The Colorado Mountains were shining in their majestic splendor today. A
fast moving storm yesterday layed down a nice fresh blanket of powder,
which then gave way to a fantasicly clear night of star gazing. After
spending a wonderful day on the mountain telemark ski patrolling
yesterday, I knew that I Sunday would have to MUni down the mountain,so
I got myself pumped up for a MUni adventure down Highlands Ski Area.I
usually try to go for it 2 or 3 times every ski season, typically in
March. Neither my son nor daughter could go today, so I headed up the
lifts by myself. As usual, the looks from the skiing public were
priceless as I rode up to the chairlift and got on. The air temperature
was very mild, 27F/2.7C. The sky color was the classic deep Colorado
Blue, and there was just a hint of wind. Two chairlift rides up with a
off duty ski schooler friendof mine, and I was at 11,600'/3536 meters,
the top of the mountain. Actually, at Highlands you can hike to
Highland Peak 12,362'/3768 meters and ski down from there. A few
pictures from our ski patrol headquarters deck, and off I went down the
mountain. The run was absolutely incredible! The fresh powder from
Saturday made for a perfect top layer, with a firm base underneath. The
rush of controlled slides down the steep, not real steep, slopes was
cool. Pedal, pedal, then go neutral and slide, quite fun. I'd stop, and
of course a crowd of people would surround me, and it would be a Q & A
session for awhile. I was in no hurry to get down, so I'd stop and just
look around, and be so grateful of where I was and what I was doing.
One top to bottom run for me was enough, allot of pedalling going
downhill. Please PM me if you are interested in joining me in two
weeks, (I know Moab MMF weekend) or possibly three weeks as I will do
it again. It is something that I have worked out with the Mountain
Manager, so we need to go about it the right way. I want to be able to
do for years to come. I have attached a few photos, enjoy. 😄
Total vertical down 3800'/1158 meters
Length of run approx. 3 miles/4.8 kilometers
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