Have I said yet how stoked I am to get another pow day? Corn is great and all, but CO pow is nothing to be sneered at.
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Have I said yet how stoked I am to get another pow day? Corn is great and all, but CO pow is nothing to be sneered at.
also from CAIC
The real issue is going to be east of the front ranges from the Sangres northward to RMNP. Monarch area, Mosquitos, Indian Peaks & possibly the Sawatch Range could see significant snowfall by Friday night. 30” may not be out of line.
Damn, late season pounding. We'll be getting pounded (drinking) at my house on Saturday, but that is Northwest of Denver, close enough.
Hey, 'Nater:
If hev's or MD'9s probes don't work out for whatever reason, I've got one you can use. PM me if you want to borrow it.
Mine won't be, uh, seeing any action this weekend, as I'll be off at the racetrack all weekend trying to impersonate Stirling Moss.
I'll be skiing on Thursday all day and *maybe* Friday morning before I go to DC.Quote:
Originally posted by swiss powda
sort of off topic, but not really, I'm fairly sure I'll be heading up to A-Basin tomorrow (thursday) morning to catch the beginning/middle of this storm. It'd be cool to ski with someone if anyone's heading up there.
Stoke on for late season dumps, never anyone around to ski them.
Funken: feel yo pain
I'll be at the Basin on either Saturday or Sunday, right now it's looking like Sunday. Red down Orage jacket, black pants, LBF's with Freerides if it's (moderately) deep.
here's my picture if I do show. I'll be on my Fischer 74 Alltrax (yellowish, year before the bigstix) and I'll have my grayish Millet backpack.
check pm please...sorry it's the last oneQuote:
Originally posted by swiss powda
here's my picture if I do show. I'll be on my Fischer 74 Alltrax (yellowish, year before the bigstix) and I'll have my grayish Millet backpack.
Blue helmet
Blue coat
Black pants
Red boots
either V-Pros (blue with a lady on the back) /w looks
or Gotamas (black) with Naxos
ALWAYS BE ASKIN FOR CHANGE FOR A NICKEL!
Looks like I got back just in time.....
I'm currentlly chilling in Colorado Springs, sans wheels. So if anyone is swinging through on their way to the mountains, or maybe wants to hit up pikes for a quick trip (it should be getting pounded as well) I'd be a much happier person. I've got all the avy gear and certs and fun stuff.
just another helpless plee from an immobile maggot....
It looks like we have a decent sized group going. Maybe we should pick a lift and time to meet up on Sat ? Say chair 1 @ 10:00 ?
here's the loveland forecast:
TODAY
SNOW SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 5 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
TONIGHT
SNOW...HEAVY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. SNOW ACCUMULATION 5 TO
10 INCHES. LOWS 13 TO 19. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH.
FRIDAY
SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S.
FRIDAY NIGHT
SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING. LOWS 5 TO
15.
i think i feel the 12" flu coming on... anyone for friday?
I may do abasin tomorrow and will defiently be there on saturday. Anybody still running with the vail resorts pass shoot me a pm if you want to meet up.
I'm heading up to either LP or BP early tomorrow morning if you want to meet up?Quote:
Originally posted by el_jefe
i think i feel the 12" flu coming on... anyone for friday?
Yeah, so since we haven't had some turns together in a long bit, give me a call, I was planning on going up with its a 12 plus day.Quote:
Originally posted by snowfire
I'll be at the Basin on either Saturday or Sunday, right now it's looking like Sunday. Red down Orage jacket, black pants, LBF's with Freerides if it's (moderately) deep.
I may be sick too...not sure yet. if so I'll hit the Basin but my car is dead so may have to sip and serve off another ride.Quote:
Originally posted by el_jefe
i think i feel the 12" flu coming on... anyone for friday?
I have an extra probe for you, too, Nate. Not sure where I'll be this weekend, was supposed to go on a trip but it's looking like my plans are unraveling.
Everybody that needs a Loveland comp for Saturday please pm me with your real name and I'll tell you the secret hiding place. ;)
I'd be up for doing Loveland Pass first thing tomorrow morning and then heading over to A Basin. Beavers could be very nice. And the east wall. Oooh, I'm getting psyched. :D
Mir,Quote:
Originally posted by SheRa
I'd be up for doing Loveland Pass first thing tomorrow morning and then heading over to A Basin. Beavers could be very nice. And the east wall. Oooh, I'm getting psyched. :D
I'm down for some early morning LP runs tomorrow morning. I have to leave by 10 AM for work though.
Let's do it. What time does the sun come up? Should we meet at the bottom pullout and take one car up?Quote:
Originally posted by iskibc
Mir,
I'm down for some early morning LP runs tomorrow morning. I have to leave by 10 AM for work though.
I am feeling a lot of Colorado love around here right now. Very nice. Figures somebody had to come from Kirkwood to make it happen. ;) :D
I'm thinking 6 AM at the lower turnout. Ok with you? I'm hoping they don't shut down the pass before then though.Quote:
Originally posted by SheRa
Let's do it. What time does the sun come up? Should we meet at the bottom pullout and take one car up?
I am feeling a lot of Colorado love around here right now. Very nice. Figures somebody had to come from Kirkwood to make it happen. ;) :D
I'd like to propose 24hrs of silence in this thread out of respect for the impending storm.
Thank you
sounds good, but I'm still going skiing tomorrow no matter what we get for snow....just so you know;) :)Quote:
Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
I'd like to propose 24hrs of silence in this thread out of respect for the impending storm.
