Finally!  I had my first real powder day of this snowboarding season.  Actually, I had two.  Kim and I spent the weekend at Copper Mountain with her sister and her boyfriend.  I had never been to Copper before, though I’ve wanted to for a while, so we finally found a good excuse to go.  We picked up our visitors on Friday after work and headed straight up into the mountains.  We reserved a last-minute condo immediately next to a couple of lifts at the center village of Copper.  After a rather long and snowy drive, we finally arrived at the condo and rested up for the next morning.

Saturday morning, we had an early start on the slopes.  Though the first couple of runs were mostly groomed with a little powder on top, we quickly found some other runs with tons of powder.  Over the past week they had received nearly two feet of snow, so the conditions were the best we’ve seen all season.  After taking a run down a steep and mogul filled slope, we didn’t quite make it a full day.  We had a couple of après-ski ski drinks before dinner and Olympics viewing at Endo’s.  I must admit that Copper isn’t the most happening town I’ve ever stayed in, but there was enough to keep us busy for a couple of days.

Kim and I got another early start on Sunday, while our visitors went out for breakfast and enjoyed their vacation.  With the snow continuing to fall, we headed immediately for some of the bowls hoping for lots of powder.  And we were rewarded handsomely!  This was definitely the best day we have had all season.  We spent most of our time around the Union Peak area.  After a draining ten runs, we headed back toward the front-side of the mountains to meet up with the others.  We somehow managed to stay out all the way until the lifts closed at four.  What a weekend!

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