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Driving through Wyoming on the way to Aspen. It took 21 hours for us to get there after skiing through our Level 3 Prep at Moonlight Basin for the three days prior!
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Sleepin in the van...
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about 100 feet from Megan's house on Red Mountain we had to put our chains on. Aspen apparently hasn't had a winter like this in 30 years.
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The view from our bedroom that night. That's the town of Aspen and Aspen Highlands across the valley. We watched the cats groom the slopes from our bedroom.
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The beautiful and talented Cindy Lechtenburg who broke her elbow and couldn't ski with us. Thanks for the tickets and for going out with us, Cindy!!
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Megan adjusts Shannon's bindings on her new AC 4's. Thanks for the skis, Megan! You ROCK!
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Then she tried to adjust mine, but they wouldn't come loose... "KENNY!" We need a big strong man.
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"Don't worry, Kate, these bindings are really durable!" as my binding falls apart on the snow...
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Cat Ride to the bottom of the Bowl hike at Aspen Highlands. EPIC!
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In the Cat
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Hiking the Bowl for the first time at Aspen Highlands. All runs are double black up there.
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Megan Tops Out
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Kate Tops Out
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Shannon tops out
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At the Fundeck, a great spoof on the membership only Sundeck at Aspen Mtn.
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At the very tippy top in a total white out. The view is really fabulous, I promise! From here we skied a 1000' 42 degree pitch called G4.
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You gotta dress right if you are gonna work at Aspen. This is Reiley. He rocks the high fashion. But he actually skis well enough to pull it off!
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Welcome to the best locker room in the industry.
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Shannon checking out the shower in the private women's bathroom in the instructor locker room. I kid you not.
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And the private women's restroom in the locker room...
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The ladies changing room...
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the locker room.
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yes, they have laundry.
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got the skis fixed! now we can ski like ourselves again.
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the next morning the view from our window was amazing...
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Thats the bowl that we hiked all lit up by sunlight! We could see it from our room.
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Shan and I got to join the trainer clinic at highlands, led by Squatty, one of the most inspirational coaches I've ever worked with. The man gets results.
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One of the many D team members working at Aspen, Andy Docken, joins the clinic. I was still skiing like an idiot all day.
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watching the short turns come down the hill in the trainer clinic. got an amazing tip from Reiley on how to do them, I'm trying to get him to send me a video clip for you of this super quick teaching progression. Ive never ever done more than three short turns in a row before that!
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A great example of leaning inside the turn vs. leaning into the next turn... although I am not sure this was the point of the exercise...
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We love this man!!
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that night we hit the largest hot springs in the world with Kurt, Cindy, Reiley, Tommy, Stacy and Shannon. Ahhhh...
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Hot Springs Coma...
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Stay tuned! More coming tomorrow.
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