Sunday, snowday

Cold and snow are still in the forecast for Sunday afternoon and Monday. Snowmass was very quiet on Saturday and a gray and windy day is unfolding today, albeit one with some fresh snow. Aspen picked up one inch last night and Snowmass got two inches. And it is heartening to see up to eight inches of snow in the forecast for today and tomorrow. Monday continues to be shaping up as potentially the best day of the season so far. You’re not working are you?

How about that Lindsey Vonn? Two downhills in two days? Come on. Safe to say she’s had a better time in Lake Louise than she did in Aspen. But maybe she needed Aspen to get mad, get frustrated and she how it feels when she doesn’t win. We’ll forgive her.

We’re sorry, too. We wish she hadn’t hit the rock in the GS. We wish the slalom course had been perfect. We think it’s amazing how well she's skied over the last two years and we wish her all the success in the world. And winning the first downhill in Lake Louise with blood streaming from her mouth was an awesome athletic moment. That’s the kind of grit and determination that was not on display in Aspen. But we knew it was there.

We now think the best thing that could happen to the strained relationship between Aspen and Lindsay Vonn is for Aspen to hold a women’s downhill. Enough with the GS and the slalom. Enough with the four or five gates on Summer Road between Spring Pitch and Strawpile. Let’s have a race down Aspen Mountain. And let’s give Lindsay a fair shot at winning it.