Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The view from Keith Pitcher’s, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, office Jan. 4 where his grandfather Kingsbury Pitch Pitcher, used to oversee the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The view from Keith Pitcher’s, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, office Jan. 4 where his grandfather Kingsbury Pitch Pitcher, used to oversee the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area lodge is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area lodge is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wolf Creek Ski Area is busy Jan. 4 with skiers and snow boarders hitting the slopes after a fresh 16 inches of snow fell overnight. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, gets ready for a day snowboarding Jan. 4 in his office where his grandfather Kingsbury Pitch Pitcher, used to oversee the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, gets ready for a day snowboarding Jan. 4 in his office where his grandfather Kingsbury Pitch Pitcher, used to oversee the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, and his wife Breanna Pitcher get on Treasure Lift Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir before skiing down the slopes. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, and his wife Breanna Pitcher get on Treasure Lift Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir before skiing down the slopes. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, and his wife Breanna Pitcher get on Treasure Lift Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir before skiing down the slopes. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher, assistant lift supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, and his wife Breanna Pitcher get on Treasure Lift Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir before skiing down the slopes. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher and his wife Breanna Pitcher ski down the slopes of the area Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Keith Pitcher and his wife Breanna Pitcher ski down the slopes of the area Jan. 4 with their dogs Glacier and Couloir. Kieth is the son of Davy Pitcher, the CEO of Wolf Creek Ski Area, and is taking over more of the daily operations of the ski area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald