{"id":9058,"date":"2019-01-06T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2019-01-06T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:17:11","slug":"press-play-skiing-new-years-powder-wolf-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/press-play-skiing-new-years-powder-wolf-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Play: Skiing Powder at Wolf Creek on New Year&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>As liberated parents schemed bar hops and bass fans bought <a href=\"http:\/\/decadencenye.com\/co\/\">Decadence<\/a> tickets, Powder7 owner Jordan Jones plugged in the Powder Wagon.<\/h3>\n<p>What a fitting name for his built-out Mercedes Sprinter. With a storm descending on Colorado&#8217;s southern mountains, he made his priorities clear. &#8220;It&#8217;s gonna be big,&#8221; he said, not quite able to hide giddiness under a stoic grin.<\/p>\n<p>Big, it was.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skiing The Heart Of Deepness - Wolf Creek Colorado Powder Day New Years 2019\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/apmR4DTGftY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jordan greeted 2019 at <a href=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekski.com\/\">Wolf Creek<\/a>, home to the most annual snow in the state. A day of storm skiing\u2014&#8221;it was almost too deep&#8221;\u2014gave way to blue skies. The resort reported more than 30 inches of fresh snow. Between leap frogging blower tree lines with Powder7 ambassador Matt Jones and scoring impromptu snow cat rides to the Horseshoe Bowl, Jordan proved that the boss man does indeed know best.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9059\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/JonesWC1.jpg\" alt=\"skiing powder at wolf creek\" width=\"1000\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/JonesWC1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/JonesWC1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/JonesWC1-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Wolf Creek was how I imagine Japan to be.&#8221; -Jordan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lesson (re)learned: When it snows, you go.<\/p>\n<p><em>Catch more Powder7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/skiing-wolf-creek-colorado-with-powder7\/\">Wolf Creek adventures.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As liberated parents schemed bar hops and bass fans bought Decadence tickets, Powder7 owner Jordan Jones plugged in the Powder Wagon. 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