Crested Butte feels cursed right now. Here's what's happened in the new year:
The natural gas line broke and the town was without gas for days. I was glad that my place runs on electric heat. The plumbers must be happy, fixing broken pipes in the homes that had no heat without gas.
A Crested Butte Academy skier died tragically in the park at Copper mountain. It was a freak accident, and very sad.
http://www.denverpost.com/broncosheadlines/ci_5014855
This last weekend, a young snowcat driver died in an accident with his snowcat. The local rumor mill is filled with gory details that I'm not going to get into.
http://crestedbuttenews.com/articles...ews/news02.txt
I didn't know either of these guys, but in a town of 2,000 I know plenty of people who did. Needless to say, 2 deaths in a town this small is hitting the community pretty hard, and you can really feel the somber energy anywhere you go.
Topping it off is the the snow, as in a complete lack of it. I just got back from a month in Canada and the front range and I blew an edge in about 30 seconds of being back. It's as thin as I have ever seen. So Ullr, if you are listening, I think that Crested Butte is in need of a big dump or 10 to get her spirits back up.
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