Thank you
Sounds fine - I WILL NOT BE LATE.Quote:
Originally posted by iskibc
I'm thinking 6 AM at the lower turnout. Ok with you? I'm hoping they don't shut down the pass before then though.
If the road is closed we could just get some turns at Loveland. Do you know how to get into Loveland if they won't let you get onto 6? I think you pull off I-70 where the hazmats go. Then park and walk through the tunnel. Somebody give better details if they have them, please. So as a backup we could meet in the Loveland Basin lodge.
billow - I hope you'll join us for this.
edit - don't they start blasting the sisters, etc. at around 6:30? We should be able to slide into the Loveland lot even if we can't get up the pass. Not sure though.
I will definitely be up @ LP by 7:00 am if we get anything over 8 or 9"
Nice! It's starting to sounds like a shuttle...Quote:
Originally posted by board
I will definitely be up @ LP by 7:00 am if we get anything over 8 or 9"
Actually She-Ra I'm hoping we have enough traffic that we don't need to shuttle.
report from A-Basin this morning
website says 2" fallen, felt about right. both the East wall and the North Pole were open, no staircases though. I think I was the third down the wider (farther) section of the North Pole, but one of the tracks had already disappeared (a bit of good 'ole A-Basin wind). The snow was very variable there with lots of rocks hiding just under the surface. I almost ate it at the top, top-middle, bottom-middle, bottom...etc I felt like a complete gaper. The snow would go from nice smooth and even, to reaally hard, to thick windblown that would throw you forward. My tracks looked horribly irregular. For my last run I followed the eastwall traverse out past the point of no return to ski that one section that's always nice. Again, third person to ski it. The snow over there was very very nice. It was a consistent texture, smooth as a baby's bottom and soft as velvet.
Overall, glad I made it up there and excited for this weekend.
these storms with easterly wind component are great.... it's always exciting to check the weather forecast, see that "one to two feet of snow accumulation is expected" and then head on down to the hill to see that three or four inches fell. I'd really like to believe this will be a good storm but my guess is that once again, only the east side of the divide is going to get pummeled.
It's called upslope, rookie.Quote:
Originally posted by Lone Star
these storms with easterly wind component are great...only the east side of the divide is going to get pummeled.
Eldora's favorite word. :)
Late-spring upslope dumps mean only one thing: Don't park under the oak tree in front of my house.
...all a matter of perspective...it'd be called downslope by anyone residing in Summit or Grand counties. And though these storms sometimes produce some good snow just west of the divide, quite often we're left high and dry. seems a bit rash, the way this season has been going, to expect this storm to be any different than the last few that pummeled Eldora but left the skies sunny and bright just a few miles west of the divide ridgeline...
edit: i'm just an idiot texan
What side of the rabbit hole are you on?Quote:
Originally posted by Lone Star
...all a matter of perspective...it'd be called downslope by anyone residing in Summit or Grand counties. And though these storms sometimes produce some good snow just west of the divide, quite often we're left high and dry. seems a bit rash, the way this season has been going, to expect this storm to be any different than the last few that pummeled Eldora but left the skies sunny and bright just a few miles east of the divide ridgeline...
It is still an upslope regardless of where you are standing. If you're standing in the west and the wind blows from the east it is still blowing up the slope, get it? Also, there are some choice locations in Grand County where you can ski ON the divide. WP is closed so....gotta earn your turns.Quote:
Originally posted by Lone Star
...all a matter of perspective...it'd be called downslope by anyone residing in Summit or Grand counties. And though these storms sometimes produce some good snow just west of the divide, quite often we're left high and dry. seems a bit rash, the way this season has been going, to expect this storm to be any different than the last few that pummeled Eldora but left the skies sunny and bright just a few miles west of the divide ridgeline...
edit: i'm just an idiot texan
Lets all hope for a great day at Loveland as I am getting kind of tired of the drive to Utah!!! As we all know we are all very over due for a nice deep day in Colorado!!!
Sleep well tonight with lots of dreams untill tomarrow.
See ya at chair 1
upslope, down slope blah...blah...blah. we've done been skunked. This storm would best be served by an Arapahoe East re-opening.
BACK OFF, HATER!Quote:
Originally posted by mr_gyptian
upslope, down slope blah...blah...blah. we've done been skunked. This storm would best be served by an Arapahoe East re-opening.
Farmer, I'll give you a call when I get off work around 9. I don't think I'll be going up tomorrow as I'm way behind on histology. Unless something HUGE happens. Saturday is tentative, I told my buddy I'd mountain bike with him sat. morning. But if there is a deep day he will have to understand. Sunday I'll be at the Basin for sure, but I'll be skiing for a signature. If you're up there though, come find me, in the signature program we mostly just ski around. :) I'm thinking if there's 10" or more on Sat. morning I'll come up. I was kind of thinking about the basin on Saturday and BP on Sunday? again, it all depends on snow conditions. Cameron pass last weekend was terrible, but then there was no new snow either... we'll see. I'll give you a ring tonight.Quote:
Originally posted by powderfarmer
Yeah, so since we haven't had some turns together in a long bit, give me a call, I was planning on going up with its a 12 plus day.
cmor, have you heard from Max? How's he liking Spain?
Quote:
Originally posted by Pinner
BACK OFF, HATER!
bold letters next time it really means you're yelling. I'm just trying to reverse the jinx.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html
unless of course the sat photo is wrong.