Just wrote it up for my TR thread and will cross post it here. The road is dirt I think and often requires chains/proper winter tyres which keeps people away.
Yesterday skied at Eldora which is the local Boulder ski resort. I was assured it runs at a different pace to the I70 Epic madness, though I admit I was skeptical that "there would still be plenty of pow" as my local guides leasurely slept in, got breakfast burritos, agonised over whether to bring tele or alpine skis, and so on.
We didn't get to the car park until like 10am...on the biggest pow day for a month! Colorado hippies...
As promised there were no queues.
We still got a few fresh turns on piste though it was mostly gone at that point. Then it was into the glades for some steep, deep, tight and gnarly tree skiing. Placer Glades were the pick.
This is the ENTIRE crowd at the tiny on-mountain lunch shack above the Corona lift.
Like I said, almost as empty as an NZ club field!
Had an funny incident where I somehow got poles caught in the chair, and as I got off the lift they were ripped out of my hands and went around for another ride on the lift! Ended up accidentally skiing the double black mogul run, alternatively pow lumps and ice, on 118mm fat skis mounted with Dynafits, without poles. Fun times!
Actually the run after that was our last, and one of the best of the day, found a good stash...
