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Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
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years of ranching and observing animals in their<br />
habitat. his sculptures’ names reflect that wisdom.<br />
some people are puzzled by the sculpture of<br />
a cowboy in a snowstorm named “90 degrees in<br />
Phoenix.” again Zabel laughs. “The cowboy is<br />
thinking, ‘it’s 90 degrees in Phoenix.’”<br />
one of his favorites is “Beware.” a horse is<br />
hobbled. his ears are back and his nostrils are flared.<br />
he is saddled and ready to be ridden. Zabel explains<br />
the title: “if you get on me, i’ll throw you off.”<br />
a new piece, “hideaway” depicts a cowboy<br />
approaching a cow whose calf is hidden behind her<br />
in the bushes. You’d have to know ranching life to<br />
execute these pieces with such humor and drama.<br />
You can be outside in the Yampa Valley and<br />
sense something akin to what an artist sees. But if<br />
the weather is bad, you can also look at a Jean Perry<br />
painting or a Curtis Zabel sculpture and feel that<br />
same connection. n<br />
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Jean Perry’s “September’s Song”<br />
Courtesy Jean Perry
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