33 - Lift Lines, New Skis, and Zero Chill

About this episode

The crew discusses the chaos of the first winter weekend in Colorado, including long lift lines and ski equipment mishaps.

Colorado finally got snow–so naturally everyone lost their minds. In this episode, the crew breaks down the first real winter weekend: Aspen’s 45-minute gondola line, Eldora’s epidemic of straight-liners, and I-70’s biannual reminder that semi-trucks apparently come with “optional” chains. Marcus is testing new boots that are suspiciously comfortable, Dave accidentally bought park skis that don’t fit in gondola racks, Ryan is deep in uphill-mode season, and Dylan’s kids may be more excited ab...

Topics covered

• skiing
• winter sports
• gondola lines
• ski equipment
• family activities

Keywords

• skiing
• Colorado
• Aspen
• Eldora
• gondola
• ski boots
• park skis
• uphill skiing

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Colorado, Aspen, Eldora, I-70

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