A Day in the Life

Continuing with my snowboarding beat, I recently wrote a "Day in the Life" story about Winter Park Resort in Colorado. For those of you that have never skied WP, it's a sweet resort. Divided into two separate parks, Winter Park and Mary Jane, the resort stretches across four peaks. Both sides of the mountain, affectionately known as the Park side and the Jane side, offer great skiing and riding. The Jane side is known for it's bumps however, so there are noticeably fewer snowboarders going down that side. If you can find your way around the bumps though, there's a lot of great terrain waiting to be torn up. 

I spent Saturday, Feb. 28 at Winter Park meeting new people, observing, taking notes and of course, I couldn't resist doing a little riding of my own. It was a great day to be in the mountains -a fresh dusting of powder and sunshine all day. That weekend also happened to be the 34th annual Wells Fargo Cup. I watched a few pro-am races and met a few cool people. 

I was surprised to realize how much I don't notice on a normal day of snowboarding. When I was there for the specific purpose of observing, I noticed so many details that I had looked past before. It was a great day.