Colorado Rocky Mountain High! The dramatic Gore Range overlooks the Beaver Creek ski mountain.

The shops and cafes in the Beaver Creek Village are all accessible by escalators so you don't have to walk up and down stairs in ski boots. They think of everything.

Here is a view of the Beaver Creek shopping street. In the center is an ice rink.

One of the local artists makes bronze statues.  Here is a statue of a hawk.

We were lucky to get Ron as our ski instructor. We were completely amazed by how much better we were skiing by the second day.

Johanna, one of the women in the class. She made Mary feel tall. The class also included Karina, a woman from Guatemala, and David, who was Anselmo's long lost twin. Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of them.

McCoy's Cafe, a restaurant at the bottom of the first lift. It was a good place to go to the bathroom before going up the mountain. It was also a sunny place to sit and rest.

The Spruce Saddle lodge was located halfway up the mountain. We had lunch there every day.

This is the upstairs dining room of the Spruce Saddle Lodge.

This sign is located at the top of the Bachelor's Gulch mountain. The beautiful white trees are aspens, which grow at a lower elevation. The Bachelor's Gulch area is at a lower elevation than the Beaver Creek area.

This is the top of the Bachelor's Creek lift. Just as Anselmo snapped the picture, Johanna (little bitty yellow jacket), Ron (big blue jacket), and two other people got off the lift.

The Ritz Carlton hotel and condominium in Bachelor's Gulch. This beautiful, amazing building is made of logs and stone. The outside is trimmed with huge log beams.

This is a closer view of one of the condominiums, showing the log beams.

Here is a view of the Beaver Creek village from above.

Mary really liked the big Christmas trees (also known as lodge pole pine) covered with snow.

We had an exciting last afternoon when Mary followed three paragliders down to their launch site. After turning down Mary's pleas to take her up, they floated off into the sky. It was amazing to watch the parachutes inflate in the slight breeze.

Our last picture, the distinctive Colorado aspens, glowing in the late afternoon sunlight.