calm and snowing lightly (.1"/hr maybe?) at Sunspot in WP. Winter Storm Warning what??????
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calm and snowing lightly (.1"/hr maybe?) at Sunspot in WP. Winter Storm Warning what??????
yeah, may ski some shit on some boulder north faces tomorrow...what thats unheard of?? Maybe set some tracks on the North side of Sugarloaf mountain....first descents....what???
This just in:
First hand report of 5 hour shit show via Hoosier and 285 to Denver. Snowpacked the entire way, even Southpark banana belt.
Also, reported 4 inches of fresh at least at Breck, CSCUSA saying 1...
damn this is only round 1 of this systerm, wait till the combo hit tomorrow night into saturday. love the crazies.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh!!! 1800 miles away :cussing: . Please, please don't post any pics!
Heheheh, you won't be able to if the roads don't open :biggrin:
It will be okay if y'all post pics from your backyards :rolleyes:
Last dump... backyard shot.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1167364418
wishing I had a loveland pass now - the extra trek to keystone or breck could take forever.
well, I just made it home a short bit ago (see about page 3 or so). Got to the airport about 8:00am today in an attempt to go standby on an earlier flight, and quickly got on the list for the next flight out to Chicago (from DSM). Found out my confirmed connection Chicago-Denver was already cancelled at that point (was cancelled at 6:30am...it was a 3:50pm flight). Called the airline to see about any other possible options....basically any flight getting in after 1:00 was supposedly axed or likely to be. For some reason, they confirm me on a flight through Dallas tomorrow morning. Great, like that's going to go. So, I skidattle over to the car rental. Only one agency has an AWD/4WD (I figure I'm going to need it/appreciate it once I get close to Denver) vehicle and will let me drive it one way without a huge drop fee. Hertz it is. Sweet, I've got a great little 5% discount card for them in my wallet. ;) By 9:30, I'm on the road. Make GREAT time 80-76 until I'm about 60 miles out from Denver. Snow is picking up quickly, and accumulating quickly. Roads are getting dicey, visibility quickly dwindling. Other cars...well, being other cars. Conditions worsen the closer I get to town. Go through the fiasco of dropping off the car afterhours (didn't want to mess with heading out Pena), and make my way home. 70-470. 285 is closed heading into the mountains. Vis is esp minimal as blowing snow is on the increase along 470. Roads aren't too bad if you take it easy...but we'll see by morning. I wouldn't have high expectations for open roads...
What a long day. On 4 hours of sleep, drive 700 miles solo, when I've had a history of driving drowsiness (fell asleep at the wheel on a plains drive back in college...off the road at 65+...). By God's grace, I made it without any real problems. Good to be home...even if I don't have any food, and all the nearby store food shelves are bare. Seriously, the whole town must go buy even if they don't need it... :)
Gonna try to get to G-town, then Loveland, in the a.m. If I get there, I'll be on the board and lapping 8 nonstop.
edit... The idiots are making it hard for CDOT to keep the Hway open:
CLOSED WB I-70 at Morrison to El Rancho (MM 259-250) due to multiple accidents.
Glad you managed to get home bro - that's miserable white knuckle driving for sure.
I'll be checking CDOT in the early AM. If it's a fucking mess, then I'll probably try to earn some turns on sunday at berthoud and head home long before the masses.
Newsflash UPDATE - LemonDribbler sucks cockballs and Loveland RULES!
Wish I could join you fellas ... soon, soon ...
Keystone 4PM - Nukage
Keystone 5PM - No snow
Dillon/Breck/Frisco 9PM - No Snow
Keystone 9:20PM - No Snow Partly Cloudy
A-Basin 9:30PM - Fairly heavy snow ~0.25-.5" /hr high winds
Keystone 9:40PM - No snow Partly Cloudy
Copper Mountain 12.4K 10:10PM - Reporting Overcast
Keystone 10:20PM - heavy stars with a half of moon
skanks, Summit for the reports.
Loveland in the am? (if the roads are open/passable...)
anyone thinking Berthoud? obviously, avy danger will be up...but HHA/FP trees are relatively safe...
Yea, what the fuck is going on?Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
Come to think of it, what the fuck is going on with this winter in general?
