Agreed... and a little too shallow and light for the sled, although we did get to give it a preseason workout.
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Yeah, I don't know what the hell is going on in that picture, but it sure "looked" good maybe has something to do with height of the subject;)
Anyway, here are some more realistic pix. Needless to say, it was good that most everything we where skiing on was grass..........FKNA for skiing in Oct though:)
Lurch
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...lurchclose.jpg
climb2ski
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...b2skiclose.jpg
It felt so good to out again. Cold Morning Air is good for the soul
you mean the couple of inches we got wasn't enough??!!! I thought 5 inches with no base woulda covered up the rocks and stumps really nicely.
Guess it's good I haven't "skied" yet.
Hey, if it's not too late to change the "big" plan... do you guys think maybe they'll extend the Beaver Creek end of the BC - Loveland gondola to the new Montezuma lodge?
climb2ski get outta the backseat!!
So does anyone want to ski the Basin tomorrow instead of OB? I know it's "not fun" or whatever, but I'll be there, and I'm curious if anyone else will.
the storm left me an extra special nice surprise this morning
http://daver.infinology.net/images/treeoncar1.jpg
Mang that SUX!!!! Hopefully insured and you’ll get a new car?
a branch that big missed my car by 2 feet. Close call.
another 8" - 20" tonight!
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
601 AM MDT FRI OCT 20 2006
COZ030>051-201700-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
601 AM MDT FRI OCT 20 2006
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE
9000 FEET UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 20 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS WILL HAVE LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WITH
SOME RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS TODAY. ON THE PLAINS...
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY...WITH
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO LIKELY TONIGHT.
A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM WESTERN WYOMING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO
WILL BRING COOL MOIST AIR TO THE AREA PRODUCING THE PRECIPITATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY BEFORE
DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ON THE PLAINS SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY EVENING WITH RAIN MIXED IN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL END OVERNIGHT SATURDAY IN MOST AREAS WITH
ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING EARLY SUNDAY. UPPER RIDGING WILL
BRING DRY CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH
WARMING TEMPERATURES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
$$
GIMMESTAD/KOOPMEINERS