Denver and Boulder

i've got a couple days before i head back to boston, so i'd figure i'd try and get some skiing and riding in if possible. on friday i headed up to A-basin for some early May powder. it was sunny in denver, but as soon as you passed through the Eisenhower tunnel it looked like this...


The skiing was pretty sweet, with about 6 inches of new stuff. A-basin's got some good terrain, but unfortunately most of the new Montezuma Bowl wasn't open. The winds were pretty high and the snow plentiful, so i couldn't really get the full scope of the mountain, just the 20 ft in front of me. Good stuff, though. especially the tree runs, i love those. i ended up skiing for an hour with a girl from boston who i met on the lift. small world huh?

Here's me skiing with a cycling jacket and other assorted borrowed apparel (thanks katie!)


The ride home was about 4 hrs because of some accident in the tunnel, but i got some Beau Jo's and made it all better....

Today i headed up to Boulder to pick up my packet for the "Tri for your Cause" triathlon (tomorrow) This should be a great race, although the H20 is 55 degrees and i don't have a wetsuit....i'll have to swim pretty fast to stay warm! After testing the water and only lasting 5 minutes, i headed out for a ride on Left Hand Canyon Rd. This place is un-freakin-believable. i probably saw 50+ riders out there at 4pm, and the scenery and terrain is second to none. This place truly is a cyclists mecca. (i'm pretty sure i saw floyd landis too....or a perfect look-a-like) The ride i did was about 2hrs with 3500ft of climbing and headed up to Ward, a small seen-better-days type of town.
Here are a couple of pics from the ride...

Tomorrow's the race (hopefully i don't hit an iceberg) and then a midnight flight home to Beantown.