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TR - Steamboat - Aspen/Snowmass Colorado
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Took a look at the forecast and it looked good for some Colorado powder. It turned out better than I had expected.

Flew into Denver, and then drove through the night in hopes of fresh snow. Saturday Jan. 30 was just 5 inches of wet snow. Not what I was hoping for. After the lifts closed the snow started to fall. The temp dropped and it snowed through the night. Sunday was a nice 12 inch powder day, with the sun peeking out now and again. I managed to end up in the company of a local who showed me some of his favorite lines.

I love the Aspens in Steamboat.



It was about 9F and a light frost coated the trees.



I scored some nice freshies under Sundown Express.



My "guide" for the morning showing me the goods.





After my legs were good and tired, I hopped into the car and headed to Snowmass.

It snowed a lot while I was there.

Anyone seen my car?



First day was 11" of new. Visibility was low but good enough.



It snowed all day and into the night with another 10" to start the morning.



I went for a short hike to hang in the Valley of deepness



It was all good wherever you went.



Last day was another 10" of fresh cold smoke pow. -4F at the summit.



It was worth the hike



For some light, dry pow....



Waist deep and steep. Best run of the trip.





Not a bad way to end a ski trip. It was snowing lightly again as I drove back to Denver.
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I have the Mountain Collective Pass this season. http://mountaincollective.com/ I had several excellent choices. Could have gone to Whistler. But been there done that many times. Could have gone to Alta but wanted to go some place I hadn't, which is partly why I chose Aspen-Snowmass. Most of the weather forecasts had indicated good potential snowfall in all those locations. But ended up with really cheap airfare out of Seattle, and relatively cheap lodging. Low crowds except the Sunday in Steamboat. All the Steamboat locals were chatting about how they had never seen it so busy. I'll definitely be going back to Aspen-Snowmass. There's terrain yet left unexplored, that I definitely want to check out.
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Aspen is one of the places I've been that exceeded my expectations based on hype vs substance It's got some real deal terrain and despite the movie star/billionaire image has a pretty core and unflashy ski population. Highlands is one of the steepest average pitch resorts I've come across. Steamboat not so much but I was unlucky to drive there on an 11 inch day to find that that was wet wet slop closer to a bad day in your home town than Champagne TM.
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Toadman, Nice, love Aspens at any mountain.

Dave of the Marmottes, Agree about Aspen especially Highlands it used to be so underrated. The bowl on a good day is true fun. The first time we went there was no base area to speak of Madeye-Smiley
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I hesitate to even say much about Highlands. I was fortunate enough to hook up with a local of 32 years. What he showed me was...well, really, really cool. I'm not even going into details because I can't believe how blessed I was to have that day on Wed. Feb 3rd. I'll never forget it. I can't wait to get back there, and will make sure and do like I did this time, and book last minute when I know the storms are coming in.

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