We've been enjoying our couple of days of 50 degree heat- bringing out our shorts and sandals for the two hours a day it is warm enough and trying to ignore the snowy days, knowing they will eventually pass.
We had our annual end of the year party at Carter Park.
It was goregous and the food was wonderful, as were Steve's famous margaritas. They warned me ahead of time not to drink too many.
True to the North Face Breckenridge tradition, Greg, Brett, Margo, and I were matching in our Meru Paclites.
Greg and I tested the jackets out about a month ago on a hut trip up on Vail Pass.
Before we left, a group of us decided to brave the 50+ mph winds and skin to the ridgeline.
Although it was windy, it was a gorgeous sunny day to be out.
Japser and Margo photo op.
Really, Greg is just irresistable, even Brett thinks so.
Before we left, a group of us decided to brave the 50+ mph winds and skin to the ridgeline.
Andy's comment was the best: beautiful conditions...no wind and the snow was so soft.
Vail Pass is behind me and off to the right are the mountains of Vail Ski Area
We enjoyed the view for about thirty seconds, then took off our skins, I wallowed in the snow for a couple of minutes, sunk to my hips in snow that I couldn't get out of to put my skis back on, and then skiied down a decent pitch to get a couple of turns in.
We ended up having to traverse some tight trees to get back to the hut. Although we snagged about fifty branches between the six of us and a couple of us almost lost our balance into some tree wells, the jacket looks like I've kept it in the packaging.
It is now in the "take" pile for our Moab trip. 
