Sunday in the snow but Warm Enough!

We had a fun day in Vail today. Mike and David went up on the slopes this morning to ski and snowboard and Nancy and I went hiking along Gore Creek and into the mountains for a couple of miles. The weather was beautiful considering there is still about two feet of snow everywhere. We hiked a trail that went up quite a ways and as long as you stayed on the packed snow everything was fine. If you stepped to the side of the trail you would sink to your knees!

Lots of people in town for the skiing and winter festivities.

Here are a few pictures:

Hiking on the Gore Creek Trail at East Vail

We were on the mountainside for about an hour and a half and gained about a thousand feet of altitude on this hike.

Gore Creek flowing under the snow banks.

A view across Vail Valley (during our hike), at the mountains east of the Vail ski slopes.

Back in town, the ice rink at Lionshead Village.

The slope near the bottom of the gondola. Quite busy with skiers! 

A view of the Vail slopes stretching across the mountainside.