Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[The SnowShow]

Upper East Wall open at ABasin. Rocky but what the fuck! It’s awesome!

[Underoos]

Weather was good again today.

[The SnowShow]

Yes it was!

[Leshphilling77]

Upper East Wall open at ABasin. Rocky but what the fuck! It’s awesome!

Was open yesterday too. I wasn’t able to get up til 1:30 the past couple days (after work turns) so I wanted to focus on making laps and didn’t get up there. Looked like some nice turns up there I was jealous for sure!

[Rideski]

Needs blizzards.

[Lindahl]

Give it a rest. Smart or not, he was a teenager and the part of his brain that would have allowed him to effectively assess risk was not fully developed yet. I am not arguing that he didn't know it was wrong, but I bet he figured the worst thing that could go wrong was that he would lose his pass for a couple of weeks. I don't think that he considered the fact that his decision would be a fatal mistake. I guarantee that he wouldn't have gone there if his brain allowed him to think through the possibility of the outcome that ensued.

Even if he did know what could happen, teenagers think they are invincible and nothing bad will ever happen to them because the world revolves around them. The worst thing that has ever happened in most of their lives so far is that someone stole their lunch money.

[CLsurf]

What exactly is this event in downtown Denver tomorrow? Is it a contest among pros? A contest for the general public? Can anybody hit the rails? I’m sort of thinking about taking my 4-year-old, but not if it’s going to be dumb.


https://www.downtownopen.org

Saw this from above, it was a pretty steady stream of skiers and snowboarders but the crowd was very light. Don't know how it would have been from up close, but for the effort I'll stay home and watch ski films at home.

[wolfelot]

Saw this from above, it was a pretty steady stream of skiers and snowboarders but the crowd was very light. Don't know how it would have been from up close, but for the effort I'll stay home and watch ski films at home.

Didn’t bother. Meh.

[The SnowShow]

Sounds like ABasin was an Ikonic shitshow yesterday.

[Name Redacted]

Sounds like ABasin was an Ikonic shitshow yesterday.

I showed up at 1pm and the pali line was pretty long for two runs then got progressively shorter to where the last 5 runs of the day I skied onto the lift. Lots of Ikon passes, and drunken antics on the beach. I think they rented out 3/4 of the beach. Snow was good, and the runs seemed empty.

[hatchgreenchile]

Silverton is riding excellent.
Hawkgt and I gutted Mandatory top to bottom, what a treat!
Other first time runs included Sunset, Rope Dope 2, Meatball, Bonita Basin, Raff Cliffs, Tea Bag Squeezer, and Chainsaw.

[bamboocoreONLY]

Love the disparity in totals today, 12-13” here in breck with only 2”ish down the road at the basin.

[Name Redacted]

Love the disparity in totals today, 12-13” here in breck with only 2”ish down the road at the basin.

at least 6-8" in the Cove, but a nice sunny day at the Basin. So weird.

[Leshphilling77]

Guess I’ll be going to copper tomorrow then

[cmsummit]

Love the disparity in totals today, 12-13” here in breck with only 2”ish down the road at the basin.

Breck was DEEP and noticeably not very busy......a total sleeper pow day.







^^and that was on a SE aspect that saw 40+ degrees and lots of sun yesterday.

[bamboocoreONLY]

Yeah I couldn’t believe how well south aspects skied.

On another note, hope everyone can get out and make some turns for CRJ, he passed 10 years ago today.

[wkd-rdr]

Nuking in the Vails

[goldenboy]

Snow squall warning, that's a new one. Everyone's phones went off, like an Amber alert.

* At 807 AM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located near Aspen, or
33 miles southeast of Glenwood Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts greater than 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

Serious injuries and deaths may result from people exiting their
vehicles during a snow squall. Drivers may not be able to see you or
to stop! If stopped on the roadway or involved in an accident,
quickly exit your vehicle move as far away from the roadway as
possible ONLY when it is safe to do so. Do not stand along or near
the roadway, since approaching vehicles may be unable to maintain
control.

[EWG]

Snow squall warning, that's a new one. Everyone's phones went off, like an Amber alert.

* At 807 AM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located near Aspen, or
33 miles southeast of Glenwood Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts greater than 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

Serious injuries and deaths may result from people exiting their
vehicles during a snow squall. Drivers may not be able to see you or
to stop! If stopped on the roadway or involved in an accident,
quickly exit your vehicle move as far away from the roadway as
possible ONLY when it is safe to do so. Do not stand along or near
the roadway, since approaching vehicles may be unable to maintain
control.

Got that in Aspen too. While everyone was looking at the squall.

[funkendrenchman]

Snow squall warning, that's a new one. Everyone's phones went off, like an Amber alert.

* At 807 AM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located near Aspen, or
33 miles southeast of Glenwood Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts greater than 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

Serious injuries and deaths may result from people exiting their
vehicles during a snow squall. Drivers may not be able to see you or
to stop! If stopped on the roadway or involved in an accident,
quickly exit your vehicle move as far away from the roadway as
possible ONLY when it is safe to do so. Do not stand along or near
the roadway, since approaching vehicles may be unable to maintain
control.

20 years in Colorado and I can't recall ever seeing that warning.

[fastfred]

legit in summit county
the gov't protecting ourselves from ourselves

[Name Redacted]

20 years in Colorado and I can't recall ever seeing that warning.

Prolly because it is a new thing. Next thing you know you'll be getting these every day in the summer telling you the UV is too high, or the air quality is too shitty.

I think I got a local one a few months ago for a shooting in Avon or something.

But as fred mentioned, it is getting real out there this morning in the 80424

[JaytaeMoney]

That was a gnarly drive, I appreciated the piercing siren sound from my phone while I was white knuckling it with zero visibility, really added to the experience

[fastfred]

Possible small amounts of Wind loading

Total chaos here maybe this should be in the 70 thread

Almost an hr breck to Frisco

[goldenboy]

Nothing that out of the ordinary here, unfortunately.