Colorado- Breckenridge: The finale

We headed up to Breckenridge to meet up with Andy and Claire. Breck town is at 9000ft so a bit of huffing and puffing to start with and bizzare sleep. Whether that was the altitude or the copious alcohol we were forced to imbibe , we might never know....
We hit the ground running with lots of Andy and Claire's mates, mostly Exon -Mobil , and mostly just retired or just about to retire. So lots of celebrations to be had over the first 3 days, centred around Aaron and Franzie's. Fortunately their house was only a short , baltic but lethally frozen walk home .
Andy, Claire, Joe and Cath were our indefatigable guides around the pistes - although had to be reminded not to mention how much snow would normally be expected, etc etc. Basically, poor Breck season= average alpine season= excellent Scottish conditions!
We still found lots of cruisy pistes, lots of moguls, lots of trees-and a few rocks. A fine geology lesson made for rental skis. And lots of fun.
We found time for a couple of ski tours up Mt Baldy and were able to shred some untouched snow, so we were happy. We also had a day trip to Vail, lower but with marginally better snow cover , which was pretty cool.
But most of all we had some lovely relaxed time with the fam.
We are so privileged to be able to do all this stuff . 'Spose we better go home and do some work now......Read more