Southern Colorado and northern New Mexico are caught in a cycle of massive storms, with three-day snowfall totals of 81 inches at Crested Butte, 79 at Monarch and over 60 at Wolf Creek, with more snow predicted over the next day and a half! Taos had picked up 38 inches as on Monday morning and is getting more now. With opening set for this Friday, Dec. 14, at TSV, things are shaping up nicely.

I was at Wolf Creek Sunday, and it was epic! Saturday morning Wolf Creek Pass was shut down due to avalanches across U.S. 160, and so the few skiers and borders that made it up prior had the place to themselves as the storm raged. I was stuck in a cheap hotel watching, ironically, "Snow Day" on TV, but the mineral waters at The Spa ($9 bucks for a day!) were terrific, and there was a pack of roudy snowbound travelers in the storied Pagosa Bar that night....Sunday dawned clear and cold, and the whoops of people on the slopes filled the crysal-choked air....Another successful road trip to The White World....