A most peaceful winter night at the cabin

After the clubs “Snow and Pizza Run”, I headed over to the cabin for the night. When I got there, the sky was clear and pretty warm weather. Around 9pm, the wind picked up and the snow started falling. Ended up snowing well into the next morning, getting about an 1″ of fresh snow on top of the 10″ that we got from the last storm.

I’ll be honest, hanging out in the winter quarters, with the fire going and snow falling outside made for a most wonderful night. In the morning, I started to head to the Upper Meadows, but decided against it as the road wasn’t plowed since the last storm. So drove around the main property for a bit- all the while making fresh tracks. Probably one of the more peaceful visits I’ve had to the cabin:).

Always have to stop and take in my most favorite view in Colorado:).

Was a warm, clear night when I got to the cabin.

A few hours later, the snow started. Snowed all night and into the next morning. Got about a 1″ of snow, on top of the 10″ that we got from the last storm. Was quite peaceful in the winter quarters with the fire going in the pot belly stove.

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Snow Pizza Run 2022

This past Saturday, the club I belong to (Rising Sun 4×4 Club of Colorado) had it’s annual “Snow and Pizza Run”. It’s always a fun run. Yankee Hill, just above Central City is a great trail to go play in the snow. With no cliffs or major obstacles to worry about, Yankee Hill makes for a great place to go play in the snow. Some years were able to make it to Yankee Hill proper and some years we only get to the upper, or second parking lot.

This year’s run, we had about 30 vehicles. Breaking up into two groups, my pal Tim lead the second group- helping get some of the newer members of the club used to playing in the snow. I hoped in the front group, riding along so I could take pics. The week before the run, a big storm hit Colorado with parts of the Front Range getting around a foot of snow. Seemed we were breaking trail for most of the day. We didn’t get very far this year- only barely making it to the “playground” area (big drifts to play in), and a few getting just past that. But a blast as always and good fun with friends. Afterwards, we headed to Beau Jo’s for pizza in Idaho Springs. Being up in the mountains, I couldn’t pass up a night at the cabin, So I headed over after pizza:).

A great turn out for this years run!

Drivers meeting.

Alex making the climb to the second parking lot.

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