Colorado Weather Discussion Thread
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Originally Posted by
Foggy_Goggles
That place needs an Underoos party. #keepthejanedirty
Slow start to my season, been out of town.
I was at Pep’s for like 3 hrs this afternoon. Skied some too.
I’ll be there on Thursday. Big throwdown on Dec 20.
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Originally Posted by
Lindahl
Guess that depends where you’re skiing.
Yeah, didn’t feel punchy to me either. It was one deep layer on top of the early season’s garbage.
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Yeah, typical garbage on the bottom (though a bit less bad than usual). But I wasn’t really seeing any other major midpack layers which is nice and a bit different. Unless I looked at solar aspects with crusts of course.
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I, from the Loveland Pass, Eldora, RMNP, and Cameron Pass zones , have seen the typical facets at the bottom (other than deep areas around the ridges) and varying layers of crusts and pow above that. Cameron there seemed to be a mid pack surface hoar layer at times. If I broke through the top 18” while skinning I’d suddenly slide backwards on a slippery layer.
The trend is still towards Faceting and weakening of the snowpack
Temperature Gradient is in full effect this time of year. Perhaps not as strong as years with 10” on the ground but it’s there. For example Anywhere where the snowdepth is 40” = 100cm anytime the temperature is below -10C /14F there is likely a strong TG and therefore facet development. So for example on Loveland Pass tonight the forecast low temp is -2F or - 19 and the snow depth is say 40” then there is almost a 2C/10cm TG which is a strong TG = Faceting
Get above 60-70” and the Faceting will be minimal
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I love how he skis over the side of the crown after setting off the first one and sets off another small one.