These pics were taken with a $10 digital camara and the quality shows. Sorry about that but I didn't want to take the good camara on the hill.
Was at Vail from Fri the 12th thru sunday the 15th. Didn't what to expect with the crowd on a holiday weekend but my worries were pushed away very quickly.
As you can see the crowd was non-existent. I did represent why I was there, just trying to spread the gospel.
The conditions were just as all the other reports have said about the west, the coverage was thin in areas, but we did get about 10' of freshies on Saturday with another 2' on Sunday. So we had good conditions with some pow over the weekend.
While I was waiting at the top of the Mountain Top Lift at
I saw these, twin fart bags, saw some bluejeans too, but the photo didn't turn out.
At Mid Vial and at the top was the only crowd I could find, heard that most were in the back bowls so I stayed away from there. Reports of 45 minute lift lines, not for me. This is the only lift I waited for about 5 minutes.
Here are some misc pics of the area, and the lack of crowd in most of the pics. The place was huge, no dodging people on the hill.
Base of Vista Bahn looking up the hill from Vail Village.
Another pic from the Village
More views of the overly crowded slopes.
The moutains and again, the amazing crowd on a holiday weekend.
Looking down the Avanti line, pretty much had that whole area to myself.
Couple of pics of the village.
It was a little fridged out on the hill this weekend. On Sunday the coldest temp I saw was -2. After riding the lift about 4 times and seeing this temp and freezing on the lift, I decided to call it a trip. It was 3pm and the wind was blowing at the top. I stopped at Mid Vail for one last warm up before a push to the bottom of the hill. Took a self photo of exactly what I was feeling when I came in.
It was another great western trip, if you've never been out west you don't know what you're missing. So get on a plane and get out there. Most of the people I met were from the east coast escaping the summer that we've been living through for most of this winter.
So now I'm all warmed up for THE CLOUDMONT summit.
