Wwll folks, Steamboat is awesome. What a great mountain and resort. Lots of varied terrain. Some great views, easy access to the Gondola from many of the lodges. Ok now the details you want. 7" of freshies fell the first night, this was on top of the 15" they received last week. So much of it in the trees was completely untouched so it is still as of Christmas up to our knees! Many spots were deeper. Much of the tourists this time of the year are from Dallas and Houston and many more from all over including back east. The good news is that on Sunday, it was snowing so hard most did not venture out. Christmas AM was slow as everyone was doing the Santa thing ut it was also -3 at the base so many more didn't go out. There is an inversion here so at the top is was about 10, by about 9AM it was already in the teens and the sun came out. It was an incredible Christmas morning. I am skiing/riding with a couple I met on our plane ride out. They both are boarders, the woman is an expert and lived in Steamboat for 8 years, SHe knows all the local stashes. IT is a real treat to watch an expert rider in the pow, its incredible. We are riding in the same areas where WM filmed sequences. Its all Aspen and logepole pines. All the trees are covered in powder so its really a true wonderland. We were skiing runs yesterday that were treed about 10' apart up to our knees, just floating along. I am using my skills taught by Gary; using the float (PMTS) and much of the Clendenden (SP) techniques on the steeper runs where you have to traverse and work the broken. I must say I am getting much better and can keep a good pace. We were also skiing Aspens a bit wider than shoulder width, it was incredible. I nver have skied like that before. Unbelieveable. You follow the runs down over by 1,2 & 3 O'Clock and ski all the trees in between., I can tell you that GARy and Micheal would be in their glory! I have pics I will post when I return along with the video from BC. PS- we are looking at a 2 bdrm, walk to the Gondola condo today........
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