This is our third trip to a cabin in the San Jaun Mountains of Southwestern Colorado simply referred to as "The Ridge." North of Telluride, near the towns of Ridgeway and Ouray, we skied a half a day into this cabin that Aaron's family built in the late 70's. The area is fairly remote, bordered by the Nature Conservancy land on most sides. It is not uncommon to see herds of elk in the shadows of 14,000 peaks.
Here is the actual space known as "The Ridge." Aaron's family cabin to the right, the tiny roof of the steam bath jutting behind and Auntie Lynn's cabin off to the left. San Jaun Mountains in the background.
We have started sort of a funny tradition by buying fake tattoos in Green River Utah before heading to the Ridge.
Our first full day at the Ridge was spent perfecting a quarter-pipe jump that we built off the edge of the deck. We could not get Beth and Jill to jump, so they drank coffee and napped. They claimed that the house shook everytime we went off the jump.
Not even Beth can distract this focused skier!
I think the below photo turned out pretty sweet as the remote flash fired and lit up Aaron under the house's dark overhang.
Beth has really come a long ways in terms of her photography talents, although she still could not manage to get my entire head in the shot. Once she took photos of me jumping off cliffs in Hawaii and all you would ever see was the splash.
Aaron ready for the steam bath. Nothing wrong fashioning clothes that have lived up in these mountains since the 80s.
This is our third trip to a cabin in the San Jaun Mountains of Southwestern Colorado simply referred to as "The Ridge." North of Telluride, near the towns of Ridgeway and Ouray, we skied a half a day into this cabin that Aaron's family built in the late 70's. The area is fairly remote, bordered by the Nature Conservancy land on most sides. It is not uncommon to see herds of elk in the shadows of 14,000 peaks. 
Here is the actual space known as "The Ridge." Aaron's family cabin to the right, the tiny roof of the steam bath jutting behind and Auntie Lynn's cabin off to the left. San Jaun Mountains in the background.
We have started sort of a funny tradition by buying fake tattoos in Green River Utah before heading to the Ridge.
Our first full day at the Ridge was spent perfecting a quarter-pipe jump that we built off the edge of the deck. We could not get Beth and Jill to jump, so they drank coffee and napped. They claimed that the house shook everytime we went off the jump.
Not even Beth can distract this focused skier!
I think the below photo turned out pretty sweet as the remote flash fired and lit up Aaron under the house's dark overhang.
Beth has really come a long ways in terms of her photography talents, although she still could not manage to get my entire head in the shot. Once she took photos of me jumping off cliffs in Hawaii and all you would ever see was the splash.
Aaron ready for the steam bath. Nothing wrong fashioning clothes that have lived up in these mountains since the 80s.
Beth, quit trying to distract Brandon with your ladies! Oh, I like you picture of Brandon on the bunny slope... even if his head is cut off.
ReplyDeleteNice blog both of you.