fitz@orca.UUCP (11/17/83)
I'm planning a ski trip to Crested Butte and Telluride Colo.
during the holiday season this year. I've been to Crested Butte
before and had an incredible week of constant snow and deep powder.
It snowed so hard while we were there, that by the end of the week,
it was too deep to ski! The steeper runs were closed due to avalanche
dangers and the open runs were not steep enough to ski the chest deep
powder - you had to ski the groomed areas. Anyway, the point of this
article is not to relay all my fish tales, but to request any info.
and stories you might have about Telluride. I've never been there,
but I've heard much about it and am really looking forward to taking
the "plunge". I'm an advanced type skier and crazy beyond my years.
My wife is more rational and is a basic Northwest intermediate skier
(as opposed to a Texas intermediate - no offense!). Any recommendations
on runs to ski? Also places to stay? Places to eat? Imbibery?
- Bob Fitzsimmons, Tektronix, Inc. ECS, Wilsonville, Oregon
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ARPA: tekecs!fitz.tek@rand-relay paul@hpfclk.UUCP (11/23/83)
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hpfclk!paul Nov 21 12:37:00 1983
I went to Telluride 2 seasons ago when they did not have too much snow.
The "plunge" and other hard runs were icy and rocky, so we did not
ski them very much. I would consider the other runs to be typical
of most other CO ski areas.
On nice thing - the area is fairly difficult to get to, so crowds
are pretty thin. One bad thing - the lift system is horrible, at least
it was 2 years ago. It took 4-5 lifts to get to the top! Rumor has it
that things are improved, but I would check it out first.
Paul "The Snow is Coming Down!!" Beiser