Wednesday, December 25th, 2013
Mammoth's Christmas Wreath!
Merry Christmas from the Mammoth! (see the tree in lights?)
Today, we woke up and got ready to head to Wolf Creek Ski Resort for the day. It's about a 2 hour drive down CO 160, through Bayfield and Pagosa Springs, then up Wolf Creek Pass to the resort. Roads are completely clear, so it was an easy drive.
We passed Chimney Rock National Monument on the way. Too bad it's closed during the winter. (Sorry the pic isn't better, the sun was in the way!)
We arrived at Wolf Creek, and were surprised how few cars were there. GREAT! we thought!
Sure enough, I guess because it was Christmas Day, not many folks hit the slopes. We had a great time with sunny skies, short lift lines, great snow, and good ski-legs! Using our ski-tracks app, we skied 8.7 miles, with a max speed of 27.8 MPH.
Welcome to Wolf Creek!
Base area
View during lunch at the Raven's Nest Catina.
Panorama from the top of Treasure Lift, 11,904 ft
Having a Merry Christmas!
About 2:45, we started back to Durango. We saw a few deer or Elk along the way.
Small, but they are there!
These seemed bigger, maybe elk?
We got home, and kitties were glad to see us. We unloaded our gear, and Tony made Mexican cheese dip with hot sausage for dinner. It was great! Followed a little later with Pecan pie.
We called our families and wished them all a Merry Christmas, and headed to bed early as we were pretty tired.
So tired, that I somehow managed to trap Tango in the bathroom. He must have slipped in while I was getting ready for bed. It wasn't until a little later when Mambo would NOT STOP scratching at the bathroom door, and a white paw appeared from under it, that I realized what had happened! Luckily, only the last 1/5 of the toilet paper roll was harmed in the incident.
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