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• A-Basin #24, 09:54 AM
• A-Basin #23, 10:13 AM
• A-Basin #22, 10:10 AM
• The Folly 2009, 10:56 AM
• Eldora #29, 09:12 AM
• Eldora #28, 09:15 AM
• Breckenridge #25 09:09 AM
• Breckenridge #24 10:05 AM
• Breckenridge #23 09:21 AM
• Breckenridge #22,08:46 AM

A-Basin #24, 09:54 AM

05 June, 2009 15:28

Last day of the 08-09 season! Great day to close it out. See you next year! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 11683 ft Location: Keystone Resort, CO, Elev. Gain: -33 ft Date: 06/05/09 Up/Downhill: [+4396/-4429] Time: 10:56 AM Difficulty: 4.4 / 5.0   Weather:   53 F temp; 36% humidity   53 F heat index; winds W 6 mph Performance Distance: 7.63 miles Time: 1:02:09 Speed: 7.3 mph Pace: 8' 13 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

A-Basin #23, 10:13 AM

12 May, 2009 16:46

70. mo-lass-ass & mashed-taters slow Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 11652 ft Location: Keystone Resort, CO, Elev. Gain: -16 ft Date: 05/12/09 Up/Downhill: [+4619/-4635] Time: 11:19 AM Difficulty: 4.4 / 5.0   Weather: Sunny   44 F temp; 52% humidity   44 F heat index; winds SSW 9 mph Performance Distance: 7.46 miles Time: 1:05:59 Speed: 6.7 mph Pace: 8' 57 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

A-Basin #22, 10:10 AM

11 May, 2009 17:53

awesome spring day, with Death Magnetic, tons of sun, and deep blue sky! happy to be back in colorado. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 11547 ft Location: Keystone Resort, CO, Elev. Gain: +6 ft Date: 05/11/09 Up/Downhill: [+8362/-8356] Time: 12:13 PM Difficulty: 4.8 / 5.0   Weather: Sunny   45 F temp; 37% humidity   45 F heat index; winds WNW 8 mph Performance Distance: 14.49 miles Time: 2:03:01 Speed: 7.0 mph Pace: 8' 34 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

The Folly 2009, 10:56 AM

09 April, 2009 17:56

Our sail from Hythe to the folley Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Southampton, Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/15/09 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 12:07 PM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 11.80 miles Time: 1:11:18 Speed: 9.9 mph Pace: 6' 04 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Eldora #29, 09:12 AM

06 April, 2009 14:22

brilliant sunny last day of the regular season for me. I'm off to the UK for the remainder of April, so won't see closing days in Summit county or Vail. If A-Basin is still open when I get back, I'll be layering on the sunscreen for a few more post-season turns. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 9884 ft Location: Nederland, CO, Elev. Gain: -10 ft Date: 04/06/09 Up/Downhill: [+5623/-5633] Time: 10:32 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Sunny   20 F temp; 52% humidity   20 F heat index; winds WNW 15 mph Performance Distance: 8.92 miles Time: 1:20:31 Speed: 6.6 mph Pace: 9' 05 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Eldora #28, 09:15 AM

04 April, 2009 14:16

face shots of pow all morning in the trees and no wind! Should have stayed longer today Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 9928 ft Location: Nederland, CO, Elev. Gain: -289 ft Date: 04/04/09 Up/Downhill: [+8382/-8671] Time: 11:10 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: WINTER STORM WARNING UPDATE UNTIL SAT APR 04 2009 01:15 PM MDT   23 F temp; 79% humidity   23 F heat index; winds N 5 mph Performance Distance: 12.26 miles Time: 1:54:27 Speed: 6.4 mph Pace: 9' 23 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Breckenridge #25 09:09 AM

30 March, 2009 18:24

face shots all morning! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10885 ft Location: Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, Elev. Gain: -1273 ft Date: 03/30/09 Up/Downhill: [+7427/-8700] Time: 10:40 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather:   7 F temp; 71% humidity   7 F heat index; winds NW 15 mph Performance Distance: 14.02 miles Time: 1:31:16 Speed: 9.2 mph Pace: 6' 31 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Breckenridge #24 10:05 AM

