Day 1: -20 Degrees on that mountain
Yeah, with the windchill it was about -20 on Keystone.
Snow blowing in your face, fingers freezing off... cold.
We got up at the crack of dawn to drive 2.5 hours on an icy snowy road with traffic. We made it. Brad said he was surprised.
I met up with Corrine, which was really fun and unexpected. I strapped on a snowboard for the 2nd time in my life... the first time being a day 8 years ago when Isiah Cabal and I smashed our bodies all over a slope in West Virginia. I didn't expect much, but Corrine gave me a couple tips that had me carving in no time. It was incredible!
Took an expensive lunch break by the fireplace to get some feeling back in our extremeties.
We went up one peak where it was like a blizzard, just freezing and windy and snowing. Corrine and I got stuck on some moguls, so we just decided to sit there for a while and talk. We were the last people on that side of the mountain so we just lounged in the middle of the run.
I made everyone stay out way longer than they wanted to because, first of all, I wasn't ready to quit. It too much fun. Second, I lost my phone... somewhere. It just wasn't in my pocket anymore and I hadn't seen it in about 3 hours. I finished up, met up with everyone down at the coffee shop and Risa said "Some guy has your phone! He said to meet him at the ski lift in 15 minutes." Long story short, I spent 30 minutes at the ski lift yelling "TIM!" Tim got lost. About 30 minutes after that we finally met up with the 2 craziest old brothers who were obviously drunk, but happy to be alive. Tim said he ran over with his skis and that his brother was trying to use it to call his girlfriend in Thailand!
We were completely exhausted, drove Corrine home then back to Denver. Brad and I went out for Tokyo Joe's Japanese takeout.
Day2: 5:30am! Sunny day!
We drug Brad out of bed for day 2 of skiing! Clear skies, sun shining, 30 degrees on the mountain. Perfect.
Brad couldn't wait to make the drive all the way back to Keystone.
After jamming Justin Timberlake and lil' Wayne, we were ready to do it all over again.
We got in early, the slopes weren't full and the snow was incredible.
The highlight was hiking up to the South Bowl for something different. You get off the lift and hike about 1/4 mile up the mountain to where there's still unskied powder, the only problem is that it's so steep! 
People were throwing themselves off the edge and flying down the hill. The three of us went down mainly on our butts. Risa's ski ended up at the bottom so she didn't have much choice. Then the bowl narrowed down into a fast run through the trees that was amazing. You've got about a 10 foot wide path weaving and banking through the forest. I could barely stand up when I came out the other side, so I went back for round 2! I ignored the "Bring a buddy" signs and went back up there by myself.
This time I went away from the crowd and found the snow that hadn't been skied and just threw myself over the edge, falling a few times, eating some snow. The snow is so dry it's like dust.
I squeezed through some trees then down another run of untouched snow. It feels like you're floating down the mountain. Back through Mr Toad's one more time and I was all smiles.
We did a few more runs back to the front and called it a day, and what a day it was. Maybe I'll come back next weekend.
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