We took advantage of days off from work and hit the slopes at Snowbowl a couple of days after Christmas. We just went for the day - left early Thursday morning and were home by about 10pm that night (if it weren't for the weather we would have been home much earlier - read more about that below).
Kellyn came with us too - it was fun to have her there.
Cloudy/snowy day - it was actually a perfect day for skiing because it started flurrying in the morning and by lunch it was full blown snowing. We had one icy run mid-morning, but with the snow it made for perfect powder conditions.
Let's go!
It was a chilly day but we had planned for it and were grateful for all the layers.
Riding the lift (and no, dad, we didn't drop our phone). :)
San Francisco Peaks
The one group shot from the day - Dave, Jackson, Me, Kellyn, Gibson and Mason.
Always love adventuring with him.
After this picture Kellyn and I went on our own for a while to do some blue runs. If Kyle had come we probably would have gone to the top for one black run.
We skied right until the end of the day at 4pm. By this time, it was really snowing so getting the 7 miles to the main road took us an hour. The delays were caused by one guy deciding to put chains on his car in the middle of the road (literally) and then another car was flipped on the side of the road. We stopped for dinner at Diablo Burger - in my opinion this is a must-stop if you are in Flagstaff.
When we came out of the restaurant the snow had started coming down in Flagstaff.
It was so pretty and would have been nice to stay the night but we hadn't planned for that.
We were on the road home by about 6pm or so. The drive from Flagstaff to Camp Verde was a stressful one because it was snowing pretty good and the roads were bad. It was very low visibility and cars in front of us were sliding. I was thankful that Dave was driving and that we were in the Land Rover. Thanks babe for getting us all home safe - such a fun day and hopeful for more days skiing this winter!
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