Day 5, Crested Butte, CO

Well, let me tell you that the drive up to Monarch Mountain, where we met Cody on friday to do some snowboarding, is absolutely spectacular. There is it is in front of you, The Great Continental Divide. We drove down into this incredibly vast basin with a front row seat on the mountain chain that you see above. The Rockies are really quite something, and I feel like I cannot really talk about it much yet, because i know so little....but I plan on instructing myself very well on this region, what a fantastic playground. =)

We did quite a bit of stopping in these parts to just take in the view and snap a few photos here and there...although we did try not to take too long since we were trying to get a half day of snowboarding in at Monarch, which is the closest resort to Crested Butte that is still open and has snow. So we would drive at a good pace, pass a car or two, pull over, take pictures, those few cars would pass us again....and the cycle continued all the way to Monarch.





Cody was already at Monarch when we got there, he had just been there for a few minutes. We threw on the boots, and the rest of the gear, grabbed the boards, and headed up. It isn't the biggest resort, and the snow wasn't all that fantastic...but it definitely was a lot of fun and we got a great day of snowboarding on day 5.

In the middle of the afternoon it got to be about 50degrees, we kept shedding layers and feeling more comfortable as the day went on....




We rode until 4pm, when the slopes closed, and headed to Crested Butte, finally.....
Ryan did great, Cody's snowboarding was rather impressive, and I was just getting back in the groove...taking a few too many chances and eating a lot of sh*t........and snow.....and I rode my first black diamond...........which was a little bit of a surprise as i didn't really know it was a black diamond until i was on it.


Back at Cody's place in Crested Butte, we spent the first part of our evening digging his car out of the snow, as you can see above. Which we completely documented in video....Coming soon....
Once the car was dug out and ready for the next day of riding, the night's festivities could begin....All sorts of different Colorado brews and some great Mexican food. We all basicaly went into a food coma right around 10:30pm. A glorious end to a good day. Day 6 Coming Soon...