The Sunday before last I had my first inbounds ski day of the year. We went to Steven's, where the air was cold and the snow was deep and light. We had a fantastic day, faceshot after faceshot.

Last week Heather and I went to Colorado for the Thanksgiving weekend. Wednesday was my birthday. To celebrate, Heather and I did a ski tour on Quandary Peak, one of the 14,000 peaks in Colorado. While the weather was great and the avalanche danger was low, so to was the snow depth. Only 8 inches in the deep parts.

We had a great time skinning up, until the wind got too intense, so we turned around at 13,000 feet. Turns out it is possible to skin in two inches of snow, but not possible to ski in it. We tore the heck out of our bases. But that is still cheaper than one ski ticket at Vail.

Here are the pictures from the day.