It pays to be well connected.

My wife and I are out in Colorado visiting friends who moved out here from Richmond last summer. Our friend Jill is from Fort Collins, and her parents own a cabin in the Rockies near Winter Park. Today we’re skiing Winter Park and Mary Jane. Yesterday we made the two-hour drive to Steamboat Springs (the above pic was taken at around 10,000 feet at the top of Steamboat’s highest chair lift) to get a taste of their champagne powder and what one woman said was “North America’s best tree skiing.” Tomorrow could be Breckenridge. Who knows? The mountain world is our oyster!

If you ever get the chance, spend the extra cash and take a trip out here in winter. Better yet, do what we did and make friends with someone who lives out here. It’ll give you an excuse to keep coming back.

Feel free to comment with any suggestions you might have for towns to visit, mountains to ski and things to do out here. We could always use a tour guide for our trip through the Rockies.

Posted by Andy Thompson in • Outdoors • Skiing
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