The Colorado Escape
When your long-haired hippy brother lives at 10,000 ft elevation in a strange town called Leadville, roughly thirty minutes away from Copper Mountain Ski Resort, you should probably make a trip out to visit. Or maybe a couple trips? So that's what we did.
We are still recovering from our wild trip out west. One horrible rental car experience, two days of beautiful bluebird shredding, three nights of as much delicious food + local beer as we could stomach, and four nights of fairly little sleep. It was awesome.
Be sure to check out the video at the bottom from Gerick's first trip (yes, he's spoiled and went twice.)
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