Some eye candy from my most recent ski day. After spending the night in Breckenridge we skied at Arapahoe Basin, a smaller resort just a few miles from Keystone.

Although mostly intermediate and expert runs, A-Basin CAN be a good place to practice on it’s limited easy terrain and bunny hill. It’s smaller size and easy parking means it’s easy to separate and meet up, or picnic slopeside without meandering through mazes of outdoor shops and condos just to get to the lift. This trip I took advantage of A-Basin’s manageable size to give snowboarding try. Having skied for 12 years I never had any interest in boarding, but after a few runs down the bunny hill I got a good feel for it, and a sore wrist and tailbone.

Yes I give A-Basin two thumbs up. More pics below:

Base of mountain

Riding up to top.

Wondering why I don’t get up here more…

Hearty lunch before snowboarding for the first time.

Driving back over Loveland Pass