Powderhorn Mountain, Colorado

With high hopes for another amazing road trip--with places like Telluride and Silverton up ahead--we all seemed to have the same idea in mind when we rocked up to Powderhorn Mountain: "Who's idea was this?"

With only fifteen cars in the parking lot at 10:30am, we wondered if this could be Colorado's best kept secret or a total flop. The map previewed three two-seater chairlifts and an overwhelming number of blue groomers. We hesitated to begin the day with low expectations--sometimes it's these little podunk local places that turn out to be one hell of a time...

It was far from the familiar family resort scene of Vail and Beaver Creek. There were no on-mountain dining facilities, no sharpshooters, no "back bowls." Rather, it was a place that was to be admired for it's quaint, authentic, "get down to business and just ski" kind of place; The kind of place where, as Kylie put it, we'd just have to make our own fun.








Near the ticket counter, a simple black and white computer print out announced that the Travel Channel was here and may use our images. Amazing news to my ears, but why were they here? Obviously not for the terrain park. Perhaps for the hilarious chairlift loading shows. ;) We'd heard Powderhorn was a surprisingly wonderful hidden gem, known for it's boulder fields and also fun tree runs. Maybe the Travel Channel was here to document the place before it booms...

This was obviously not a place many advanced riders head to at first go, so, there was actually a lot of good pow left several days after the last storm. And, once we found the boulder fields, we were golden. Four feet piled ontop of one particular boulder became the perfect feature to begin sessioning. We built a kicker and then ollied, gapped and tapped the mushroom, landing in two feet of soft pow.





The day ended at a respectable hour. We apres-ed over beers, modeling for B roll footage for the Travel Channel cam. Perhaps you'll see us on YouTube.