25 March, 2009 22:19

GPS anomaly, but a day I would call THE season "epic". fucking incredible. face shots till 12 noon, in heavy wet pow off chair e, and one solitary tree run untouched where i was actually scared i might not crawl out towards the bottom crossing the creek. ah, to be among the aged trees alone in that sort of scary situation. always great to reminded i'm small in life. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10900 ft Location: Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, Elev. Gain: +328 ft Date: 03/24/09 Up/Downhill: [+4655/-4327] Time: 12:18 PM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Cloudy   18 F temp; 62% humidity   18 F heat index; winds N 14 mph Performance Distance: 10.31 miles Time: 2:12:50 Speed: 4.6 mph Pace: 13' 03 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Breckenridge #23 09:21 AM

14 March, 2009 21:48

speed, speed, speed Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10869 ft Location: Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, Elev. Gain: -2030 ft Date: 03/14/09 Up/Downhill: [+9137/-11167] Time: 11:50 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Sunny   37 F temp; 18% humidity   37 F heat index; winds NW 4 mph Performance Distance: 17.07 miles Time: 2:28:45 Speed: 6.8 mph Pace: 8' 49 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Breckenridge #22,08:46 AM

07 March, 2009 14:25

Yuck conditions today. The heat earlier this week turned our snow to unforgiving cement Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10529 ft Location: Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, Elev. Gain: -282 ft Date: 03/07/09 Up/Downhill: [+5029/-5311] Time: 09:50 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Light Snow   20 F temp; 69% humidity   20 F heat index; winds SW 3 mph Performance Distance: 11.46 miles Time: 1:03:40 Speed: 10.8 mph Pace: 5' 33 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Mesa Trail, 11:13 AM

04 March, 2009 13:49

73 degrees today in Boulder - had to get out for a Flatirons hike. Feeling great. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 6050 ft Location: Boulder, CO, Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 03/04/09 Up/Downhill: [+734/-734] Time: 12:11 PM Difficulty: 3.6 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy and Windy   70 F temp; 6% humidity   70 F heat index; winds WSW 27 mph Performance Distance: 2.94 miles Time: 0:57:15 Speed: 3.0 mph Pace: 20' 00 /mi Calories: 339 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 19' 56 -0' 04 3.0 +0.0 +479 ft 2 19' 48 -0' 12 3.0 +0.0 -30 ft end 18' 34 -1' 26 3.2 +0.2 -449 ft Versus average of 3.0 mph:     Slower     Faster

Breckenridge #21 08:12 AM

28 February, 2009 14:10

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10457 ft Location: Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, Elev. Gain: +62 ft Date: 02/28/09 Up/Downhill: [+9560/-9498] Time: 10:39 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   20 F temp; 18% humidity   20 F heat index; winds ESE 5 mph Performance Distance: 21.35 miles Time: 2:26:49 Speed: 8.7 mph Pace: 6' 54 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Eldora #27, 09:05 AM

18 February, 2009 14:49

variable conditions today due to Eldo notorious high winds, with ice in some spots and deep pow in others. Good to get out today - it's been more than 3 weeks. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 9913 ft Location: Nederland, CO Elev. Gain: -144 ft Date: 02/18/09 Up/Downhill: [+5836/-5980] Time: 10:15 AM Difficulty: 4.5 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 8.88 miles Time: 1:09:49 Speed: 7.6 mph Pace: 7' 54 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Vail #6, 09:09 AM

25 January, 2009 14:25

Amazing first-track Blue Sky Basin day with Thomas and John in over 12in of wet fresh. The only thing that sucked was I lost battery power on my BB, so could only collect runs for a short period of time. RIM - please fix your Blackberry Bold battery issue. It sucks compared to the 8800! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 10715 ft Location: Vail Mountain Resort, CO, Elev. Gain: -968 ft Date: 01/24/09 Up/Downhill: [+3943/-4911] Time: 10:06 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MTOUNTAIN VALLEYS, FLATTOPS, CO UNTIL SAT JAN 24 2009 01:00 PM MST   27 F temp; 93% humidity   27 F heat index; winds CALM calm mph Performance Distance: 8.57 miles Time: 0:57:35 Speed: 8.9 mph Pace: 6' 44 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

A-Basin #21, 11:16 AM

21 January, 2009 19:20

First time over in the new back bowls at A-Basin. It's nice back in there, but best a powder day. Today was very crusty. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 11862 ft Location: Keystone Resort, CO Elev. Gain: -636 ft Date: 01/21/09 Up/Downhill: [+3166/-3802] Time: 12:06 PM Difficulty: 4.3 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 6.10 miles Time: 0:50:22 Speed: 7.2 mph Pace: 8' 20 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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