The 2024-25 ski season was a bit delayed due to Trish's injuries and a lack of snow. I didn't even get a cross-country day in until mid-January, shortly after we returned from Puerto Rico. My stats for the year: 10 days of cross-country and only seven days downhill.
My first day on the slopes wasn't until February 8th, when I skied with my good friend The Fesser.
In March, our nephew James visited for his spring break. We had a beautiful afternoon on the Fraser River Trail before hitting the slopes the next day.
James inspired Trish to try skiing for the first time since she broke her ankle and wrist in October. She found it didn't hurt at all, except for the $200/day price tag, because she pushed her pass to next year. We had a lot of fun times with friends in March and April. These are typically our best months for snow in Colorado, and this year didn't disappoint. We experienced many powder days at Winter Park and Mary Jane.
We traveled up to Winter Park for our last weekend of ski season a week ago. On the way up, I had quite the experience. I wrote about it on Facebook the next morning:
I'd like to thank Stout the Syncro for saving my life last night. As I was leaving Idaho Springs, the roads were dry and I had it in 2WD.
A mile before I turned off for the Winter Park exit our rear wheels started to slip and all of a sudden we're drifting at 70 mph on I-70.
First to the left, then to the right, and eventually sideways.
As we were heading towards the guard rail, I thought, "Oh my, this is going to hurt!"
That's when we hit ice again and the back end flipped around. We went down into the ditch backwards and landed with no harm done. The dogs barely noticed.
A tow truck stopped to help us out as we had just passed him. He wasn't necessary.
I put it in 4WD and drove out. Yeehaw! 😁 ❤️
The corduroy that morning was epic!
Trish and I both had our Nuggets gear on that day for their first playoff game. We thoroughly enjoyed their victory that afternoon!
The highlight of the weekend was seeing a couple of moose walk by while we were hot tubbing. Click on the image below to watch a video of the event.
This was the first season that we didn't ski with Abbie and Jack. I guess they're finally all grown up. 🥹
For more ski season photos, see my 2024-25 Ski Season album on Flickr.
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