{"id":1414554,"date":"2020-01-14T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=992603"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T01:11:00","slug":"photo-essay-appreciating-the-local-ski-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/photos\/photo-essay-appreciating-the-local-ski-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Appreciating the local ski mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sunlight rental shop tech Brett Marshall fits a pair of bindings for Jason Ainsworth and his son Liam, 9, of Castle Rock as riders and skiers take advantage of the $20 lift tickets last Friday. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-1167x1536.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2-1556x2048.jpg 1556w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-2.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><figcaption><strong>The lodge begins to fill up as people enjoy the view as lunch nears last Friday at Sunlight Mountain. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-11-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Riders enjoy the ideal conditions as they make their way down Loop near the Tercero lift. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-870x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-1304x1536.jpg 1304w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7-1739x2048.jpg 1739w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-7.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption><strong>A skier makes some turns in the fresh powder, making his way down Primo last Friday. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-1024x973.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-1024x973.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-768x730.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-1536x1459.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-4-2048x1946.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Skiers and riders watch others make their way down Primo as they enjoy the short ride up Tercero last Friday. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-974x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-1461x1536.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-12-1948x2048.jpg 1948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption><strong>A snowboarder crashes into the soft snow after trying a backflip off a jump near Sun King. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-1375x2048.jpg 1375w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/PhotoEssay-gpi-011520-8-scaled.jpg 1719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption><strong>A snowboarders carves some lines in the fresh powder near the top of the Segundo lift last Friday. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)<\/strong><br \/><em>PhotoEssay-gpi-011519<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/photo-essay-appreciating-the-local-ski-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight rental shop tech Brett Marshall fits a pair of bindings for Jason Ainsworth and his son Liam, 9, of Castle Rock as riders and skiers take advantage of the $20 lift tickets last Friday. (Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent)PhotoEssay-gpi-011519 The lodge begins to fill up as people enjoy the view as lunch nears last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1414554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news","7":"category-photos"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 16:24:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}