http://www.paddlejourney.com Travel posts and photography from Ryan Bonneau Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:51:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The sun peaks out on the horizon line during last nights sunset. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/02/colorado-winter-sunset/ A bluebird powder day in Telluride!  Today was a great day on the resort with a fresh dump and sunny skies, hard to beat.  The photo above is a hiker on the ridge to ski Palmayra peak on the Telluride Ski Resort. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/02/palmayra-peak/ A snowboarder flies through deep powder on the Telluride Ski Resort. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/02/297/ Wow what a great day!  We were forecasted for only 1-3 inches and ended up with about foot of snow. The skiing today was exceptional. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/01/telluride-ski-resort-powder-day/ Well it took a long time but Telluride finally got a big storm.  The skiing has been amazing over the last few days with close to 2 feet of fluffy pow.  Hopefully we are now in a good storm pattern and will keep on getting the goods. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/01/telluride-powder-skiing-2/ Wow, what a great year.  2011 flew by and as I look forward to new opportunities and adventures in the coming year it's always helpful to take a minute to look back over the last year.  These are my favorites from the past year, probably more for sentimental value than ... http://www.paddlejourney.com/2012/01/best-10-from-2011/ http://www.paddlejourney.com/2011/12/telluride-magazine-winter-cover/ A long exposure from the other night looking towards town and Mountain Village.  The stars were particularly bright with a very small crescent moon to the west.  Things are looking a little brown around the area now with the lack of recent snow but hopefully that will change this weekend! http://www.paddlejourney.com/2011/12/star-trails-over-telluride-and-mountain-village/ A stunning sunset last night looking towards the town of Telluride. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2011/11/telluride-sunset/ A partially frozen over Trout lake at sunset last night.  I was searching for some interesting patterns in the ice but all the good stuff was out a ways on the lake.  I might go back and try this again in a week when there is more ice. http://www.paddlejourney.com/2011/11/trout-lake/