This was the first run down the mountain. My GPS claimed I hit 51 MPH. Could be true. Too bad it missed a few runs where I actually certainly went faster! Tried to have a few runs where we all (Eleven of us) could ski together, but I need to practice by hurding cats first.

We went over here hoping the Angels Plunge would be open, but alas, it wasn't. Instead we found this run having the nicest carved out moguls I ever remember skiing on "Hells Bells". A nice treat for run that is usually a favorite on this mountain anyway.

This run is a great introduction to glade skiing for more beginner level skiers. Granted it has trees, but they are widely spaced, granted it has bumps, but they are very mellow and forgiving, only one short part at the end is very steep, but it is sure nice in here!

Another Favorite on this mountain. I did this one many times today, this time chased Eduardo through it.

This run, because it faces the right direction (north) usually has good snow and today was no exception. The fact that it is a little hard to get to helps too. It is where the lift used to be, but now is a little uphill to get here. I fell (actually took a nose dive) on "Nose Dive", and about lost my camera as it flew off my goggles, but fortunately not off the USB cable to my battery pack.

Good conditions on this run is rare. Today they should have taken down all the caution signs as they didn't seem to be needed. I don't know how Steve's pole survived the mishap I had with him, but it did.

So after lunch, I managed to convince others in our group to give this run a try. I mostly followed (chased?) Rick down the mountain however.

Fresh, but not "super Light" powder made for a tiring (but still fun) day of skiing, as we "poke" down runs we normally "fly" down. Yea, the fact I fell on the first turn is just an example of the tough time we were having that day

This is where the old (and very crouded) lift used to be. It's absence left this run that is a little hard to get to at its very top. Therefore I made some fresh tracks on its pretty wind-blown snow. Only a few turns before I got into the more popular terrain. This turned out to be one of the better "blacks" of the day as most had little or no base under them which made them a bit tricky to ski.

So normally this is my favorite run on the mountain when it is open and has good coverage, but today it really kicked my butt. I guess I could make excuses like I don't have the right equipment (powder skis or a snowboard), or perhaps I'm just getting too old, but I think I'll use "I just need to ski more to keep in shape!"

Yea I know, I went a little too far off the deep end with the choice of background music. I just like to challenge YouTube to try to identify it!

This turned out to be a good run. Probably the best snow on the mountain unless you like getting tangled up in the really deep stuff we were running into at other places today like "Maxwell's Grant". Compared to other stuff we were doing around this time that day, this run was acutally relaxing!

Don't be fooled by all my other Angel Fire Videos. This place is a mecca (in the Rocky Mountain western USA that is) for mild silky-smooth "green" and "blue" runs. A great place to learn to ski. So we did this run with some others in our group (anyone trying to keep us all together should first practice hearding cats) that live for this stuff. A lot more is on the larger "front side" of the mountain.