I'm home. A little tired from my travels, but a great weekend at the Fritz Hut.
The roads on the drive over to Aspen was a bit crazy, in fact a couple of our crew slid off the road, and decided not to continue on the trip.
The sun was out for the trek in. 5.8 miles or so 2500 vertical feet or so. This turned out to be a pretty big hike in. Most of the vertical gain was in about 3 of those miles.
We met a nice couple from Florida with a dog that were jogging up to the hut for a day trip. They enjoyed a nice tour and refreshed their water before heading down.
Of course we had to celebrate David's big 40! After all this is David's birthday hut trip.
Day 1 skiing was fantastic. We hiked North from the hut and skied a few runs to the west before making it to the target north facing runs. (Someone was a little too excited about the skiing to make it all the way to the north facing slopes before skiing!)
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The laps were short, but the snow was worth it. 200 feet per run.
After lunch we found some terrain in front of the hut which was a more gentle angle (better for skinning up but not as good for skiing down) about 320 feet per lap.
I've caught David tending to the fire:
Of course I had to step away from the game of Rummy to make dinner, but there is always time for a deck of cards.
The skis left patiently waiting for the next set of turns to be had.
We took a couple laps in front of the hut before heading back to the cars for the ride home. We had another 8" or so for the morning laps. The trek out was about 2 hours as expected. Breaking trail, and pulling the sled. (let me clarify. someone else broke the trail, I just widened it. ;)
