"Trop cool, de bleu"...Eric and Frank are back for Colorado 2013!!! Yeah!!!
Last year we already had some extraordinary ski and snowboard in the Rockies...but this year, we decided to take it to the next level and prepared ourself really well:
- Eric went to the swimming pool on a weekly basis!
- He also started jogging (he promised it last year!!) - Bravo!
- We decided NOT to commute anymore from Denver to the ski resorts
- ...so that to be able to spent more time on the slopes :-)
- Finally, we wanted to ski more and more and more...MOOOORRREEEE!!!
So, taking all the above points into consideration, here was our "BIG" plan:
- We bought 7 days ski passes to enjoy more ski & snowboard
- We rented out a condo in the mountain (@ Breckenridge)
Somehow, we decided to ski a little bit earlier in February, which was a very wise decision as we completely avoided the crowd of the long "President Day" weekend... Colorado-2013 started on 8th February and ended on 17th February!!!
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| Eric and Frank @ Denver International Airport |
For the story: Eric and Frank are quite relaxed on this picture (above)... I must say that they had a trip full of emotions!! Their flight got delayed...and they missed their connection in Washington DC.
They managed to catch an early plane and finally arrived in DIA by 19:30. But that was not all!! When they arrived at the baggage collection...no bags...no bags...no bags...AAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH NO BAGS (WTF!!!)!!!!
We spent about 45 minutes filling up documents and have a Guest Service lady helping us routing the bags...to ou final destination...in Breckenridge!!! We even managed to have rentals (all equipments) for the first day (nice!!).
While heading towards the car park, a little upset...guess what...Eric's and Frank's luggages where slowly cruising on the belt ;-)
Arrived home, we had nice local beers... WELCOME HOME!
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| The "A-Team" of Colorado 2013!!! |
Here are the details of our rental: --> 
Villa at Svan's Nest
Unit 505
290 Revett Drive
Breckenridge, CO 80424
United States
Owner:
John Wanek
Cell: +1 303 548 8711
Email: jdwanek@gmail.com
Here is a map of our extensive ski / snowboard week:
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| Area map |
Here is a recap of our crazy week:
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| Crazy week, isn't it? |
Our best numbers:
- Maximum vertical feet in one day: 36'340 feet (= 11'076.5 m)
- Maximum number of resort in one day: 2 resorts (Vail + Keystone)
- Maximum number of lift in one day: 22 lifts
- Total vertical feet (in 7 days): 182'266 feet (=55'554.7 m)
This week was a marathon:
Day 1: Breckenridge
Day 2: Vail
Day 3: Keystone
Day 4: Beaver Creek
Day 5: Keystone (and a few slopes @ Arapahoe Basin)
Day 6: Vail + night skying in Keystone (awesome!!!)
Day 7: Beaver Creek
Day 8: ...back to Denver
We really took a lot of pictures...so here are the very best one!!!
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| Breakfast at "La Française French Bakery" (@Breckenridge Resort) |
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| First day of ski (@Breckenridge Resort) |
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| First Epic Mix picture |
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| The best picture you can get (@Vail Resort) |
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| Typical Coloradan weather for a not so typical crowd on the slopes (@Vail Resort) |
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| The King on his throne (@Vail Resort) |
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| Bubba Gump, remember? (@Breckenridge Resort) |
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| CAT trip, awesome!!! (@Keystone Resort) |
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| Probably the best picture of us!!! (@Breckenridge Resort) |
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| On top of the Imperial Express chairlift (@Breckenridge Resort) |
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| Those who straight-line down here are from another planet, CRAZY!!! (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| The best resort: Arrowhead (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| Jack Rabbit!!! |
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| Probably the best cheese fondue you can get in the area ("Swiss Haven" @Breckenridge Resort) |
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| La classe, Franky!! |
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| Powder Day!! (@Vail Resort) |
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| Powder day (again) (@Beaver Creek Resort, Royal Elk Glade) |
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| Remember Steamboat? He did it again ;-) ...but on the last day! (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| Almost as good as "The Shadow" in Steamboat...wouahhhhhh (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| Best mates!! Jack is two pictures above...how could he has missed that?? |
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| Love those Aspen trees, specially in Autumn ;-) (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| Lazzy Franky (@Beaver Creek Resort) |
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| Having great fun in Keystone |
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| Feeling great after <200k vertical miles in 7 days! |
9 days in total, awesome ski / snowboard! Thank you Eric and Frank, looking forward "Colorado 2014"! Where will we be going next?
