Image from video by John Madden
Video bloggin' from Snowmass, Taos
March 16, 2008 — I�m not as well-traveled as Chris Anthony, and I'm not half the skier he is, but once in a while I'm known to slap some tunes on the iPod, pack up the ski bag, and hit the road in search of a new skiing experience.
Saturday I was out at Snowmass, part of Aspen�s four-mountain alpine mosaic. This Wednesday Taos will open its lifts to snowboarders for the first time in the New Mexico resort�s history, and I�ll be there with my tape recorder, getting skier's reactions and boldly, possibly fruitlessly, searching for a snowboarder who can give me quotes in full sentences.
OK, before I get myself in trouble for hackin' on knuckle-draggers, scroll down and check out the vids I'm posting this week. The first is shot from the top of Snowmass, where we see a SPACK-TACKULAR view of Maroon Bells.
In the second video you�ll see me heading right for a cliff, then taking the �pansy route� to skier�s right, flopping over a small drop and down toward the camera man. In my defense, I really thought I was on line to hit the big boy, but again, I�m no Chris Anthony, so I missed my line and had to settle for a little-girlie drop. Nonetheless, the snow out in Snowmass was softer than a baby's behind and the terrain steeper than Battle Mountain's grade curve.
This third video is of the big pile-up on I-70 which caused major traffic Eastbound March 14. It's all more evidence that my theory is right: only driver's with a special lisence should be allowed to drive through the mountains during a snowstorm. These amatuers are ruining our ski days!
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