If all you skiers and riders out there have this funny warm feeling deep down in the cockles of your heart (maybe even lower than the cockles, in the subcockular region) its because high on a mountaintop in Colorado, mother nature with a healthy bit of help from modern snowmaking technology, ski season has started.
That right, A-Basin made the surprise decision to open yesterday; the earliest opening in it's 61 year history. One run, one lift, but it's good enough. America is .005% open with 9 acres and an 18" base. Pretty Rad. The run, from the base to the top of the first lift is pretty anemic and looks downright ridiculous. The front range has gotten barely any measurable snowfall since the beginning of October and the run is surrounded by the rest of the resort still in summer mode with one or two patches of snow.
I'm in between classes right now, so I don't have the time to do a full posting on the day, but suffice it to say my knee-droppin' comrade TJ and I were there and it was way better than being in classes.
Coming soon: Opening Day: The Epic Begins
Snowmaking 1, Global Warming 0
Geoff
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