Saturday, March 11, 2017

Copper Mountain, CO

Copper Mountain was another unexpected stop. As we were driving away from Fruita we pulled over because we knew my great aunt and uncle were visiting Copper Mountain which was only two hours away from Aspen. We gave them a call, and ten minutes later we were heading in a completely different direction. We got there at about six o clock and found them in a clothing store. We managed to get my mom out before she bought things we couldn’t fit in the truck, and went to a restaurant for the happy hour. Unfortunately there was an hour and a half wait for a table. The next place we tried was full as well. Finally we got a table at a Mexican restaurant called Mi Casa. After diner we went back to the house they were staying at and went to sleep.
The next day we went to Copper Mountain and instead of skiing we snowboarded. Even though we hadn’t snowboarded yet this year my great aunt and uncle both snowboard, so we thought we might as well. Actually my mom ended up skiing since she doesn’t know, and
doesn’t care, how to snowboard, but my dad and I both learned a few years ago. One of the most notable things about the place was the cold. It would have been about 15 degrees out, but with the wind chill it felt like 0. Due to this we couldn’t stay on the mountain for more than four or five runs at a time. Aside from the wind the boarding was pretty good. We had to stay on mostly blues and greens since we hadn’t snowboarded in so long, but at the end we went on a double black diamond on which I spent more time sliding on my stomach than my board. 
After all that sliding we packed up for the drive to Aspen hoping that we didn’t have any more unexpected detours.
st Zippity and passed by Zippity Do Da. After the Zipitys we went down Joe’s Ridge and came off on the bottom half of Kesssel Run.


The next day I just stayed home and worked on school work while my parents went biking. At about noon we packed up and left. Luckily we are planning to come again in about a week on our way to Telluride, so we can explore more of the trails. 

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