edpaffjr.comAs I mentioned last week, we had quite a bit of snow in Denver and even more up in the mountains. We made the drive up to Keystone early on Saturday morning and met up with a guy I used to play hockey with in Kansas City, along with his wife and a friend. If I remember correctly, Keystone had over two feet of snow in the past week, which made for some excellent snowboarding and skiing. To top it off there was a couple of inches from the previous night and we even had some patches of snow falling throughout the day.
Despite the conditions, we were surprised to find that it was not very crowded at all. Our friends had spent the previous day at Copper Mountain and said that it was fairly crowded. I wonder if other resorts had more snow than Keystone and therefore the crowds went elsewhere. Even though most of the trails were in great shape, we took a snowcat ride from the top of Outback to the Outback Bowls. Once there, the fresh powder was about a foot thick and was incredible! I’m not sure why we never took one of these rides before. Maybe it was the $5 price tag, or the thought that all of the terrain is really difficult (although it isn’t), but I’m glad we finally did it.