Colorado Ski Trip Day 2

Day #2 has come and gone.

We got a really late start today. Neither one of us slept very good last night. The bed is a queen sized regular mattress. At home we have a king sized tempurpedic. *sigh* There is no fan or anything, so the air (what little of it there is) is stagnant.

Once we ate breakfast, which was leftovers from the dinner we had last night, we went to officially check in to our condo and pick up my ski equipment. Me and ski boots don't really get along...at all. I've got sock problems, and shoe fitting problems and more general problems, but that's another story for another time...

We headed back to the condo to get dressed for the slopes after we got my equipment. We gathered all our gear and walked up the road the the Free Ride bus stop. Where we waited. And waited. And I thought that maybe the bus was never going to come, but it finally did. It dropped us off right at the bottom of Peak 9. There are 2 lifts there. You can see the trail map here. We rode the QuickSilver Super6 Chair lift.

This was the view from the top, which if you look at the trail map is not even close to the top.


There's a restaurant right when you get off the lift. They were putting everything away, but they have tables and chairs and such if you want to sit outside and rest.

This is a view looking up the mountain, higher where it's scary.


Anyway, so we went down the Lower Lehman, which is totally fine, except for this crazy steep one little part, on which I bit it. Then I was not having a good time. After a long while of trying to get my skis back on (the boots get compacted with snow, so then they won't snap into the binding) we continued down the run. Jon was practicing some fancy something or other, on which he bit it. Then I was having a better time.

This was right after lunch on our second time down the mountain. We found a better game plan (someone didn't think to consult a trail map before we began our adventure to the bottom) this time, one that cuts across the mountain more. We took Red Rover to Kings Way down to the bottom. You know, I want to be on a naming committee, that would be fun.
It was a much smoother ride. But since I'm not a skier, my legs were burning so bad I had to stop. I know, such a sissy, two runs and I'm done. That's right!

Yay! We are having a good time. There was a little meltdown on the first run down, but after lunch spirits were back up.

The second time down. Here's the proof people. I was doing it.


After our second run, I scored myself a picnic table while Jonathan did a run by himself. He rode the other life for Peak 9. The Beaver Run SuperChair. Holy cow it goes all the way to the top! I just now looked at that part of the map myself. He rode the Colombia trail down until it meets with the green Sundown trail near the bottom.


We gathered our belongings and rode the bus back to our condo. We showered and got ready to walk around downtown Breckenridge.

Where we were up to no good. Best hat ever.

Or maybe this one.


We ate at a French bakery. We had sandwiches, they were delicious. Jon had a strawberry tart for dessert, and I had a Nutella crepe. Amazing!


They have some cute shops here. We looked in quite a few of them. Some were already closed, so we'll have to get an earlier start some other day this week.


More skiing is planned for tomorrow. I think we're going to hit the same runs as today so I can get a little more comfortable. We're thinking of driving over to Keystone tomorrow night to see what's going on there. They have night skiing, and maybe later in the week we'll do some of that.


Jessica