Category: Resort Skiing

Dual Sport Action in November

Posted by Frank – November 20, 2007

After Crested Butte’s opening day on the 17th, Brittany and I decided to mix it up the following day by both skiing [i]and[/i] biking. Now, I’ve skied and biked on the same day on many occasions, but always in the spring, and the biking always involved a trip down to Gunnison and its’ lower, drier environment. What I haven’t done is ski around Thanksgiving and then ride at around 11,000′ on Doctor’s Park, and have comfortable temps to boot. It turns out that Doctor’s park was in great shape, and offered up an entirely new experience for a ride I’ve done many, many times. With no traffic on Spring Creek road, no leaves on the aspens, and the sun low on the horizon, it was one Doctor’s park ride I won’t soon forget. That said, riding a bike in November is a sorry excuse for what we should be doing: skiing on more than one strip of manmade snow! For the time being, there isn’t much to do other than keep hoping that the winter of ’07/’08 will eventually start.

Brittany approaching the top:

Brittany on the trail:

And one of me a little lower…

Opening Day!!!!!! Nov 17, 2007

Posted by Frank – November 17, 2007

Yeah, that’s right, another season of lift-accessed skiing is upon us. Despite some good storms back in October, it has been very very dry throughout Colorado for weeks, not to mention warm. In fact, other ski areas in CO, such as Steamboat and Aspen, were not even able to open this weekend as scheduled. It wasn’t much, but the snowmakers here in Crested Butte were able to get a run open on time. Although it was 100% man-made, the slopes were actually in good shape. Must be the owners experience back in VT with man-made conditions. There were even a few boxes and rails set up for the jibbers, but that just seemed like a good way to get hurt early in the year. All in all it felt great to get back out there and start working on my form (and it’s surprising how quickly you can get tired and sore with so little opened!) Hopefully mother nature will be giving us all something to give thanks for next week.