The PNW gets like 8 million feet, while montana was epic in early october, then went to hell. Tahoe might as well be in september. Denver gets like 70" in the past couple weeks, while aspen gets about a foot. I mean, wtf mang, wtf?
Aspen is getting HOSED...
...and by hosed I mean nothing at all is happening.
it just took me 4.5 hours to drive from Parker to Fraser, I'll be at the Jane first thing in the am
berthoud wasn't bad, snow packed but passable at the speed limit. blowing snow though did limit the visibility
Snow is in Conifer. I've been shoveling my ass off for 12 hours!
Left Cherry Creek at 4:45 rolled into Frisco at 6:30...not a problem anywhere on the drive except 70 between Morrison and Evergreen........
11pm - Clearing in Breck, lights from the cats on the mountain are visible. Maybe 4-6". Sucks.
Feel sorry for the poor bastards still sittin' on 70 East bound.
So it's sounding like Loveland is getting the goods. See you guys there if I can make it through Denver and I70.
holy crap it is warm. It's reading like 27 here. I wish it would fucking chill off already. Tress are already snapping. I don't know wtf the neighbors with christmas lights are thinking. I got Grizwald down the street probably going to shut the block down when his tilt-a-whirl gets ripped down off of the roof.
Colder would be better for i70 to get rid of the slush, let it go ahead and freeze and pack. Surprized homes ^ there a few posts got through the two closures. It was shut around 3 ish, and then again when I checked cdot @ 9
saying they are open again now. Thinking about leaving now....might get first chair.
I just landed in Denver at 8:00pm. I got home at ~10:00. The whole airport was pretty slow. Plus the ride to the Pikes Peak Lot.
The reads were pretty much OK by the airport, but got progressively worse as I headed wast. Ultimately, 58 was closed at McIntyre street and I had to detour behind Coors...
I got home to find my brand new Praxis boards waiting for me!!! Damn, I wish they were mounted.
Hopefully I can get up to SUCO tomorrow morning/afternoon. Lets keep the road updates coming guys!
We drove from Keystone to Buena Vista this evening, Breck and Hoosier were a shit show. There were periods of near white out in N. Park county with the blowing snow and the snow coming down. I think we're just going to go off the first snow reports in the morning and go anywhere within a 4 hour drive.
HAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! I can picture it clearly!!!! HAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
Eldora - 16"
Loveland - 9"
A Basin - 6"
WP - 4.5" :(
Breck - 4"
Keystone - 2":eek:
Yea, not too exciting.Quote:
Originally Posted by HikeforTurns
not as big as expected for SuCo, eh?
even the front range doesn't seem all that bad...I'll bet the airport and roads are up and running no prob by midday. Well, the airport at least. The roads will get clogged with people who shouldn't be driving...
Hmmm, what to do...what to do...
Eldora is the winner again. Dont want to drop $56 so...
I'm heading to Lland - cause got 3 friends with passes and no backcountry travel gear otherwise I'd hit a front range tour.
I have to buy a ticket at Loveland or Eldora, not sure what to do, suggestions? Tour?
fuckit, im going to Eldora
It seems to all be landing here at the Palmer Divide...Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
This second storm seems to be fizzling out as well- or just heading east.
don't lose hopeQuote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Quote:
THIS STORM TRACK COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THE REST OF
THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE DIVIDE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. THIS
INCLUDES THE DENVER METRO AREA AND ALL THE URBAN CORRIDOR. THERE
ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW
AFTER TODAY AND WHETHER HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND. BECAUSE OF THIS A WINTER STORM WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND THE PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
Ya. Only looks like 14 inches so far at my house. Slept in and not going to shovel until I've had my cream-o-wheat.
where are we skiing tomorrow?Quote:
Originally Posted by telepariah
^^^ Loveland? I'll be there.
That is the thought, though not sure if I really want to fight 70 traffic. Why aren't you there today?Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
I didn't want to fuck with the traffic getting thru Denver and I-70, and I especially didn't want to get stuck coming back tonight if this second storm rolls in. Besides, with only 9" up there today, chances are it'll be better and deeper tomorrow with the new snow.
Also, my g/f needs her Impreza for work today, which leaves me with my little 2WD w/snow tires Mazda3... I didn't want to get stuck in that thing.
Want to tour tomorrow?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rontele