Three's a Pain

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Beaver Creek, Colorado

Woke up and my calves were not happy. I attribute that to walking from the gondola to the condo, but it might be skiing related. The main crew hopped the 8:48 and Garth and I opted to wait about 45 minutes for the ice to thaw. That turned out to be a good decision. We ran 7 hot laps on Batchelor Gulch. Conditions were pretty firm to start but to better with every run. Eventually we wandered over to Arrowhead and met up with the crew.

Garth and Catherine in front of the Arrowhead clocktower

I mostly skied today and didn't take a lot of photos. After 11,000 vert in the am, we stopped for lunch. After lunch we did another lap down Cresta and then headed over to hit Screech Owl again. Half the crew peeled off for wine at the Redtail lodge. Garth, Catherine, Parker, and I went up Grouse Mountain to do a lap. Conditions were pretty mushy on the very steep top pitch but were pretty ok the rest of the way down.

After that we hopped the Birds of Prey Express for a final lap down to the Beaver Creek base. We wisely decided to pass on Leave the Beav expecting it to be a sticky, slushy mess. I snapped a few photos of the crew on Gold Dust.

I. Cam, Quinn, and Beth

II. Catherine, Beth, and Quinn all lean left

III. Catherine

IV. Beth

V. Parker

VI. Garth

We then hopped the bus back to the condo.

Quinn and Catherine waiting for the bus (all day)

I was gassed when we got back and took a nap. 

The view from the condo balcony

Garth has a ski tracker and we've skied over 61,000 vertical feet over the last three days. I'm definitely feeling it at this point. Hopefully I'll recover and be ready for tomorrow.