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made his way through the group taking pictures. He also either. It was quite the challenge to ski Friday morning,
took club pictures against a gorgeous background of sun, but who can complain about snow! By midday, the sun
sky, and snowy mountains. The pub crawl in town on was shining and the winds subsided. Another beautiful
Monday evening brought out quite a crowd. Many made day of skiing in Telluride!
their first stop at the New Sheridan, which was filled almost
to capacity with Chicago Week people. The second pub, Our farewell “Get Out of Jail” party had us eating, drinking,
the Llama, was also very popular. The number of pub dancing and recapping the week with each other for some
crawlers dwindled as the evening wore on as some of us five hours. I myself lost my voice on Friday night….a little
decided to call it a night a little early due to the altitude. too much fun….never.

Tuesday morning Rick took action pictures on Peek-a-boo We’d like to extend our thanks to Winter Ski and Sport
run. Again the sun was in the right place at the right time. and Viking Ski Shop for their sponsorship, Telluride
Telluride Ski Resort hosted a scavenger hunt (on skis and Alpine Lodging for our in-town contingent, and Telluride
in the Mountain Village) for us. We had a total of 14 teams Ski Resort for our Mountain Village contingent and all the
(six people per team) skiing the mountain looking for assistance in planning and executing a great week. Thank
answers to Telluride trivia while those on foot scoured the you, Telluride, for the hospitality shown to us by everyone
Mountain Village for the same. Prizes were awarded to the in Telluride. Most importantly, thank you to all of the par-
top five teams, and all scavengers had a blast. That after- ticipating clubs (Chicago Friars, Duneland, EISCL, Fort
noon we took over Smugglers Pub and Brewery for our Wayne, Hustlers, Inland, Lake Shore, Nomads, Omaha,
first official après-ski party of the week. Mike, the owner Sitzmark, Skihasen, Skunk Hollow and Thunderbirds)
of Smugglers and a former Chicagoan, served never-ending and their club trip leaders who made this week one for
appetizers and offered us a fabulous selection of beers on the history books.
tap. Smugglers’ four-person shot ski was also a big hit.
Long Live Butch and Sundance…we most definitely
Wednesday was the traditional “no CMSC events planned” continued the history!
day. Again, the weather was almost perfect. Many chose
to take advantage of what seemed like spring skiing Don’t forget to check out all of Rick’s photos on the
weather and hopped on the slopes for a day of true spring CMSC website (cmscphotos.com – click on the “Events
skiing – 45 degrees and sunny! Others took advantage of Gallery” link). Rick did an amazing job documenting
“retail therapy” and/or strolling through the streets in the Chicago Week 2011–Telluride for all of us to reminisce
quaint town of Telluride. and for those of you who have never been on a Chicago
Week to see what I’m talking about …we’d love to have
Over 100 of us raced down (or as I call it, skied around you join the fun in Steamboat next year for Chicago
the poles) the Nastar course on Thursday morning, Week 2012.
challenging ourselves in hopes of winning a
bronze, silver, gold or platinum Nastar medal.
For some of us, our hope was to just cross
the finish line standing up. Rick has great
shots of each racer on the course. You can
see how cool you look on the CMSC web-
site, cmscphotos.com - click on the “Events
Gallery” link. There was no rest for Rick—
he was ready at the top of lift #4 Village
Express at 1 p.m. with his camera for
“stationary” picture taking. Rick hand-
picked the best background for these shots
and even took multiple shots to show our
better sides. At the end of this picture-perfect
day of skiing, we headed over to Gorrono
Ranch for an après-ski party, fueling
ourselves with appetizers and beer.

Sad to say, Friday was our last day (for
most of us) of skiing this magnificent
mountain. The morning started out with
snow, snow and more snow billowing down
- and let’s not forget the wind Friday morning Many Chicago Week participants struck gold and came home with prizes.

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