Fantastic Vail

Wow, Vail is enormous! I went up with a work friend after visiting Denver for the week and have two picture perfect days in the snow. Highlights of the trip:

1. The roads to Vail being closed off because of too much snow the day before we left, causing a backlog of people at Denver International airport. We got out of there one hour late
   
2. Seeing Vail (as a European style snow town) and then being disappointed in Beaver Creek, where we stayed (as a fairly industrial looking place with dive bars and the like). Still can't complain, as it was 1/3 of the price.
   
3. Booking a hotel that wasn't the one we got dropped off at. Luckily no problems getting a room at the new place. It was confusing, Comfort Inn as opposed to Comfort Suites!
4. The weather was so good. Didn't get to see/feel much powder as my friend was of only an beginner level, but the groomed runs were so easy to ski on. They even groom some of the black runs!
5. We covered only 1/4 of Vail in the days we were there. It's big. Looking forward to going back and doing the back bowls in mid-March.
   
6. Being allowed to take a day to get back home, instead of having to do a red-eye flight. I swear I did some work on the plane.
7. I can still do black diamond runs!
8. Still too scared to do trickz :)
   

Attempted panoramic shot: