2nd day

Today was about skiing. I got up early in the morning to reach the powder snow triangle as the locals call the area of Aspen-Vail-Glennwood Springs. After adjusting the board computer I realised that it was indeed a quite chilly morning.

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After an hour drive I arrived in Aspen, which village is known about the fact that Dumb and Dumber crossed the whole country just for a short visit. I might be even dumber, because I even crossed the whole ocean for it.

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Surprisingly the village is not that fancy as we saw it in the movie. Except it has its airport for the private jets flying in, filled with Russians and Americans

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and that you see some nice cars and multimillion worth villas

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and that all the luxury brands have a shop here,

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it is an average sleepy American village:)



They say it is one of the best ski regions in the world, because being snow safe all along the season and having a very “light” and “dry” snow. Although the average snow mass per year in this area is around 300 inch i.e. 700cm, today there was 0cm in Aspen itself and a moderate 20inch on the peak at 11500feet (3800m) altitude.

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Still it was at least a day with “bluebird sky” as I was told by the guy at the ski rental.

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Skiing is quite pricy (107USD for day pass and 5usd for a hot chocolate) here and the quality of the service (slopes/lifts and restaurants) is not competitive with the best ones of Europe. Still it was a nice experience for once.

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Tonight I spend the night in a village cold Grand Junction and heading tomorrow to the Arches NP. That far everything is according to the plans:)

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