it certainly was!!! Sure, its been unseasonably warm this winter, but our springs in the Colo highcountry often means warm days punctuated by big dumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by spthomson
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it certainly was!!! Sure, its been unseasonably warm this winter, but our springs in the Colo highcountry often means warm days punctuated by big dumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by spthomson
Sorry, but that was not a "big dump".
I didn't have a good bottomless day in two months.
Then you were in the wrong place. WP and Loveland snow stakes showed 16" + over the course of 2 days. Favored backcountry in those areas easily skied 18-24"+ deep. Bottomless turns were definitely had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
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Originally Posted by Benny Profane
You drove to Jackson at the exact wrong time? I try to help, but you just won't listen.
Aspen was off the hook today!
Most fun I had was at Jackson.
Wasn't that the same time there were inbounds wet slabs? Sorry, but, sounds like dangerous conditions for bottomless turns away from control.Quote:
Originally Posted by spthomson
Nope, not the same time (and I think the inbounds wet slabs were in Aspen - different snowpack zone). Definitely weren't any wet slabs going on last Tuesday/Wednesday. It was below freezing both days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Well, here's an indicator. Or not. Some dude is riding a lawn tractor outside my condo window and cutting the....grass. if that's what you call the brown stuff that's growing in the brown dirt with little snow patches scattered about.
This sums up how I'm feeling about winter in the Sawatch range http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...cf9cdd074f.jpg
Left a cold, gray NYC this morning where I saw the sun for 1 day of 7, arrived back to a 75 deg. bursting with color Denver. We have good fucking lives out here, even if the ski season is wrapping up.
Hopefully Thurs/Fri may deliver something?
I'd come, the skiing will be good Friday and Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
Thanks. I'm leaving in the morning with the dog. Frankly my wife won't have it any other way. Thursday/Friday Ajax and Highlands then Saturday at the Basin .Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
Today was awesome. Tomorrow should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
Thursday could be variable? With the new snow, Friday and Saturday should soften early on the right aspects.
possibility of a dust event with this latest storm. say it ain't so!
Come on snow! Conditions are bruuuutal at the resorts.
Sadly, I'm hearing dust in the San Juans, and we're getting some here as well. '11-'12 sucked worse than this but it was also one of the best spring seasons- because we never got dust. Not looking that way this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by blazes_boylan
Ah, fuck. I had my fingers crossed...Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenboy
Would appreciate reports from folks around the state on how bad the dust comes in.
Pretty brutal today. Had fun.on the groomers. A little fun was had on lower mountain. Top 2/3rds never softened. Still beats work!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
Sorry, I thought we'd get at least a couple of inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
I should of gave you my number.
1a softens first, Spring Pitch, Strawpile, Fifth Ave.
This ski season sucked ballz. No denying it. No excuses. It sucked ballz.
Not all dust events are created equal. There's dirty snow and then there's dirty snow. Dust source, geographic distribution, manner of deposition, etc. can vary.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
Last year, it was worse from Independence Pass south, but the late skiing was great in Summit, Clear Creek, Grand & points north. I remember years with dirty spring snow that skied great. I remember other years where it really was fucked up. It seems a light, even coat of dust skis all right? But I recall a heavy, "tiger-striped" version a few years ago that skied terrible, herky-jerky & slow. Also remember one year when the term "dust" was an understatement, there were thin flakes of red sandstone almost half-dime sized on the highest peaks!
Still hoping for a couple of those smooth, easy-pickin's, late season runs up high. It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.
Odd little storm
Vibes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hott Butt Mud
Good to know it can still snow in CO. Solid 10-12" on my truck this morning
Legit powder up in the bowl first thing this morning. No sign of dust :)