Nicole and I started off our winter by going to the mountains. Nicole wanted to hang out in the RV and relax while I hit the slopes for snowboarding. Here is the trail map. The top of the mountain was closed, but I had a good time using the #1 lift.
Here I am all suited up! The RV made it all the way up the mountain with no problems. We threw the leveling jacks down and slid out the slide out and we were ready to camp out for the day.
Here is the where the parking lot meets the snow. It started off as a beautiful day!
I took some pictures from the ski lift...
This is mostly the bunny (easy) hill...
Here is a shot of the lodge and a the parking lot behind it. If you look close enough, you can see the RV in the back of the parking lot...
Another one down the mountain...
Here is one of the jumps on the slope...
...Then the clouds came...and then the snow came. It started off really nice and fun. Then I started to worry about getting down the mountain with the RV. So I asked a guy that works ski patrol who had a 30 foot RV there. He said that I would not need chains until the snow starts sticking to the road. He said if I stay all day and leave at the time (4:30pm) I planned to leave, it will be most likely that I will need chains on my tires. So after about an hour of snow fall I decided it was a good time to leave (2pm). I am so happy I did because there was a lot of traffic going down the mountain. Once we got to the bottom it turned to rain and the rest of the drive was no problem. Here is a pic while we were in traffic going down the mountain.
I had a great time snowboarding and Nicole enjoyed her time relaxing in the RV. Next time we will stay over night and Nicole wants to try to snowboarding. It was a great way to end our awesome 2012!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
