Matt and I get days off work. They are just rarely on the same day. So we did some pre-planning and decided to take Friday off and have a day together - no chores, no house remodel, nothing. We slept in and headed out to Girdwood to enjoy some breakfast and downhill skiing at this resort.
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Alyeska Resort
Girdwood, Alaska |
The beauty of this particular day was that the top of the mountain had gotten 51 inches of fresh snow in the last week, the sun was out (how I miss the sun!), it was in the 20's (that's warm, people), and it was a Friday morning so there was nobody there. The conditions were perfect.
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| You can see how all the lifts were not so full... |
We opted to stay on the lower part of the mountain, because a) I'm still trying to get my downhill skiing groove on and b) it is like $25 a lift ticket. Much cheaper. No point in shelling out the big bucks to be miserable coming down the whole mountain.
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| Did I mention it was awesome not having to fight a crowd? |
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Matt was excited!
Notice how there is no line at the lift behind him.
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| The views were pretty good if I do say so myself |
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| Taking it all in half way down the mountain |
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Doing our best to get the background.
It didn't really work very well. |
I actually had a ton of fun once I got the swing of it. Maybe next time we'll venture to the very top...maybe.
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You guys are just so cool. Way to embrace life in Alaska!
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