The next morning, my daughter let me borrow her car to go to my meeting saving me an Uber ride.
After a good meeting I went back to my daughters house to picked her up. We then headed to Evo to pickup ski's for the weekend.
Once fitted we departed for Silverthorne which started out to be a gorgeous drive.
But by the time we hit Georgetown - the weather changed.
And change did it ever! The snow started to fall heaver and heaver and traffic turned to bumper to bumper all the way to the continental divide .
Snow plows ahead helped slow the traffic. As did the California drivers in their two drive Ford Focus’.
Approaching the Eisenhower Tunnel.
On the Westside of the continental divide the weather was a little better for the 7 mile decent into Silverthorne and our home for the next three nights.
As Colorado is in peak ski season, the hotels and VRBO's were pricing out at $400-600 a night - including the Hampton Inn which I ended up booking for a bargain of 90,000 HHonors points - which was fine for my father-daughter weekend.
No upgrades as they were sold out. But our more than spacious two queen room worked fine.
After we dropped our bags we were ready for a cold beer! So we chose Dillion Dam Brewery a short walk from the hotel.
With only half the Brewery seating available we waited outside by the fire pit until we were called and
seated on the second floor - with a good view of the Brewery.
Typical bar menu.
For our main, we split the Mountain Man Mac and Cheese. It was delicious despite a little to much green chili.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.
The next morning we woke to grey and overcast skies with temperatures in the teens. We gathered our things and headed over to Copper Mountain for our first day of skiing.
Lifts where packed but efficient.
With 12” of new powder my daughter schooled her dad as we simply don’t have this type of snow in California.
The sun tried to come out.
Wonderful views from the top. We had the run to ourselves.
After a long day of skiing, we were both beat and headed back to the hotel were we sat in the spa, had a small snack for dinner then passing out.
The next morning we woke to beautiful blue skies and temperatures in the 30's.
We picked up a couple of Hilton breakfast boxes, ate and took our time getting ready as I could hardly walk. 😜
After my daughter said enough is enough we headed out the mountain -
for a perfect Colorado day on the slopes.
For lunch we each ordered mini pretzel bites.
and washed it down with Ginger Ale. Ok Ginger Ale with Bushmills.
Not long after lunch we decided to head back to the hotel, order a pizza and watched Tampa Bay obliterate the Chiefs.
A Frozen Lake Dillion.
The journey home coming up next.