one. two. three. days in the snow.

We had an action packed weekend around here, involving nonstop play in the snow.

Saturday started at Copper Mountain, with a handful of friends.

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The weather was fairly warm, with no wind, but also no new snow.  The trails were pretty sun baked + icy.

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Saturday night we headed to Steamboat Springs, and skied/snowboarded there on Sunday.  The snow was much better than the previous day at Copper, and we lucked out getting a few fresh inches during the day.

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We took a few hikes to the top of the mountain.

Nothing else like it!

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The boys.

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Heading down.

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Rest stop.

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Too bad we had to leave Sunday night.  Steamboat ended up getting TWENTY SEVEN inches of snow after we left!!

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On Monday, we took our friend Will [who was visiting from out of town] up to Cameron Pass.  It’s about 1.5hrs west of Fort Collins.

Conditions started off windy + cold, with a LOT of new snow.

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I snowshoed up + down the mountain, while the boys rode their way to the bottom.

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It was a hairy trek up, with nothing but steep terrain for a good 1 hour hike.  Then the boys skied about 2/3 of the way down, and I followed.  Then back up to the top!

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Are we there yet??

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The sun finally started to peak through.

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While it would have been fun to snowboard down, I didn’t feel like toting my snowboard on my back all the way up.  I was happy to make my way by foot.  I also didn’t want to lug the dslr camera.  Knowing me, it would have ended up burried in two feet of snow.

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I basically ran the entire way down the mountain.  It feels like a mix between bouncing + floating with snowshoes on, and not at all like real running.  I absolutely love it.

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A completely exhausting, but fabulous long weekend.

Anyone have a hot tub I can borrow?  My legs are like jello!

Ashley