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Mike in Blue Sky Basin
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Slow traffic leading out of Denver. This set us back at least a half hour of Saturday skiing.
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Bourbon tasting at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
    
    
    
      
       
        
          
Delicious salmon at Mountain Standard restaurant
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Fresh snow overnight
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Barry and Alan at Golden Peak ready to head up the mountain
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Mike and Gayland taking the cruising runs
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Mike and Gayland on the Eagle Bahn gondola out of Lionshead
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Barry on the Eagle Bahn gondola
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Barry models his 1990's ski jacket on the Eagle Bahn
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Alan enjoys the hot tub at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Manor Vail pool and hot tubs
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Sunday night YMDA get together
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Mike and the official YMDA photographer, Gayland
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
YMDA trip chair, Johnathan Hoistad
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Tom Gray presents Barry with a YMDA 50th anniversary hat
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Slideshow complements of Gayland Bender and Bernie Friel
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
2018 YMDA trip chair, Jonathan Hoistad
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Skating rink at Lionshead
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Manor Vail Entrance
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Manor Vail pool and hot tubs at night
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Barry with his new GoPro Hero 7 Black video camera
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Brandy Manhattan toast to former YMDA member, Jerry
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Drinks and dinner at the Fitz while watching Vikings loose to Seahawks
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Somewhere in Blue Sky Basin
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Panoramic of China Bowl from Two Elk Lodge
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Mike runs the moguls with Barry down Heavy Metal
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
The Star in Blue Sky Basin
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
From the Orient Express lift
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Mike and Alan on the Orient Express lift
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Two Elk Lodge
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Two Elk Lodge
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Two Elk Lodge overlooking China Bowl
        
      
     
    
    
    
    
      
       
        
          
Barry and Mike skied both Blue Ox and Highline that afternoon
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Mike crushing the moguls on Highline
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
YMDA 2018 Banquet
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Room at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
View from room at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Inside ski condo at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Inside ski condo at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Inside ski condo at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Gayland demonstrates comforts of ski condo at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Three bedroom ski condo at Manor Vail
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Super pricey but tasty bowl of chili at Larkspur
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Snow begins again on bus ride back to Denver from Vail