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Published: March 13th 2009
After Christmas, we headed out with a few of our friends to go snowboarding. The Sierra Nevadas are peaked high above the city of Granada, about 2 and 1/2 hours away from where we lived. Down in the city the air was chilly but there was no snow. Once we climbed up the mountain road we got stuck in a long line of traffic😞 When we were finally able to park, we then stood in the queue for our lift tickets. I had been here before and it wasn't nearly this crowded! Before we reached the ticket window, we heard an announcement that they were not selling anymore tickets that day due to the fact that there wasn't much snow and they were limiting the amount of people on the runs. Determined to still have fun in the cold, we bought tickets for the next morning and headed to get some beverages to warm our insides. Beer! Only on a mountain in a ski/snowboard environment do you find people bundled up, sitting at outside cafes, and drinking beer. The sun is so marvelous and brillliant at that height that, as long as the wind isn't blowing, it doesn't feel as cold
Sierra Nevada
the view of down the slopes (and of Jeff)as you would imagine. After eating and partaking in some drinks, we headed over to the skating rink. After a while of resurrecting our youth, we headed back to Granada. We wandered around town, making our own sort of midday pub crawl. Finally, the next morning we were able to hit the slopes. It didn't snow overnight, so there were only a minimal number of runs open, but it made for a great day!
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