Lungs. Clean lungs. To have clean lungs, one needs clean air, free of dust, mucus, foreign particles, and no smoke. Pipe smoke, smoke from a factory, diesel smoke from MauiSkiBus, tobacco smoke, and smoke from cannabis. Really, just cuz it is semi legal in Colorado, does not mean that it is clean for your lungs. Smokers are smokers. Lungs were not designed to handle any large amounts of smoke. If you feel that you need to smoke, strap your skis onto your back and hike to the summit of a mountain. Aspen Highlands Summit is a great way to get high with clean lungs and see if you can smoke the hike up.
During MauiSkiBus’s adventure of 2012, Chuck Leavitt, a fit skier that knows Aspen Highlands well, ended up hiking to the summit of Aspen Highlands with MauiSkiBus. So, the 2015 adventure was to have a repeat to the summit. A treat was given to both at Aspen Highlands, with perfect snow, as the two skipped softly side by side, down the slopes of Highland Bowl.
Of course, Aspen Highlands, more an experts mountain, had plenty of moguls to play in. MauiSkiBus was like a little kid in an un-attended candy store, and had Chuck hitting moguls until ones legs wore out. Thanks yoga studios for never ending mogul tough thighs of MauiSkiBus! Crazy is the word that ski patrollers call MauiSkiBus for loving bumps and crazy was what Aspen Highlands saw.
At the end of the day, at the base of the Highlands, a shout went out to MauiSkiBus, and an about face saw a Maui buddy from the 80′s, Wes Howard and his son, Josh, all the way from North Carolina. They had seen MauiSkiBus parked in the lot and Josh saw MauiSkiBus on the back of the ski jacket. A few beers were had, stories of the past were shared, and MauiSkiBus departed Aspen Highlands, with clean lungs, and a skiers high.