my wife got away for a couple days and headed for Chico Hot Springs in the beautiful Paradise Valley (just north of Yellowstone) for some x-country skiing in the Absaroka-Beartooth's
we stayed at Chico Hot Springs and old resort that has natural hot springs pumped into an outdoor pool, they also have a five star gourmet restaurant to boot
view from our room
we had very favorable weather both days, not overly warm, but not overly cold either- very nice snow too
someone had made a snowman a couple of miles up the trail the day before
nice views as we got higher
our first day we skied about 4 hours, returned and soaked for an hour or so and then ate some burgers about as big as your head
second day we skied for about 6 hours (was 4.5 hours going up and less than 1.5 hours going down!!
), soaked for a couple of hours and then dined at their 5 star restaurant- we both starving which made the great food taste even better
a wonderful trip- pretty sure we'll be back
we stayed at Chico Hot Springs and old resort that has natural hot springs pumped into an outdoor pool, they also have a five star gourmet restaurant to boot
view from our room
we had very favorable weather both days, not overly warm, but not overly cold either- very nice snow too
someone had made a snowman a couple of miles up the trail the day before
nice views as we got higher
our first day we skied about 4 hours, returned and soaked for an hour or so and then ate some burgers about as big as your head
second day we skied for about 6 hours (was 4.5 hours going up and less than 1.5 hours going down!!
), soaked for a couple of hours and then dined at their 5 star restaurant- we both starving which made the great food taste even bettera wonderful trip- pretty sure we'll be back
