Last summer–Father’s Day, in fact–I had the unique pleasure of hitting the slopes of Aspen Mountain in the middle of June. Glacier skiing, common in parts of Canada and the Pacific Northwest, enables skiing almost year round. This is not the case in Aspen. The glaciers that carved out the Roaring Fork Valley have been gone for hundreds of years, making my adventure all the more novel.
Snow, yes, but plenty o
While it wasn’t anything special compared to a cold blizzardy powder day in mid-January, it was so much fun just because it was such an unusual opportunity. I went up with my dad and my brother with no expectations.
It was hot and wet snow, making your skis pretty sticky. Adding in the fact that I hadn’t skiied since early January and I must have looked kind of awkward. Then of course, I realized that everyone did! It’s almost impossible to look good skiing on slushy snow that grabs your skis, but I made the best of it. After all, I am a junior olympic gold medalist from back in my freestyle days.
I was so entertained by the mere fact that I was skiing with my family on Father’s Day for the first time in my life that I had to shoot some quick videos. Enjoy my short run down AJAX (local name for Aspen Mountain) among dirt patches and rocks! Ha! Sorry about the jerky video and the wind noise…what do you want from me? I’m skiing!
I then went to the golf course and played 9 holes that afternoon… 🙂
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