POW DAY-OCT. 22nd-

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Matt and I got our first POW DAY of the season on the early date of October 21st. 15 inches at Loveland Pass. We planned on skiing A-Basin, but things changed when we saw the hour lift line and 15 inches of fresh on the pass. It was 15 dry cold inches straight to hard ground and rocks. I accepted the fact that we might have to sacrifice our skis for the early season turns, but Matt was none too happy.

Sunday, I toured Vail Pass with my old roommate Andrew(TEX). Vail Pass had 25 INCHES. I say toured because we didn't really ski that much, it was mainly a day for skins and interesting traverses. There was so much snow every line was in slow motion.

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Photos

Loveland Pass
The top was a zoo. You can see the pile up to looker's right of me.

Pile up
This is the most crowded I have ever seen Loveland Pass

A-Basin Lift Line
Powder in October brings all the goobers out.

Hichin'
Even though there were tons of people trying to hitch-hike up the pass Matt and I got rides pretty quickly.

Matt
So Much SNOWWWWWW!!!

Backflip
Getting back on my skis made me a little excited. On Main I threw a back and landed it...this one I was not so lucky.

Vail Pass
25 Dry Cold Inches

The artist formally known as TEX
Here's Andrew hiking up to the skin track on Vail Pass with a snow covered Copper Mountain in the background

Yeah
It was a slow motion day.

Vail
Check out the vintage Vail hat, it's the best $1.39 he ever spent.

Comments

[mom]

Looks like fun!
Dear Phil, Thanks for sharing your adventures. Looks like a lot of fun. . . and hard work. MOM