Is it ever to cold to SKI???

Weather was -22 on the slopes yesterday and dropped to -30 overnight, currently -26 but the sun is trying to burn the cloud cover off. Looks like another great day on the slopes, wish you were here.
The extreme cold and snow with a bit of help from the good Lord create a beauty that is hard to explain.

Even when there is tons of snow there are lots of folks that had rather enjoy the lodge.

The sunrise reminds me of the old saying "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning" temps dropped to -30 last night.

Downtown Steamboat Springs is a storybook Western town with lots of old store fronts with western wear and restaurants where prices are high. Our plans are to go downtown to night and watch the opening of the Winter Carnival fireworks.

As if the skiers were not enough, you have to look out for all sorts of skiing challenges on the slopes. This week is the Winter Carnival so there are lots of visitors including cowboys in town, the parade is Sat so maybe we will have some nice shots.

This may be a picture of George enjoying the fresh powder---then again this may be how we wished we looked. Great thing about the harsh weather is there are no lift lines.

It was so cold yesterday that George was doing back flips. We were near frozen by the time we reached the top of the mountain, wind child -22 and colder. We did not know how cold we were until our toes and finger tips started thawing out. There was 13 inches of fresh powder so George and myself are using new never used before---thank goodness the condo has hot tubs and a sauna.

Thanks to
Larry Pierce for the photos