Steamboat Colorado Trip (March 2005)
by Kyle ...

The first day was rough because we arrived in Steamboat at 4:00AM, and though we slept on the airplane and in the car ride from Denver to Steamboat, everyone was tired and a bit cranky. The snow was very heavy too. Dad was starting to wonder if taking the family to Steamboat was a very good idea. Here's a "great" picture of us at the top of the Four Points lift:



The second day was much better. We had a Powder Day with over 8" of fresh snow. Our cousin Valerie skied with us too. It was awesome! In the picture below, David leaned on his pole, and it went deep in to the snow!



The third day was a very sunny & beautiful day. We took some nice pictures from the Chutes which were double black diamonds. We explored "Christmas Tree Bowl" - which we all felt was our favorite trail. Here we are at the top!



And here we are on Chute 1. I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but the top of this trail was VERY steep



This is a beautiful picture from the Chutes, overlooking the scenic horizon.



The fourth day was "jump" day. We spent a bit of time on Buddy's run, and took lots of pictures. This is a picture of David doing a "tail grab" off a medium size jump



And not to be outdone, here is Kyle doing an awesome "Tail Grab", showing that he can keep up with his big brother.



And in between all the skiing, we had lots of fun with cousin Valerie. We visited one restaurant where we could throw our peanut shells right on the floor. It didn't take us long before we started throwing them at each other. Kyle freaked out all of the Waiters and Waitresses with his Rattlesnake eggs.

Here we are goofing around with Pillows on our heads



And here we are acting like tourists on Main Street:



And if you want to see more pictures... just click here.