Hoʻolālā nā skiers a me nā poʻe hoʻokele waʻa i ka Hale Hōʻalu Kūikawā a me Mary Jane, nā kahua hoʻolālāʻokoʻa. Maanei, eʻikeʻoe i ka nui o nā'āina mālie ma waena o ka laulā a me nā alapili i luna o ka palena, a me ka hauʻoli eʻike ponoʻia e ka poʻe akamai lāʻau a me nā hololio. No kaʻike o ka'eneke ma luna o nā meaʻoki kūpono loa i hele aku ai au iā Jamie Wolters, ka meaʻoihana māka i ka māla o Winter Park no nā makahikiʻewalu.
Eia kāna mau kiʻi a me nā'ōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka peʻahiʻana a iʻole ka holo hau i ka laina i luna aʻeʻo Vasquez Cirque a ma nā lāʻau e pili ana i ka ea ea Eagle Wind. ʻO ka Vasquez Cirque, ka pāpale aliʻi o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Winter Park a me kahi o 12,000 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai, he punahele ia i kahi mea e hoʻokipa ai. (Ma waho o keʻano he skight skier a snowboarder paha, ponoʻoe e makemake e hele i kahi heʻekolu haneli a me hoʻokahi mile mai ka piko o ke alanui Panoramic a hiki i nā poʻo o Cirque a me nā hīmeni.) Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻokiʻekiʻe loa Aia ka'āina a uaʻikeʻoe i ka mea akamai i ka lāʻau, nānā i ka'āina a puni ka ea Eagle Wind. Ma Wolter'ōlelo a Wolter: "He kahua akamai kēia a pau."ʻAʻohe mea maʻalahi. "
ʻO nā wahi makemake loa o Jamie Wolter i ka Vasquez Cirque
Eia ka'ōlelo a Jamie Wolter a hele eʻimi i ka Vasquez Cirque.
- Ke hāʻawi aku nei ka South Headwall i ka papa maikaʻi loa no kāu kālepa i ka wā e weheʻia ana no ka meaʻo ia ke kahua ākea mua āu e hele mai ai a he kūpono kūpono. Akā, e huli ana ia i ke Komohana Komohana a lawe i ka poli o ka makani, no laila eʻoki kokeʻia ka hau.
- I ka wā i weheʻia ai ka Vasquez Cirque no ka ski, uaʻike nā mākaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i kahi mea hoihoi, e like me Wolter. Ke'ōlelo neiʻo ia i ka wā e hāʻule ai ke kaula, e wehe ana i ka Heiau o South, ke Komohana o West Head a me kekahi o nā Alphabet Chutes (A hiki i G), e hele pinepine nā kānaka i kahi mamao loa o ka lā'ī kaula. No laila, hiki iā lākou ke hakakā me ka nui o nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe a me nā hololio no nā mea hou. Hiki i nā poʻe luina o Savvy i kahi e kokoke loa aku ai, e like me ka C a me D ka hopena a hiki paha iā lākou ke holo.
- I ka heleʻana i ka Cirque, lawe pinepine nā kānaka i kā lākou mau papahele a hele. Akā, e like me ke heleʻana ma kahakai no ka meaʻaʻole ka hau i paʻa. Maikaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi wale.
- Wahi punahele a Wolter:ʻO ka South Headwall inā he hau. ʻO ka G nā inoa (G 1-4), no ka mea he pali lākou, aia kahi laina kū pololei, a "He puka i waho." Ma lalo o kēia mau wahi, heleʻoe i loko o nā kumu lāʻau. Ma kaʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa,ʻo kāna mau punaheleʻelua he mau lālani maikaʻi no nā mea kanu lāʻau ma'Eldorado, kahi e paʻa ai nā lāʻau, aʻo Rollover, kahi i hāmama a mālamaʻia ka hau.
ʻO nā mea kiʻekiʻeʻo Eagle Wind Top
ʻO ka Eagle Wind kahi kīpī o nā'āina mehamehaʻole kahi e māmā ai nā lāʻau me ka ikaika i kou heleʻana i lalo. Ponoʻoe eʻoluʻolu i nā kumu kūikawā a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana o ka hau maʻamau ma mua o kaʻimiʻana i kēia mauʻaoʻao.
- Hiki ke ala e piʻi nei i ke ala me nā ala liʻiliʻi a huli koke i nā pale i waena o nā kumu lāʻau. Aia kekahi mau helehelena maikaʻi i kēia mau wahi, akā ponoʻoe eʻimi e huli. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke pākuʻi i kahi alahele he nani akā ua pau i loko o nā kumulāʻau lahilahi. ʻO ka mea liʻiliʻi a me ka lāʻau olakino ka mea punahele a Wolter.
- ʻElua ala e hele ai i kēia kahua. E hele i lalo i Switchyard towards Village Way a lawe i ka Thunderbird Traverse lōʻihi ma waena o nā lāʻau e hiki ai i ke kahua o ka ea ea Eagle. ʻO kaʻaoʻao'ē aʻe, e holo i ka Panoramic Express a lele i ka ala alanui Village i kahi'īpuka, a i ka wā i weheʻia ai ka puka, laweʻoe iāʻoe i luna o ka mākauʻo Eagle Wind.
Eʻoluʻolu: Ke noi aku nei mākou i nā papa waʻa a me nā poʻe hoʻokele waʻa e komo i kēia mau wahi e lawaiʻa aiʻole holo ai me ka hoa.
No kaʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kauwelaʻo Park Park e kipa aku i ka Ski Winter Park