May 13, 14, 2011, Vail CO and environs
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Down for a little "work". It was snowing at Denver airport Wed evening! The spring mud season at swanky resorts is a little curious. 90% of shops and restaurants closed. Heavy snow year with some coverage in "town". Anyhow, skinned up to one of the tops on Fri. the 13th, only interrupted by one or two service road crossings. Nice view of the back bowls and the north facing side of their second ridge out back. The 14th, driving back via Vail Pass, I went for a 3 hour tour up to Ptarmigan pass @ 11,800 feet. Summit county mountain rescue was doing some practice with snow cats, etc. PLENTY of coverage all the way and a few skiers enjoying snow machine-enabled yo-yo-ing. The terrain is so vast that there was plenty of room for everyone. Overall I was amazed by how much snow there was. A few pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koelle/
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