September 3Drive 25 minutes out of town and you reach the base of the Mount Ashland Ski Area. Take out your hiking poles turn uphill and 1500 vertical feet higher you are at the summit with a view to die for!
Mt. Ashland Ski area is a throwback to the old ski times. Only 4 slow chair lifts, about 50% of the mountain advanced terrain and a base lodge that came out of the sixties. But the terrain and the surrounding mountains are a match for any of the shi-shi resorts. Here's the best part. Locals can buy a pass for as little as $300 for the season. So when the powder is fresh the locals race out of town to see who makes the first fresh tracks. Dream on Shel about doing that someday! And with a senior pass! Someday, maybe soon?
My days here are approaching and end, but next year there will be many other mountains to climb.
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