I am back in snowy Chicago and it is very strange not to be skiing on the snow. I really didn't want to leave Colorado. I took a last lesson on Thursday with the same instructor, Carl, who I had had the day before. My friend Carla was also there from the day before as well as a few others. We did very similar things to the day before including double black diamonds, black diamonds and a whole mogul field. It was becoming insane on the mountain with Easter weeken...

Thankfully I am a little less sore this evening and my stamina is really improving. Yesterday I did my own thing, at my own pace and this meant I did about twice as much as I did the last 2 days. One of the best things was we had had over 7 inches of new snow over night and they hadnt groomed all the runs. So I spent the morning playing with the deep powder and practicing all the things I had learnt in my lesson. In the afternoon I skied over 3 peaks, which was...

Well I am officially exhausted and sore, having discovered muscles I did not know that I had and realizing that it get very very cold at the top of the mountain. My week started with a rather epic journey to Breckenridge. I flew into Denver International airport and then took a shuttle to Breck, however this journey that was supposed to take 2 hrs took nine! It was ever so slightly frustrating especially when it took 3 hours to drive 1 mile! But I did eventually...