Fishin' & Skiin' & Drinkin' In Summit With Brown 29Oct22-30Oct22

We figured Saturday after opening day @ Keystone would be mobbed so we headed out to fish the Blue. I had thought to chase the big browns on the Colorado and/or Williams Fk but construction messed up the CO and Bill's flows were jumped to 280cfs. NP. We got to Jurassic Pk TH about 10:15am and there were a number of cars - both a good and bad sign. Some might've been hunting though as we saw many hunters, ATVs and campers on the way to Green Mtn Rez dam. It was pretty chilly at the start but it warmed into a gorgeous 45° day. The "first step" descent is a doozy right now and I slid on my waders quite a distance. Steve descended fine with the aid of a rope which showed up again. Despite decent bug sign in the AM the catching today was weak... I had several on but lost them and only managed to net a small brown. We left and ate at Pho on the way back to watch the World Series on the Nest Theater.

 

Last night we dined at Bistro North; Steve had not been there yet and it was very good again. We did not take the outside seating alternative. We stopped at the new Syndicate taproom after pho. It's an excellent add to Silverthorne ~ they moved all their brewing capacity into the new spot next to Tuesday Morning. Steve had the Amber and I had the Zythos IPA, but we tried almost all the Syndicate beers, which were all pretty darn good.

We watched the Astros tie it up and laid plans to ski again today. I sanely called for a later, 8:30am, departure assessing the impact of 20° temps on Sunday's likely turnout. I was right as we parked and rode the gondola up with no wait at all. It was another good ski day on Schoolmarm with ~15K of vert and a pattern looking exactly like opening day. It will be another week before riding to the bottom is possible ~ we took the gondola down.