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    Quote Originally Posted by Poop*Ghost View Post
    if summit gets 5-10" I'll be so stoked. I'm coming off of my last 4 days of white ribbon of death.
    Totally agreed, I've had seven WROD days. Hitting b/c tomorrow, then Sunday hopefully Copper will open actual runs under the Bee. They had some big whales built last weekend, and with even 6" new they could push/spread and open a few more top-to-bottoms.

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    From CAIC:

    Please keep your powder fever in check as being caught in an avalanche would not be fun, it would really hurt or be worse. Think of this storm as being one that changes the view of the landscape instead of one that makes a powder day. If you venture into the backcountry, approach all slopes with caution, especially if it is freshly wind loaded or cross loaded.

    My pow fever is definently not in check, all I can do at work is check the weather. Be careful this weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr_gyptian View Post
    Is there any way we could stop the jinxing?

    or are we going to try and fuck up the whole winter?
    yatzee!!!!
    I crush high hopes like a nutcracker

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    Wink

    I just think this thread needs another person cutting and pasting the NWS forecasts that all of us have read, letting us know how much its going to snow in SWCo.
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    oh dear sweet jesus... anti jinx, praise ULLR!!! i am going to CB tonite. i think drinking to ULLR is mandatory for colorado mags, and just my luck that my districts are in the shop. sooo stoked
    i shred the gnar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ireallyliketoski View Post
    Anyone know how far you can get up the road to the Holy Cross trailhead this time of year?
    It is gated at the normal winter closure on tigiwon. Nova has already been conducting their mellow 25mph sled ops on the road.
    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
    This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
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    HOLY SHIT RONTELE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FEET WOLF CREEK IS GONNA GET!!!!11!1!!!!!1!

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    weather.gov
    National Weather Service

    Watches, Warnings & Advisories
    Local weather forecast by "City, St" or zip code
    2 products issued by NWS for: 19 Miles S South Fork CO
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    Hazardous Weather Outlook
    HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
    700 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    COZ058>089-093>099-011400-
    WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
    LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
    EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
    CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
    WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
    SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
    SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
    LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
    EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
    ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
    SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
    NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
    NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
    SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
    SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
    WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
    WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
    WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
    WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
    7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
    CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
    NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
    7500 FT-
    COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
    BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
    WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
    TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
    CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
    EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
    EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
    LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
    700 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO OVER THE
    NEXT FEW DAYS...

    THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
    CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

    .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

    A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF
    SOUTHERN COLORADO. VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
    MOST OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE IN CENTRAL COLORADO...AND ACROSS
    THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. BY EARLY SATURDAY
    MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 2
    1/2 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND
    1 TO 1 1/2 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. SNOW WILL ALSO
    BEGIN PILING UP IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
    MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

    ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...WINTER PRECIPITATION
    WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A MIX OF
    RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE FREEZING RAIN
    THREAT WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...AND KIOWA
    AND PROWERS COUNTY...FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAWN.

    .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

    A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN COLORADO
    THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
    ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
    MOUNTAINS. WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
    BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY
    MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST
    MOUNTAINS...1 TO 3 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 12
    INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.

    ELSEWHERE...SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY SUNDAY WILL GENERALLY BE LESS
    THAN 6 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...AND LESS
    THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE PLAINS.

    HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
    PLAINS ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR.

    .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

    WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
    LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
    ELEVATIONS...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

    $$

    TM/LW





    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Winter Storm Warning
    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
    1119 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS WEEKEND...

    .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND ABUNDANT SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL
    COMBINE TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
    COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
    IS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
    FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO
    PLAINS TONIGHT.

    COZ060-061-066-068-010030-
    /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.071130T1900Z-071202T1200Z/
    EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
    LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
    GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
    1119 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY...

    A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY.

    THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH
    MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN
    9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS
    ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...
    TENNESSEE PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND NORTH PASS.

    MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS
    AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
    OVER THE WARNED AREA. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL
    CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY
    SUNDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET OVER THE
    SAWATCH RANGE AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH UP TO 3 FEET OVER THE
    SOUTHWEST SLOPES AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. TWO TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS
    EXPECTED OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS.

    SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
    SNOW.

    STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
    SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

    AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
    IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
    THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
    TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
    DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
    KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
    VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
    YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
    IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

    $$
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    Quote Originally Posted by P_McPoser View Post
    HOLY SHIT RONTELE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FEET WOLF CREEK IS GONNA GET!!!!11!1!!!!!1!
    Enough to bury your midget ass

    p.s. I am coming to SuCo for the night, beers?
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    I don't think Rontele knows about the weather report. In that case:






    weather.gov
    National Weather Service

    Watches, Warnings & Advisories
    Local weather forecast by "City, St" or zip code
    2 products issued by NWS for: 19 Miles S South Fork CO
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Hazardous Weather Outlook
    HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
    700 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    COZ058>089-093>099-011400-
    WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
    LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
    EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
    CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
    WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
    SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
    SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
    LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
    EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
    ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
    SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
    NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
    NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
    SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
    SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
    WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
    WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
    WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
    WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
    7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
    CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
    NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
    7500 FT-
    COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
    BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
    WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
    TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
    CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
    EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
    EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
    LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
    700 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO OVER THE
    NEXT FEW DAYS...

    THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
    CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

    .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

    A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF
    SOUTHERN COLORADO. VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
    MOST OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE IN CENTRAL COLORADO...AND ACROSS
    THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. BY EARLY SATURDAY
    MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 2
    1/2 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND
    1 TO 1 1/2 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. SNOW WILL ALSO
    BEGIN PILING UP IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
    MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

    ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...WINTER PRECIPITATION
    WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A MIX OF
    RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE FREEZING RAIN
    THREAT WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...AND KIOWA
    AND PROWERS COUNTY...FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAWN.

    .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

    A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN COLORADO
    THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
    ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
    MOUNTAINS. WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
    BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY
    MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST
    MOUNTAINS...1 TO 3 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 12
    INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.

    ELSEWHERE...SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY SUNDAY WILL GENERALLY BE LESS
    THAN 6 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...AND LESS
    THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE PLAINS.

    HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
    PLAINS ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR.

    .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

    WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
    LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
    ELEVATIONS...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

    $$

    TM/LW





    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Winter Storm Warning
    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
    1119 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS WEEKEND...

    .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND ABUNDANT SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL
    COMBINE TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
    COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
    IS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
    FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO
    PLAINS TONIGHT.

    COZ060-061-066-068-010030-
    /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.071130T1900Z-071202T1200Z/
    EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
    WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
    LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
    INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
    GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
    1119 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

    ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY...

    A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY.

    THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH
    MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN
    9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS
    ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...
    TENNESSEE PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND NORTH PASS.

    MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS
    AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
    OVER THE WARNED AREA. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL
    CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY
    SUNDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET OVER THE
    SAWATCH RANGE AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH UP TO 3 FEET OVER THE
    SOUTHWEST SLOPES AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. TWO TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS
    EXPECTED OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS.

    SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
    SNOW.

    STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
    SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

    AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
    IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
    THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
    TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
    DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
    KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
    VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
    YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
    IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

    $$

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    Wait... is it gonna snow? I might be in Summit tonight depending... where would beers be had?

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkendrenchman View Post
    Vail Pass could be a disaster.
    I sure hope so, because I can still get there from Leadville when the pass closes. Think I'm going to hit BC south of here, maybe near Monarch or something tomorrow and close to first chair at Vail on Sunday.
    Ride Fast, Live slow.

    We're mountain people. This is what we do, this is how we live. -D.C.

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    Beers? Probably best in River Run at Keystone. I've got to work tomorrow but I could stop by for a few.

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    Damn. Picked a bad weekend to be in fucking California.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mitch buchannon View Post
    Wait... is it gonna snow? I might be in Summit tonight depending... where would beers be had?
    This is an important decision. Dobish and I are leaving Golden around 6.
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    For the visual learners out there ...




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    This thread is basically a circle jerk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rideit View Post
    This thread is basically a circle jerk.
    And you get to eat the cracker we all jizz on.
    Quote Originally Posted by Roo View Post
    I don't think I've ever seen mental illness so faithfully rendered in html.

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    I am eating connecticut crackers right now, and they are awfully dry.
    Color me jealous.
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    This thread is getting me through the day.

    I need a billing code for "Wasting an entire Friday looking at TGR and weather reports that haven't changed since this morning yet I can't decide where I plan on skiing this weekend even though everywhere will pretty much be solid".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Pappagiorgio View Post
    This thread is getting me through the day.

    I need a billing code for "Wasting an entire Friday looking at TGR and weather reports that haven't changed since this morning yet I can't decide where I plan on skiing this weekend even though everywhere will pretty much be solid".
    I'm with ya on this one. I am going to waste 8 hours at work tonight doing just that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Pappagiorgio View Post
    This thread is getting me through the day.

    I need a billing code for "Wasting an entire Friday looking at TGR and weather reports that haven't changed since this morning yet I can't decide where I plan on skiing this weekend even though everywhere will pretty much be solid".
    x2 for sure.

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    x2 for sure.
    my work productivity is nil today.
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    I don't think I've ever seen mental illness so faithfully rendered in html.

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    whats everyones deal for tomorrow?


    I will be staying is summit tonight and want to shoot tomorrow if its deep.

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    Since there are so many of us that are going to be in the County tonight

    WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT A PLACE TO MEET FOR SOME MALTED BEVERAGES.
    Quote Originally Posted by Roo View Post
    I don't think I've ever seen mental illness so faithfully rendered in html.

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