powder days in telluride

We awoke on Saturday to 13 fresh inches and the sky was still dumping. Chaos managed to score a short walk before Dave and I headed out for a day on the hill.

After taking some runs together, we found our friends waiting at the gate to Prospect Bowl... the rope dropped and it was a ski/board cross race to the lift. 95% of the crowd hit Gold Hill and Jess and I met up at Prospect Express. We had first tracks down Stella and captured the image in the low light..

We found some good stashes and hung out in prospect for a while...

Eventually we found Jared and Dave again and stopped for a snack at High Camp.

Seriously... this sounds narly but was actually really good and marked gluten free... a gourmet chocolate bar laced with bacon. While there was more snow this morning I ended up working all day and not making time for a ski break.... perhaps tomorrow if all goes well!

The bacon chocolate only made us realize how starving we all were and we descended on Big Dave's house at Melrose Place for some food and tubby time. We made Brinner (breakfast for dinner) and all the non-glutards piled it high on a bulky roll.  We made gluten free pancakes, hash browns, eggs, bacon and sausage and a few folks managed to get all these layered up into a sandwich.

our other favourite golden boy....seth wescott wins gold in Vancouver

From camp chaos

as you may remember we happen to be fans of our fellow sugarloafer, Seth Wescott. Seth is a snowboard cross racer (sbx) and when the sport made it's Olympic debut in 2006, Seth took gold after a dashing hole-shot. Camp Chaos was very excited to cheer Seth on in Telluride at the World Cup SBX race in December, two of the last 3 X Games in Aspen and other events here in Telluride.

From x games 2009

I'd been watching the Today Show and waiting for clips, Seth has been on the show a fair amount and is always well spoken. Check out his pre-race interview with Matt.

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Yesterday I was a wreak. I was nervous and tried to plan my day so I could watch the races. I checked the web during qualifiers to be sure time trials were ok- the first run- not so much but the second ensured a spot in the race.  I posted happy thoughts on facebook and a friend sent over a link so I could watch the race live. My stomach was in knots as I watched the small figures zoom on my laptop.

Four races. That's it- that's all. Mess one up and it's over. There's a lot of skill in sbx but there's also a lot left to chance. One racer can get clipped by another or hit a rut and spin out. 

Chaos wasn't sure what was wrong with me as I watched the semifinals. Seth and Holland had kept moving forward by taking the top two spots and both progressed to the final medal round. In less then two minutes it was over, Seth had come from behind and slowly picked off the three other races until he sped across the finish line just a half a snowboard length ahead of the Canadian. I was beside myself and wished at that moment I could be back in Maine and celebrating at The Rack like I did in 2006 with all my 'loafer friends. I tossed my favorite golden boy a treat and dug out my "Congrats Seth" button that Sugarloaf had made for Seth Wescott day in 2006. My golden pup posed for some photos.

 I really did try not to tell Dave but it wasn't possible to hide the good news that our other favorite golden boy had done it again.

Just watch it...

Congrats Seth, camp chaos is proud of you!

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From one golden boy to another....

winter woks and more

If you happen to read Think Outside the Breadbox you may already know that one of my favorite glutarded meals is Street Noodles. We made a huge batch the other night and thankfully I was greatly assisted by our favorite Chef Tomas.

Chef Tomas is a legend here in Telluride and when Justin found him at the Free Box one fine winter day in 2007 he was a bit down on his luck. He came to live with us and spends his time between Camp Chaos, Sno Dundah and Melrose Place. He's currently staying at Melrose since Big Dave had a heated pool and a hot tub which helps take the chill off a cold winter's day.

Tomas and I made street noodles for a crowd of seven starving skiers on Saturday. We had friends and friends of friends in town and had a good evening and meal at Melrose Place. Tomas was pretty proud of his wok skills...

I went for a full moon hike with some friends last month and got one whole photo as we departed thanks to dave... I hate taking off my gloves in cold weather. Here's me and our friend Jim as we ready to depart on the hour-long hike up.

Dave had to skip the hike as he went off for some night shift grooming... midnight to 9:30am, five nights a week... kinda takes the fun out of a Saturday night. He was to get some shots like this...

an early morning overlooking the Telluride Airport.