I’m still in Jackson Hole for meetings – back to New York next week. But wouldn’t it be great if the ski hill looked like this (with me on it)?

www.powdertravel.com/ ski_st_anton.htm

It doesn’t. Our poor mountain is a sheet of ice with only little taunts of an inch or two here and there to pretend like the snow gods have remembered us. A friend said to me he thinks we need the kind of snow that will shut the entire mountain down for a day or two just to get back to where we should be in the middle of January.

Soooo….we’ve been driven to focusing on what some consider the real point of a ski vacation anyway: the fun afterwards. It’s not such a bad thing to start the apres-ski revelry at lunchtime instead of when the lifts close! So here is my recipe for a good apres-ski party:

• hot tub (optional)
• a gorgeous view
• locally brewed beer
• really good tequila for shots between beers
• jam band and/or bluegrass tunes
• a guy who calls people “brah” and brags about hucking it off a sick lip into the gnar
• an expert skier who won’t talk about the crazy things he’s done unless you ask
• extreme skiing/snowboarding videos on the tv
• a big fire in the fireplace
• comfortable shoes
• a ride home

Mix. Repeat.