We awoke Sunday morning at 6 to get ready for our ski days. We headed out at 6:45 and stopped for gas, coffee, and breakfast burritos. Breakfast burritos are super popular at Colorado gas stations. The only complaint we have is because they are wrapped in foil and kept hot, the tortilla is very soggy by the time we eat it. We both agree that it should be pressed or even air fried before getting wrapped in foil!
We arrived at the parking lot and realized we were both BEAT from drinking the night before. A mutual decision was made to nap in the car before gearing up. An hour later we were refreshed and ready to go. It was a warm, sunny day, so we barely layered up before heading straight to Peak 7 for a few warm up runs. Our plan was Peak 6 and the Imperial Bowl. We took the lift over to Peak 6 and made the mistake of not gathering enough speed coming out of Intuition to get through the Barton Breezeway catwalk. What a drag. Bryn tried to get speed by using a dip on the side of the trail but couldn't pop back up to the trail afterwards. She ended up taking off her skis, tossing them up the snowbank onto the trail, and crawling up. Shawn took off his board and walked. We were sweaty and exhausted by the end. Our next few runs were better, as we avoided the catwalk completely.
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| Peak 6 Bowl |
The sun and snow were great! After many more runs and lunch on some Adirondack chairs in the sun, we took a trail back over to Peak 7, heading for the Horseshoe T-Bar that would bring us to the Imperial Chair. It was good timing, as we reached the Imperial Chair 15 minutes before it closed for the day. Our eventual goal was to tackle a run called Tom's Mom in between Peaks 8 and 9, so we skied the bowl all the way down to E Chair, which would take us to Tom's Mom. It was a great run!
As we ended the day, we decided to ski all the way down to the parking lot. The snow was wet and heavy by this time. Coupled with this run being dominated by beginners and children, it was slow going and a woman learning to ski cut both of us off, causing us to turn into each other. It's very fortunate we are skilled, otherwise that could have been a disaster! We headed to our hotel in Silverthorne to relax. Shawn put on the Bruins game and we scoped out dinner places. We settled on American Chinese, which also happened to be next to a Subway, and headed out to get dinner and the next day's lunch. After dinner, we played a scenario of Gloomhaven, which we thought would be our second to last. Turns out, we miscalculated! We have 2-3 more scenarios to go.
We took advantage of our shorter drive Monday morning to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast at the hotel. They had waffle makers! Bryn had made an appointment at Vail to demo Apex Ski Boot, a new-ish brand that sells a high end, double boa snowboard boot which clips into a ski boot chassis. It's an incredibly cool concept, because you can leave the ski boot part clipped into the bindings and walk around in comfortable boots during lunch and après. Truly revolutionary! The reviews for the boots are 1 or 5 stars, no in-between. They are extremely polarizing, which is why they offer a great demo experience to customers. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for Bryn. While she LOVED the non-skiing features, they were painful while skiing, which is where it really counts. One hard glade run left her almost crying in pain! It was a rough day. The sticky, warm snow and the uncomfortable boots made for a hard day of skiing. Bryn took an extra long lunch break to sit in the sun and sip the aptly named "Loose Boots" session IPA from Roadhouse Brewing while Shawn gave the Apex boots a try (just the snowboard boot part!). He liked the double boa and how stiff they are compared to his current boots.
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| Vail Back Bowls |
We ended our ski day drenched in sweat from the high heat and intense sun, and looking forward to a chill Hot Pot dinner in Denver with our friends. We went to Bronze Empire and had a fantastic meal! So delicious and filling. A bit ~hot~ considering the temperature outside, but comforting. Shawn was staying with these friends Monday and Tuesday night. Our friend was throwing his bachelor party in Cancun Wednesday-Sunday, and it made sense for Shawn to fly out with him from Denver.
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| Accidental sunburn |
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