Good snow, but we lost the Go Pro Head camera in the snow. Hopefully we find it this spring. No more head cam videos for awhile.
Taking a break. Anna's $500 snowmobile is stuck behind us. It was a good buy.
February 8, 2011
Lots of snow in Vail 40 inches in the last 7 days.
Chris's and Sarah's sleds ready to go Todd stuck way down a ravine
Oops
Can't see it, but it was on a big hill and it was ready to roll over him
Time for jumping
Powder
Another jump
Michale on the phazer
Heading out for day two from ELM
Another shot Michael, Todd and Sarah
Michael stuck up a ravine
Todd gets him out
Sarah jumping
Conville
Langer
Russ ! Having some tequila
Sludge
Chris, Michael and David
Conville's sled parked on a stump
David's sled parked on a hill Langer's sled parked on a hill Hmmmmm
David parks his sled into a hill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And just for fun, from February 1st, from Al Gore's Journal:
Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.
As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made glbal warming:
“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”
“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.” Link here Al Gore
That settles it. With colder winters a result of global warming, I say... BRING IT ON BABY !
Flattops March 14th, great time, not a lot of fresh snow but we found some great play areas and some good jumps. Sarah, Ratz and Todd. 70-80 miles depending on whose sled you were on.
Todd (the strong man) moved a rock for us. Thanks, we appreciate it.
Other people were up at the trail head and this dog named "Tibet"
Todd popping out of a tree, click for full size
Ratz and Sarah and a bag of granola
Ratz doing some jumping
Sarah at the base of Blair mountain
The cabin, you could almost drive on the roof
Yipee
A soft landing
More jumping
Talking about which jump to hit next
Todd goes off cornice
Another jump
Moyer jump
Sarah working on her biggest jumps yet
Another Sarah jump
And another Sarah jump
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