USA 09/10 – Beaver Creek Day 8 – More great weather

We began our 8th day here at Beaver Creek slowly – although we woke up at a similar time, a Law & Order: SVU marathon caught our attention and slowed us down considerably. Ed got a little frustrated with our progress and hit the slopes without us, but we joined him just after 11am once the episode we were watching finished. The weather was perfect, but cold, yet again, and the endless blue sky was a good sight to see (although the snow level was gradually diminishing with all the nice weather). We headed towards the Centennial chair where we encountered the biggest crowds we had seen since last weekend – about 2 minutes waiting in the queue – but it was really insignificant in... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – Beaver Creek Day 7 – Let the sun shine!

Our seventh day here at Beaver Creek started at the “regular” skiing morning time – 8:15am. We had a relatively quick breakfast, but were slowed down considerably by the (ongoing) CSI marathon. Two episodes later and we were still inside. Ed had hit the slopes about 20 minutes earlier, and Pip and I did soon after. The weather was absolutely perfect outside – except for the fact that it had been -18C when we woke, and only slightly warmer as we took our first steps outdoors for the day. We took our normal route up the Centennial chair, but instead of our regular runs that we would start the day with, we decided to take a few new ones (after a quick warm-up run of... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – Beaver Creek Day 6 – Time for a rest

Day 6 (wow… day 6 already?!) here at Beaver Creek was our first “rest day” – no skiing involved. We woke up at a similar time as every other day so far (damn body clock), but stayed in bed for an extra hour or so while we tried to catch a few more Zzz’s. We had a relaxing breakfast, then started to get ready to head into Avon – a town about 5 minutes down the mountain from the Beaver Creek village. As Pip had washed her hair this morning, and it was -10C outside, we decided to wait until after it was dry before leaving. On previous days, we had had some trouble with the housekeeping department here at the Highlands, and just to... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – Beaver Creek Day 5 – Time for a change

Day 5 at Beaver Creek started at the same time as all days here so far, but today we woke to find overcast skies outside. We got ready, watched some TV, and hit the slopes once again, heading for similar runs as we had before. We explored a number of new runs and areas all while skiing our favourites again, but as we did the weather continued to deteriorate. We skied a run at the Larkspur area – the lift which had broken only minutes before we’d gone to get on yesterday – then decided to head in for lunch. We returned to the Spruce Saddle as we had done previously, but before we got there we encountered some wildlife – we had seen some... [Read More]