WINTER FUN WITH VISITING FAMILY - BRECKENRIDGE, CO (MARCH 2015)

We had a great visit from my wife's cousin, Guy, and his girlfriend, Bailey, during the first week of March. Awesome couple and great with our kids. The mountains had just finished a 10-day storm cycle and were loaded with new snow. Given that they weren't used to Colorado winters, the timing of their visit couldn't have been better, as we were just starting a 5-day window of blue sky days and unseasonably warm temps.

We initially toured a bit around Boulder, hiked in the snow at Chautauqua Park, climbed at The Spot for a few hours, then headed home to meet the babysitter and a quick trip into downtown Denver for cocktails followed by dinner reservations at Cholon.

We spent the last half of the weekend and the following Monday skiing at Breckenridge. Bailey spent the first day making excellent progress on skis. Guy and I spent the second day shredding Peak 8 and the hike-to terrain above Imperial Chair. I had a bone to pick with the terrain under Chair 6, as I had a ski accident their last year that ended my season early (me and the mountain are all good now).

  

The line we skied from the cornice above Lake Chutes (Zoot Chute).