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2025 Guys Ski Trip

bob@leroynet.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:37:17 +0000

Paul hosted yet another GREAT guys ski trip. This year there were eight of us (Paul, Kerry, Brandon, Andrew, Matthew, Nathan and Jorden). The weather cooporated completely. It was sunny the first day and then it started snowing, snowing and snowing more.

Day one was Breckenridge – It was a beautiful day. We skied most of the day with sunny skies. The crowds were minimal so we covered a lot of ground. At lunch, we got a great spot at the Robbie’s Bar right on the mountain. The highlight may have been riding the “Imperial Express”. It’s the highest life in North America, topping out at 12,840 feet.

Day two at Vail – The weather called for snow to start dumping at 6:00am and we weren’t disappointed. By the end of the day we had at least 9 inches of new powder. It made for some great tracks. As soon as we arrived, we headed for the back bowls. Visibilty was awful but the skiing was great.

Day three at Beaver Creek – Our last day was another great one. Very short lines and great snow conditions. We found some fresh powder up in McCoy’s park, did some cool tree runs, and lots of trips down Larkspur Express. I love how big the Colorado mountains are.

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Chamonix

bob@leroynet.com — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:06:52 +0000

Bob was on a business trip in January of 2017. He had meetings the entire week of January 16 in the Netherlands (Sogeti Kick-off and workshops) and early in the week of January 23rd in Paris (HPE Planning). To avoid multiple trips to Europe, he stayed the weekend.

Rather than go directly to Paris from Amsterdam, he flew to Geneva and took a car to Chamonix. It’s about 75 minutes drive. The big difference from Colorado is how close you are the mountains. Here, you’re very close to the highest points. In Colorado, the mountains are bigger and spread further apart. The highest points are far in the distance. The skiing was very nice. The runs aren’t terribly steep or bumpy. It made for a great casual day at the slopes.

The mountains surrounding Chamonix are stunning but the village is showing it’s age. Most of the buildings are worn down. At the end of the day, food was the number priority. The first place that had “restaurant” in it’s name was nice but the waiter said “No Food”. Ok, weird for a ski resort.

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Guys Weekend in Colorado

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:08:09 +0000

The guys all gathered in Colorado in March for another great weekend of skiing and snowboarding. This year the weather was great with big blue skies and warm temperatures. It’s lots of fun to ski all day and then watch March Madness (and wrestling) all night.

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2014 Colorado Ski Trip – Guys Weekend

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:16:18 +0000

Matthew and I went to Mary and Paul’s mountain house the weekend of March 21st. There were a total of about eight guys there. We were a mix of friends and family. There were three days of skiing:

Thursday 3/20 – Matthew and I arrive today. Everyone who was already there went to Breckenridge. Taylor arrived very late Thursday.
Friday 3/21 – The group went to Beaver Creek. It was a beautiful, blue-sky day. We stopped for lunch at the Chop House.
Saturday 3/22 – Our trip to Vail was crazy! It snowed seven inches during the day. Visibility was difficult. There is nothing like skiing the fresh powder. We got split up at noon and skiing alone on such a big mountain, in a snow storm is a scary experience.

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Snowboarding Log 2013

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:31:47 +0000

Hopefully, this is a be a frequent snowboard session year. With that expectation, here’s my log of the days we (me, Nathan and Matthew) went skiing.

Date	Duration	Notes
11/28/2013	4 hrs	It was the first day of the 2013 season for Perfect North Slopes. The line to get our season passes took an hour. The snow was great, the sky was perfect and the lines are tolerable. Matthew and Jorden did some tubing and then Grandpa took Jorden for food inside while Matthew skied.
12/7/2013	4 hrs	Its a POW Day at Perfect North. After four or five inches of fresh overnight, we arrived very early. The snow was perfect all day. We expected a huge crowd but there were fewer people than we could have imagined. Great day!
12/9/2013	3 hrs	Nathan I headed out right after school/work today. It was cloudy and cool (31). The slope conditions were good but icy in some places. We found the Stokely’s and rode with them for a while. Check out the video.
12/23/2013	6 hrs	Our first day in Colorado. We headed to Vail Resorts. It was about an hour drive from Mary’s mountain house. The weather report said no snow was expected but the roads were very snowy. We arrived to discover nine inches of fresh powder. This mountain is SO BIG, we only experienced a small part of it.
12/26/2013	5 hrs	Yay!! More skiers today. Lauren and Paul joined us for some riding. We went to Beavercreek today. Conditions were very good with minimal crowds. We started out easy for Paul and then quickly jumped to the black-diamond runs…oops! Lauren is a great boarder; she makes it look so easy.
12/27/2013	7 hrs	Today we went to Arapaho Basin Ski resort. We got out early and stayed until the lifts closed. It’s a small but very technically challenging slope. The views from the top are amazing. The slopes are very close to the rocky cliff mountains. We did a double-black diamond that was crazy steep.
1/1/2014	3 hrs	Matthew and Kyle joined us for a quit trip to the slopes. We thought it would be crazy busy but it was less crowded than we expected. The conditions were very good. The only down side was our limited time (there was a football game to get seen).
1/15/2014	3 hrs	Nathan and I had a good day at the slopes today. The snow was quick and the lifts were empty. I spent most of my time on the beginner terrain park. Later we moved up to the regular terrain park and I spent lots of time working on my jumps.
1/29/2014	3 hrs	Beautiful day on the slopes. Lots of sun, low temps, no crowds. Rode lots of switch (backwards) today. It’s harder than I thought it would be. Bob board grab Nathan 360
2/15/2014	3 hrs	It snowed last night and we arrived bright and early today. It was cold but the slopes were in great condition. The only bad part was that it’s was Saturday, sunny, and it just snowed. Perfect conditions for a VERY large crowd. We only stay until noon and the parking lot was completely full; all the way to the barn. And the the line of cars to get in stretched out to route 1.
2/19/2014	3 hrs	Warm day on the slopes. Lots of sun, temps in the high 40’s, no crowds. The snow was very slow. We spent a good part of the day in the terrain park.

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Seven Springs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:32:08 +0000

Nathan, Reese and Bob went to Seven Springs for a snowboard weekend. The weather was great but the snow was a little icy. I can’t tell express how big that super pipe is in person. Amazing!

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