That pass sounds great. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 14, 2015, at 18:34, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Apologies to the non-skiers on the list. Yeah, $100+ is a bit painful. OTH, > there are bargains available (and we know how much sailboat owners like > bargains. There, it's sailing related). I'm skiing 4 days at Steamboat, 4 > days at Winter Park, several days at Copper Mountain and Crested Butte this > year on a $569 pass. I also get access to Eldora, CO if I choose to go. > Also included are discounted single day tickets for friends. Very good deal > if you are skiing 5+ days. > > Vail offers various passes for their resorts. Really good deals also if you > plan well and buy early. > > I will be skiing in Colorado much of January, early February and again in > March if any listers are out there. Have truck, will ski! :) > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Rick Rohwer via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> Enivous about equador, and you living in BC and skiing anywhere but BC. >> >> On another note, I think I have given up on skiing in Whistler so it’s all >> yours! I think they have finally hit my personal affordability index with >> $119 for a tow ticket. Explains why you are skiing in Colorado! >> >> Cheers >> Rick >> Paikea 37+ >> Poulsbo, WA >> >>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Brad Crawford via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bill, >>> >>> Sounds cool, quite an adventure. High altitude big mountain skiing for >>> sure? Thanks for sharing that story. Do you by chance have a link to >>> pictures you could share? Maybe share them off list? >>> >>> bcrawf7...@comcast.net >>> >>> Fellow Skier >>> Brad Crawford >>> C&C 36 >>> Seattle, WA >>> >>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill >>> Hoyne via CnC-List >>> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:21 AM >>> To: Gaynor Hoyne; cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> Cc: Bill Hoyne >>> Subject: Stus-List : off topic Skiing >>> >>> The winter season is upon us up here in the north. Trying to get a >>> headstart on the ski season a friend and I decided to do a ski >>> mountaineering trip to Ecuador. For all you skiers out there, here is a bit >>> of a trip description >>> >>> Our goal was to get as high as we could and ski some volcanoes. Getting >>> high on volcanoes usually means a severe headache and serious shortness of >>> breath :-) sorry no hallucinations! After a week of acclimatization hikes >>> to 17,000’ we did our first ski ascent. We drove to the refugio and hiked >>> our skiis to the base of the glacier at 17,000’ and promptly got headaches >>> and a bad sleep so we went to town to recover. The next day we went back >>> and with a 3AM start we hiked up to our skiis and boot packed our shit to >>> the summit at 19,000’. We skied off the summit avoiding some seracs and >>> crevasses. We had to jump a few crevasses - that was fun!!. The snow was >>> rather thin, 1” of crusty snow over isothermal ice, made for some nice corn >>> skiing. The nearby volcano Cotopaxi was erupting and spewing a fine ash all >>> over the snow. It was interesting skiing black snow (not good for the bases >>> however). >>> A couple of spa days later we headed up Volcan Antisana - another 18,700’. >>> We had similar snow conditions but much more severe route finding issues. >>> We negotiated some very big seracs and crevasses. Getting up and down >>> required and lot of vertical snow and ice climbing. We spent a few hours >>> route finding on the way dow trying to avoid the worst of the seracs and >>> finding the best way to ski. We jumped and toured around some big ass >>> crevasses, but made it back to safety by early afternoon, it was only a 12 >>> hour day. >>> Ecuador is a beautiful country. Defiantly worth exploring, however climate >>> change has done a number on the snow conditions on the volcanoes, very warm >>> dry weather has melted the glaciers and opened the crevasses. Worth >>> climbing maybe not hauling skiis up to ski. >>> I am back home now and the cross country skiing is awesome. We went up to >>> Bow Summit in the Rockies and skied boot deep powder. It’s amazing how much >>> oxygen there is at this elevation!! Life is good! >>> Now, should I do a little sailing in January :-) >>> >>> Happy Holidays to all you C&C listers!! >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> Bill Hoyne >>> Mithrandir >>> ’74 C&C35 MkII >>> in Victoria,BC >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Email address: >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >>> bottom of page at: >>> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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