SUNDANCE
FESTIVAL & Skiing January 19 - February 5, 2016 We enjoyed so much, but picture taking was not a priority. Here's some we took. |
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Vail has made huge changes | |
Miner's Camp, the new restaurant that replaces the Snow Hut. |
The new Quicksilver Gondo joins the Canyons area to Park City. We enjoyed skiing new trails (to us) and then returning to familiar ones. |
Meanwhile
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condo Conversation was active, yet everyone consulted a PC or laptop. Sorry I didn't capture any pics of our gourmet dinners provided by Mike |
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The
Volunteer Appreciation Party The dinner was excellent, fun pics made a nice remembrance, and many volunteers let it all out on the dance floor. |
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Keren's crutches kept her off the floor, but she did record what others were doing |
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A day on
Main Street We enjoyed the virtual reality displays, but didn't take any photos |
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From the plague on the wall, "Amos Goldbaum is an artist specializing in freehand line drawings. He started selling his drawings on the street and gained a following for his creative works to include prints and t-shirts. He credits his grandfather and mother as inspiration and has been featured in McSweeney's and Cool Hunting". Sue and Charlie took the opportunity to add their freehand drawings to his works. |
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As volunteers, Keren and I each had six vouchers to see films | |
Karen as volunteer counting ballots |
Volunteers in line to exchange vouchers for tickets They pass the time eating dinner and chatting |
We saw: |
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Werner Herzog (left) director of LO AND BEHOLD, Reveries of the Connected World |
Liz Garbus director of Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper |
Nate Parker -- director/screenwriter/actor in Birth of a Nation. He's amazing! |
Nate is joined by members of his team in the Q and A |
And Yes, there was skiing | |
DJ, Sue and Mike |
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After DJ and Sue left, Mike was pretty much on his own for ski fun Here's one result Yesterday was my day to explore Pinecone Ridge. Panorama photo set here: http://ns1.noop.org/misc/2016-Pinecone-Ridge/ The hike to the vantage point for the photo set was no more arduous than the high traverse (i.e. turning left) off the Jupiter chair. I did three Pinecone runs; my first (uninformed) run led me down to the tedious climb along the gondola road. (But that aspen glade was awfully nice. Almost worth it.) My second run was my favorite; by continuing through the next gate I had virgin snow and an easy return to King Con chair. Yes, it was great. On my third run, I was curious enough to see if it would be possible to reach Motherlode base if I pushed further up the canyon. The map seemed to say yes, but I had no idea of the cost. I succeeded, but the cost was considerable traversing and another tedious, slightly uphill walk out. The exit was a different road - parallel to Thaynes canyon, ultimately merging into the Thaynes run. Lesson learned; in future visits, I will aim for the second gate and the middle descent. |