Arapahoe Basin

Arapahoe Basin opened 3 days ago, on Friday, October 9th and of course I was in attendance! In fact, my boyfriend really wanted to park at the beach right by the lift, so we got there at freakin 6:30am. Someone had beat us to the very first spot, some guy from Rocky Mountains Underground... sorry I forgot his name.. woops but he was real chill. We took the second spot, and not long after, someone else came by and took the 3rd spot.


Parked at the beach. It was still dark.
We set up tents and a grill which took FOREVER to fire up. We had lots of beer and lots of hot dogs for everyone, and we got people stoked on 720 Boardshop which was really rad. We gave away 720 T-shirts, stickers, and two $20 gift certificates to the shop.

Oh yeah, riding? I bought a discounted lift ticket; myself and my friends had to share that since we were all broke, haha. I'm still waiting on my pass. Everyone averaged an hour a run, seriously. The lift lines were so packed, and the park was full too. The park was awesome though; there was a picnic table, a barrel flat-down rail, a down rail and a bonk. The run was really wide and seemed like an actual resort, not just a single ribbon. I don't get why someone coined the term, "white ribbon of death." I think it's a little overdramatic. The run is really wide and really long, it actually seems like the whole resort is open because there's just snow everywhere. You wanna see a real "white ribbon of death"? Check this out:

Boreal's opening day - October 2009 - picture from yobeat.com

That still doesn't look too bad, there's practically no one there. However... just imagine Arapahoe Basin's crowd there. Now that's death right there. Such a place would earn that "white ribbon of death" title. As for A-Basin and Loveland, well, I just call it snow, lots of snow!

I hit up Arapahoe Basin again on Oct 11 and Oct 12, but with a little twist. Instead of taking the lift, I hiked up to the park both days. Being deprived of a pass rules. The first day I hiked, I found a Mountain Dew soda can from the 1980's.


Apparently this is a radio, but that's what the soda can looked like
The Mountain Dew can was in such perfect shape, seriously. That thing's been at A-Bay for what, 30 years and not a single dent to it? It was faded though, presumably due to exposure to the sun in the summer. AND THEN. I hiked on the second day to the park again, and found yet another soda can from the '80s. This time it was orange soda. Am I gonna find one every time I hike up? Haha. We shall find out tomorrow for I hike again!