Wolf Creek Weekend

by Erica

Getaway weekends are the best. Thanks to Phil for a generous gift of a couple nights stay at a Bed and Breakfast and a day of skiing at Wolf Creek! Wolf Creek is known for getting the most snow in Colorado. Although they are about 100 inches behind this season, the powder was simply amazing. I put my pole in the snow and the snow covered all but the top. I can't imagine what their ususal 500 inches of snow is like. The sking was great. The 24 inches of snow before we got there certainly helped.









Pagosa Springs (where we stayed) is a beautiful 51/2 hour drive from Denver (7 1/2 hours if you would follow Mapquest's time scale). Jason and I kept saying, "look how beautiful that mountain is." I spent my time looking at the map and telling Jason every stream we just passed and the names for the mt. peaks. Although the map worked well, I think a GPS is next in line.Pagosa Springs is not a Vail or Aspen, rather, it is a small laid back mountain town that wishes to remain a town of mom and pop businesses. They did have a nice area where you could take a soak in the hot springs. $30 for us to basically sit in a hot tub was an option, instead we decided to take a quick jaunt down to New Mexico since I had never been there. We saw the border, took a picture and then headed back. New Mexico did prove to be the land of enchantmant.