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Last year's Annual Meeting and Dinner at the Sugarloaf Inn was so popular, we are repeating it. For $23 per person, members will enjoy a dinner buffet, including salads, entrees, dessert, and coffee/tea. The fixed price of $23 includes the meal, taxes, and gratuities. A cash bar will be available for those that would like to have wine, beer, or cocktails. (Per state law, it is not allowed to bring your own beverages to the event.)

 

Social time will be from 5:00 - 6pm, dinner at 6:00. Following the dinner, we will have a short business meeting, which will include annual reports, elections of officers and board members, and volunteer recognitions. The Range Raffle Ticket winners will be drawn.

 

Our guest speakers are CVOA members Alan Burnell and Kenny Wing, authors of "The Lost Villages of Flagstaff Lake". Their presentation will include a slide show and talk.

Their book will be available for purchase, for $22.00 cash, and of course they will autograph your copy.

 

We have a limited number of seats remaining. RSVP now (Reply to this email) or email cvoa.secretary@gmail.com if you would like to attend this event.

 

~ Cindy Foster, Dinner Manager and Joe Loughran, Meeting Manager

We will be gathering Sunday, March 19th for a snowshoe or hike into Reed Brook Falls in Kingfield.  This is a one mile hike to a beautiful waterfall.  It is rated a "one boot hike"(easy) in the CVOA hiking guide. The snow pack is deep and the rivers are running high. The waterfall should be spectacular. 

Gather at Tufulio's on March 19th at 11 a.m. to car pool to the trail head. Parking is limited at the trail head so please car pool as much as you can. Bring a drink and a snack if you like.  

This hike is weather and trail conditions dependent. Please let me know if you are coming so I can notify you if the plans change.  

~ Gail Miller; treasurer.cvoa@gmail.com

• Sugarloaf 2017-18 Season Pass - No Blackout Dates
• Five $100 LL Bean Gift Certificates - one for each of five winners
• 2 Day Passes mid-week Sugarloaf Golf Course
• Handcrafted Wooden Bench from yours truly, Diane Stone

The Plunge, Bush Wacker, Bees Run, Majestic and Silver Cloud.  My knees start to shake just thinking of these amazingly steep trails at Telluride, CO.  And they are just a few of the incredible trails CVOA'ers explored for 6 days in late January and early February this year.   Under bluebird skies, on multiple feet of fresh, deep, western powder, and with beautiful scenery all around, we tore up this huge resort.  The views from the See Forever trail are not to be forgotten soon.  This trail runs along the ridgeline, starting at the top of the Revelation Bowl, 12,500-foot elevation, and ending up at the Mountain Village base area. 

On the 15th ski trip organized by CVOA, it took the skiers 2 days to descend upon the sleepy town and ski resort of Telluride, Colorado, due to the large size of the group (68) and the smaller jets that fly into Montrose, the nearest commercial airport.   The first group stayed in condos at the Bear Creek Lodge in Mountain Village.  The second group booked into the Victorian Inn or the Riverside Condos in the town of Telluride.  A gondola that runs until midnight connects the town and the Mountain Village.   So, people staying in at Bear Creek were able to easily explore, shop and dine in the old mining town of Telluride.  There were also some fine restaurants in the base area of Mountain Village. 

Back to the skiing.  On a typical day, we would take the Funicular lift from the Bear Creek Lodge down to the ski trail below, then ski down to the Sunshine lift.  After a couple of lifts, we would ski to the base of the Prospect Lift and then make several runs on the freshly groomed blues and green trails.  We might venture into the glades, or ski the bumps, or just enjoy the groomed trails that wind down through the trees.  Next we'd take the Gold Hill lift up the top of the ridge and ski over into Revelation Bowl where the morning sun made the runs down those steep trails a pleasure.  The bumps on Bees Run were a challenge, but with the great snow conditions, made for a fun yet tiring trek. 

Time for coffee, so off to one of the amazing restaurants up on the mountain.  (There are no chain restaurants in Telluride!)  After coffee and most likely catching up with at least a few of the others from CVOA, we'd head to the Plunge lift to ski 2,225 vertical feet of amazingly steep and long trails.  The glades in this area are sweet as well.  Rick and I skied the Powerline trail, thinking it might be like Pole Line back at the Loaf.  Wrong.  It was Misery Whip on steroids, i.e. longer, steeper and larger bumps!   We should know better than to take recommendations from Chrystal! 

The rest of the day would be spent exploring the rest of the ski resort, with lunch again up on the mountain.  We would drag ourselves back to the condos, tempted to make one more run, but knowing our legs just didn't have the strength. 

It was one of the best CVOA trips ever, thanks in no small part to the excellent leadership of Cindy Foster.  Cindy and I are already working on next year's trip and we will be deciding the destination at the post trip party on March 3rd.