The Telluride Cafe
Jay talked me into riding up lifts 10 and 11 to an awesome beginner area called Ute Park. We practically had the whole place to ourselves. |
The lift had stopped momentarily right here and I dropped my glove while I was taking pictures. Luckily we were able to ski down to get it. |
Another view of the San Juan Mountains. |
Ute Park! |
Yep, that's me happily skiing. |
The scary part of going up to Ute Park is that you have to ski double greens to get back down. :( I was doing great on Double Cabins when this girl came crashing into me. I was turning to the right and saw her speeding along out of the corner of my eye. I had the right of way, obviously, and she seemed to know what she was doing so I assumed she would go a little bit right to get around me. Nope! I heard her scream and I had just enough time to think, "Aw crap." She knocked me down and slid down aways more. We were both okay, though. I was pretty shaken up and had a hard time after that. :( Above is the view we had on Double Cabins, facing west. |
I even saw an airplane going in to land at the airport right here. We were way above it! |
Despite the crash and a fall that I had (and a big new bruise on my leg under a bad one healing from 2 weeks ago), I did have a great time. I will be glad when I can get up there with my instructor again. Jay helped me as much as he could, but he's no instructor. ;) |
These photos were submitted by Jay and Lisa Wilson in Telluride, Colorado.