Winter Park

Kate and I kicked off the ski season by heading to Winter Park for the day to go snowboarding. Winter Park is about a two hour drive from Colorado Springs. Luckily the weather was good and traffic was light (especially considering that most schools are not in session for the holidays).

Kate had got a new snowboard, boots, and bindings for her birthday and was eager to break them in. It took us most of the morning to get things right. I had set both of her feet at ten degrees off center. Turns out she likes it more freestyle and so we adjusted the bindings to have her boots at zero degrees. That made a huge difference and reduced the pain she was feeling in her feet. In contrast, I keep both my feet at thirty degrees off center. I prefer more of a racing style than the free style.

We both have a four-pass to Winter Park which means that we can go four times out of the year on one ticket. A sweet deal for us locals.

Here are a few pictures from our day in the snow:

Later that evening we headed into a little town called Idaho Springs which is between Denver and Winter Park to stop for dinner. We ended up eating at Beau Jo’s Pizza. They pride themselves on making Mountain Pies which are not ordered by size but by pound. The reason is that they pile on the ingredients thick. Not only are there a lot of ingredients but the crust is thick as well. The idea is that you eat each slice of pizza and then save the crust for desert which you can pour honey over and eat. Everything was made fresh including the tomato sauce and dough. Great place to eat and great atmosphere too.

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