Skiing and Riding Keystone
Dec 23, 2006 · 11:31 PM · permalink
Today we hit Keystone. After the snow-related drama of the past week, one might have expected conditions to be superb, but it seems any new snow on the main mountain had been skied off. Nevertheless, I enjoyed a day of bumps, trees, and (some) powder with Shana, Annette, and John.
We arrived for first lift and got ourselves to the outback as quickly as possible. There we enjoyed bumps and trees and hiked to north bowl to check conditions there. Pretty disappointing.
By about noon, the runs were getting pretty crowded, so we decided to take a $5 Keystone Kat ride above north bowl to go powder hunting. After a long traverse, Shana and I suceeded, finding plenty of lovely powder among the nicely-spaced glades above north bowl.
Unfortunately, our friends on snowboards found the traverse too difficult and dropped in early.
On our last run off Outback—Oh Bob—we decided to ski through the trees and there I found a nasty rock outcropping and gouged my skies but good. I repaired them tonight and will be posting on that tomorrow.
So, word to the wise: there’s plenty of powder still to be found at Keystone, but look out for thin coverage in places—the bases still need work.
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