“It’s not all down the sink”, is my current motto as of this date for the ski season. So many people rely on the snow and when the snow is lean, so is their pay. A snowstorm is very uplifting in personal moods and personal sporting pleasure. Seeing bare earth is not what locals want to see in the mountains during the winter. The ski resorts are doing their best to make snow and groom what snow that has fallen.
Mother Nature has its cycle. Man can have some bearing on this, but nothing compared to the natural cycle. One major volcano can emit more pollutants in the air than 100 coal power plants. Sun solar flares can interfere with satellite and radio signals. An earthquake can create a tsunami and wreck devastation more the an atomic bomb. Hurricanes can wipe out wholes cities and lead to floods that affect millions. Last year the West had record amonts of snow and this year the West has a record amount of sunny days.
The 65 year old Arapahoe Basin has a new expansion into Montezuma Basin and their famous ”Beach”. Leigh Hierholzer, marketing mgr., set MauiSkiBus.com in the top “Beach” parking spot to share the Aloha Spirit front row and center. Bryan “Wacko” Wachs and Tania Boyd drove over from Eagle/Vail to add to our beach party. Numerous skiers/snowboarders, ski patrol, and workers came by to ask questions and tour MauiSkiBus.com. Franklin and Gykaiya got their bones, Gykaiya got to play tug-o-war, and Franklin was a hit playing soccor.
A-Basin was our 20th resort and the last in Summit County. From the chance encounter at Kirby-Cosmos to the plush two bedroom villa at the Grand Timber, our experiances here with MauiSkiBus.com was over the top. New things are on the horizon as MauiSkiBus departs for places north and west. We will try to attract the Pineapple Express, a welcome moisture flow from the Hawaiian Islands that turns into huge snowfalls for the mountain ski towns.
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