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One of the largest snowstorms in October history left a group of DU students with a lot of free time and a lot of fresh powder to play with.

The entire campus woke up Thursday morning to discover that all classes were cancelled because of the snow.

This was after the university cancelled classes after 2 p.m. Wednesday due to an impending blizzard.

Sophomore Jonathan Feinmann and a group of friends took advantage of the snow day, deciding to set up a ski slope and trick rail on the Carnegie Green near Penrose Library.

“The best part was being out there with your friends and having a good time,” Feinmann said.

 

 

The group constructed a mammoth pile of snow, which formed the slope. At the bottom of the slope the group placed the rail in its path to do tricks off of.

Feinmann borrowed the rail from one of his friends, Jared Larkin, who had built the rail over the summer after buying materials from a local Home Depot.

“[Jared] built it over the summer and we used it all the time,” Feinmann said.

Although he constructed the rail and let his buddy borrow it, Larkin was not in attendance either day the group went out to enjoy the snow.

On Thursday, Feinmann and company went out to build to the snow cluster and spent about four hours in the falling snow.

“We just wanted to have some fun and enjoy the new snow,” Feinmann said. “We felt like taking advantage of the snow day.”

On Friday, the group ventured back out to ski some more.This time around they were met by bright sunshine and a video camera, instead of gray clouds and snow showers.

While Feinmann and Stevenson Smith continued skiing down the slope and doing tricks on the rail, a member of the group caught their actions on camera. The rail that was once used by Larkin in the summer was put to use by Feinmann in the snowy fall.