01 March 2008

Snowshoeing & Snowboarding

We continued our good early start to winter with some snowshoeing near Berthoud Pass and snowboarding at Loveland in December.



This was actually my first time snowshoeing. It was tough (like hiking, but harder), but beautiful. We paused at the top to make some hot chocolate.

You can see the snow was coming down pretty heavily at times.




Loveland ski resort (www.skiloveland.com) is kind of like a locals' place. It isn't too far from Denver, so lots of people just drive up for the day. There isn't a huge base area. There are no hotels or condos, and not much apres-ski activity going on there. Just pure snowriding.



Jaco strapping in for a run.


The next couple of shots are not great (they are through the car windshield), but I had to take them. We got (or at least the mountains got) a ton of snow and it just looked surreal... like those flocked trees you see in Christmas decorations. And of course, you've got to love that blue sky and Colorado sunshine!



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