Skiing in Aspen Snowams

This was our first day on the slopes. It was a glorious clear day with little wind and a reasonable temperature for 10,000 ft in the mountains. For our friends that know Snowmass, they have changed a number of things. The wood run lift is no more so getting to Elk Camp and Funnel is more difficult. They have added a six person chair that goes from the base to the top of Sam’s Knob. To get to Elk Camp you then have to “Trestle” over from Adams Avenue, a real pain although it does work. The new six passenger detachable quad has a midway stop to one can ski over to the coney glade lift for lower level skiing and another way to get to the Burn. They plan to have a gondola from the base to Elk Camp, which will become a ski school center but until that is in place it will be difficult to get to the eastern slopes.

This morning we took the new six pack detachable lift to Sam’s Knob (by the way, they have torn down the restaurant on Sam’s Knob but plan to replace it with a new facility) and then Adam’s avenue to the Burn lift. Up the lift and then to a beautiful ski down Sneaky’s, one of our favorite runs as it is on the edge with fantastic views of the mountains, then back to the burn lift and down Shear Bliss which had been groomed the night before. There was also snow last night so one enjoyed a groomed slop with 5 inches of new powder on top, Fantastic. Next we skied over to Funnel and up to Elk Camp for another run in the powder. Then we went over to Creekside on the Two Creeks portion of Snowmass for two more great runs. Now it was lunchtime with the usual tuna melt sandwiches at Gwyen’s where we met and had a very interesting talk with an emergency room doctor from Rhode Island. After lunch, we headed over to Sam’s Knob again with a run down the expert slope, Campground, which afforded some excellent views of three dog sled teams from Kolbrolnik. After another pass at the Burn with a glorious run down Sneaky’s we headed in to the Jacuzzi and a little wine and a discussion on Intelligent Design. The Jacuzzi is always a place to meet interesting people. Then it was off to the grocery (there is no thing such as “good deals” in Aspen) and then to the Stew Pot for some very tasty lamb stew. Hopefully, over night my muscles will not tie up and we can go at it again tomorrow.