So sad to see winter coming to an end, but that means warmer days are ahead and we can get the hiking shoes, mountain and road bikes, and Jeep ready for more mountain fun this summer! But first, there's closing weekends at Keystone (April 10th) and Vail (April 24th) to celebrate an end to one of the best seasons on record for snowfall totals. Keystone ended up with one of their top 5 seasons ever while Vail had a record season with over 500" of snow. We were both able to beat Kent's season goal of reaching 1,500,000 vertical feet of skiing this season -- Woo Hoo!!! Kent ended up with 1,765,000' while Dianna had 1,515,000' (Whew!). In addition, Kent was able to maintain the #8 position on Keystone's season leaderboard while Dianna held the #12 spot, so we are pretty proud of ourselves.
Dianna celebrates on closing weekend at Vail -- Woo Hoo!!!
Keystone held their First Annual Slush Cup on closing weekend - where skiers and boarders go down the hill and attempt to jump over and skim across the top of a VERY COLD pond without sinking before crossing the finish line.
What a riot to watch, as contestants were getting style points for their crashes as well. Needless to say, most of them didn't make it across the pond but everyone had fun. The costumes were almost as fun to see as the crashes! Here's a shark that never made it very far across the pond....
Butte fans rejoice - Evel Knievel was even there!
Chicken Man followed by a string of rubber ducklings never made it across the pond either....
With Keystone officially closed for the season, we moved on to Vail for the final two weekends there. Hey Dianna, I need to use the restroom. Oh, nevermind it's buried under 8' of snow.
No kidding, this was Two Elk Lodge atop Vail Mountain on closing weekend -- nobody was there! During peak season, you literally had to fight to find a spot to have lunch or an afternoon snack break.
Some of the themes for the different lifts are pretty cool at Vail. This one is an old barn that you enter to get off the chair lift.
Time for closing weekend at Vail - they had their pond all set up for their Slush Cup too.
A foot of fresh powder on closing day makes for some awesome conditions in a season we'll never forget:)
Bye Bye Vail, Beaver Creek, and Keystone until next winter:(
BUT WAIT, THERE'S STILL ARAPAHOE BASIN THAT IS SHOOTING FOR A JULY 4TH CLOSING DATE!!!!!!
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