All I can say is that it was an awesome experience. We went to a place called “Sol Vista Basin”. It is an off the beaten path ski resort that is about a 100 mile drive from Boulder. The funny thing is that the resort is only 30 miles from Boulder as the crow flies, but you can’t just drive through the mountains. My dad had a good idea to shorten the trip…he recommended getting a helicopter.
We almost didn’t go due to the road conditions. The news was saying that the area was to get between 12-24” inches of show the night before we were going to drive. We decided to give it a try and we didn’t really have any trouble…although, Kelley said she had her eyes closed for about 30 minutes, but maybe that kept us from having any trouble?
Some classmates of mine loaned us ski coats, pants, goggles, hats, gloves, etc. We got skis and poles at the resort. We even had a private ski instructor show us the ropes. We both loved it more than we imagined and stayed on the slopes from 9AM – 3PM.
An interesting thing was that almost all the workers were foreign…mostly from South America, Chile and Argentina. Our instructor, Uwe, was actually from Germany. He is a retired pasty chef and he used to own several pastry shops in California. Now he teaches skiing in the winter and is a tour guide for hikers in the summer. His father was killed as a German solder in WW2. Uwe learned to be a pastry chef because there weren’t any other jobs he could get after the war in Germany.
Not sure how often we’ll do this, but it was a great experience to have. Now all of my classmates won’t make fun of me when I tell them I have never skied.
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Yeah! I knew you'd love it. There's nothing like a brisk sunny day flying down the glistening slopes. Now you'll have to gear up and look for those deals on ebay!
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