Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[bobsdesk]

holy butthurt Bean...this isn't even sprocket rockets!

can we get an "all aboard the butthurt train" bumper sticker?

[Like a Boss]

holy butthurt Bean...this isn't even sprocket rockets!

can we get an "all aboard the butthurt train" bumper sticker?

I have a luxury sleeping compartment on the butthurt train, right next to the dining car. In it for the long haul since Dec. 2011.

[ate'em]

mmmmm so i know it is not exactly the flavor of the day but,

snow?

think there is enough up around Harry Gates Hut to merit a trip in the sun later this week?
(area somewhat between aspen and eagle)

not really up for skinning on rocks and clipping stumps, but
if its at all a go, I am itching to go

#stillwinterFTW

[grskier]

mmmmm so i know it is not exactly the flavor of the day but,

snow?

think there is enough up around Harry Gates Hut to merit a trip in the sun later this week?
(area somewhat between aspen and eagle)

not really up for skinning on rocks and clipping stumps, but
if its at all a go, I am itching to go

#stillwinterFTW

There may be enough on some of the north aspects... drove up to the winter closure on eagle-thomasville the other day... meh.

[simple]

Two cold powder days this weekend. We must be doing something wrong. No wait, leaving summit county is almost always the right move. Ha!

[JaytaeMoney]

i've been online shopping for putters. golf season starting in april is the new normal!

[jSki]

Posted this in the summit/eagle conditions thread, but a good comparison of levels from yesterday compared to almost exactly 2 years ago. Not even recognizable as the same area.

[georgio]

About to throw myself on (or under) the butthurt train.

If you look at Vail Snotel, even if after this next 10 day dry stretch we have the same snow as 2011 ... they're still fucked until May where they squeak out a week or two of "above average" snowpack just as things quickly melt out.



The blue line to the left of the black bar is this years snowpack. Then a 10 day stretch with no precip (now) and to the right of the black line is 2011 data. In other words it would take a heroic effort for us to get back within the ballpark of average.


Not quite so dire in other locales though. Bert would be in fine shape if we could just have 4 months of 2011 snow...



And up by Steamboat they would be pretty stoked too...




We might be down, but not TOTALLY out yet. Unless you really like Vail... Everyone's just ultra fucking gun-shy because of how last year ended.

[PowTron]

Just going to state what others have said...at this point, I don't even care about the skiing aspect of no snow. It is more about freaking out a bit about the fires and lack of water we will have this Spring and Summer.

I predict fist fights over jack-asses watering their Kentucky Blue Grass lawns in my neighborhood.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

The world is perfect exactly the way that it is.

[The SnowShow]

Just going to state what others have said...at this point, I don't even care about the skiing aspect of no snow. It is more about freaking out a bit about the fires and lack of water we will have this Spring and Summer.

I predict fist fights over jack-asses watering their Kentucky Blue Grass lawns in my neighborhood.

yeah, at this point I'd pretty much like to avoid a repeat (or worse) of last summer, and be able to hike and not see smoke all summer

[BDKeg]

I predict fist fights over jack-asses watering their Kentucky Blue Grass lawns in my neighborhood.

If it's that bad, there will probably be water restrictions put in place right away to conserve. Reservoirs are already hit pretty hard from this last summer.

[hatchgreenchile]

Looks like the entire lower 48 is boarding the Colorado butthurt express:



On a side note, anyone have any hike to hot springs they'd recommend? I already know Conundrum and Rainbow, just looking for other ideas.

[MakersTeleMark]

It's been so cold that what you find when you get there will most likely not even come close to "hot". Commercial one's are definitely your best bet for soothing the hurtz.

[hatchgreenchile]

It's been so cold that what you find when you get there will most likely not even come close to "hot". Commercial one's are definitely your best bet for soothing the hurtz.

I will be soothing the butthurt at Strawberry for the time being, but just trying to gather some idea for summer hikes.

[grrrr]

That map looks like a shitstain spreading out from the lovely town of Bovina Colorado.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Looks like high pressure for another 2 weeks or so, the upside is that my kids think I'm a good Dad.

[grrrr]

WTT: Brand new unmounted Elan Spires, Dynafit Radical 12's in box, brand new Bluehouse Maestros, Marker Dukes for a good downhill bike.

[Hott Butt Mud]

What's the weather looking like is Fruita/GJ for biking?

[PaDuKa]

What's the weather looking like is Fruita/GJ for biking?

I imagine quite cold until this inversion goes away......

[BDKeg]

What's the weather looking like is Fruita/GJ for biking?

snow on the trails and COLD from the inversion right now...got a fat bike?

[bean]

It's about time a few more of you started to embrace the butthurt.

Hey good news though, the models show a pattern change in two weeks or so. That'll definitely happen.

[Name Redacted]

Damn, and Canada is totally white. Crazy how it starts snowing right at the border like that.

[bamboocoreONLY]

all I can say is that the t-bar the past 3 days in breck has been awesome. everyone is afraid to venture out past the center of horseshoe bowl thinking they'll hit every rock in the world or something, been slaying fresh inbounds the past 3 days haha.

[Crampedon]

It's about time a few more of you started to embrace the butthurt.

Hey good news though, the models show a pattern change in two weeks or so. That'll definitely happen.

Indeed. I have my finger on the button of a plane ticket, sick of building bikes and biking in the mud.

I will come east and the pattern will change. Or i will buy beers. Maybe both!