What If I Flew To Crested Butte To Ski This Year ?

Our trip to Crested Butte flew across the arid west, so started out with the usual array of crop circles out the window

As soon as we got further west, however, our view changed to snow, snow, everywhere.

It wasn't just a light dusting, either. Everything seemed blanked with a pure and thick white. This could be pretty nice for a snow vacation.

Just goes on and on, white everywhere !

It was fun to see how much effort had to be made for humans to push through the snow, you could see every path that had to be cut through.

Yahoo, we are in Gunnison headed for the ski area in Crested Butte ! Alice and Tom are ready to roll !

Of course, Paula and I were just as ready.

The shuttle bus drive to the ski area was even prettier than the view from the air

We're here ! The view out our window was stunning, as expected. This is our second stay in Grande Lodge, the first being a couple years ago.

Yes, that is a couple guys standing on the roof, shoveling off the snow.

A bit closer shot, the slopes on the left side are some of the black runs that I hope to hit in the next few days.

The slope in the middle is the last run home to the main base. If you click on the image you can see the bigger image with the skiers coming home.

View from our bedroom looking into the living area. Very nice accomodations, not just a great view. We even have a little kitchenette, which is great because I plan to get way too tired to go out to dinner every night.