I left you with us being less than enthused about our Beaver Creek skication. Things have improved greatly. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny and most of the slopes except for the experts had been groomed. We had a good day of skiing, though due to the altitude, we can't quite make it a full day.
Today about half of the group took a bus to Vail, it was snowing heavily and a new accumulation of about 3 inches of dry powder had fallen. We went straight to the top, 2 miles up and skied anything that had been groomed and wasn't marked with a black diamond. Ended up at the top at lunch time and ate at 2 miles high. For the first time since arriving, we skiied with a group of comparable skills and had a great time.
This is day 3 of the trip and is the day that the elevation sickness seems to hit the hardest and though our group is faring well with only a bit of queasiness and headache, a couple of our group members are having a hard time. We live at 2300 feet, but most of the group is from sea level, so the 8,000 foot elevation is a tough adjustment.
We have 3 more ski days and hope to make the best of it.
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