I boarded Lost Valley on one of those delicious winter days in late February when the sun is strong with deep blue skies framed by evergreens, the air is calm, the birds happily chirping away, the temps are pleasant and the world is perfect.
Lost Valley sports the most festive chairlift - yellow, blue, red or green chairs. It's a small hill, but it's open meadows are so delightful. Being one of the first on the lift, I had the soft, meticulously groomed snow to myself. The run right under the colored chairlift was short, steep and exciting and Big Buck was sheer joy with its swooping hills.