Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Shredhead]

Classic sleeper day with 1" in the 5am report which was subsequently updated to 10" mid morning. So fun!

True that. 1A was empty.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

True that. 1A was empty.

It was all empty! I was finding untouched lines in the Dumps at 10:30am. Such a great morning.

[goldenboy]

So good today. Still dumping here. Word on the street is that Monarch never opened today at all.

[BFD]

yes, wolfcreek pass never opened either. Probably should of gone up today. Would of had the place to myself. Monarch should be the place tomorrow.
I am new here so have a couple of questions. Doesn't Telluride get snow? What is up with 114 never any chain control or tire restrictions.

[alect47]

So good today. Still dumping here. Word on the street is that Monarch never opened today at all.

Any idea what the odds are of them opening more/new terrain at CB tomorrow? Trying to decide between there and monarch

[PowTron]

Not much in Eagle Cty today, couple of inches. Downvalley the airport is reporting 8 but the resorts have been pretty light snow so far.

Dude...the Beav was SO SIIIICK. Lower Stone Creek had the best snow I've skied in the last few years.

7 laps and didn't cross a track with legit over the head blower. Choking.

I'm still processing what happened this morning

[PowTron]

I just rolled onto Poncha Springs. Still snowing down here.

Tomorrow at Monarch is going to be all time.

[goldenboy]

Any idea what the odds are of them opening more/new terrain at CB tomorrow? Trying to decide between there and monarch

Zero. They're so off the back. Still dumping though, it will be good tomorrow regardless. CB will ski better imo.

[rmnpsplitter]

The stoke was high today! Skinning kinda sucked tho, it was more like trenching rather than skinning

[montanaskier]

Dude...the Beav was SO SIIIICK. Lower Stone Creek had the best snow I've skied in the last few years.

7 laps and didn't cross a track with legit over the head blower. Choking.

I'm still processing what happened this morning

I was there....with my son....but it was still a rad morning. 4 or 5" an hour this morning.

[stfu&gbtw]

I went up with the fambly... Looking at the wind forecast last night, and Joel's timing report, and the predicted opening temp in the negative single digits, I decided we'd skip scrambling up there at the crack of dawn, and just take it easy. Unbelievably, this was day 1 for all of us... I skipped the shitshow when it puked in mid-dec, and then we skipped the holidays... So I woke up at 7 to 8" at my house, and the 16" AB report. Went out and plowed, ate breakfast, got all our shit together, and hit the highway about 45 minutes after the Morrison closure. Drove 60mph all the way to the tunnel, 35 through Silverthorne and Dillon, pulled in to Early Riser at about 11am and parked in the second row. Total travel time was less than 1:30.

We got our passes and locker squared away and went out and skied pow all day south of Radical. Everyone must have been in WZ, which is still a little out there for the wife and kid... But we lapped Powder Keg and the lower trees under griz road for 4 hours and saw two other skiers below Griz. Walked into BML for lunch, got a table, no one in line for food... Weather was perfect winter skiing. Very little wind, cold, snowing. Packed it in at 3:30, in the car by 4, drove home including stopping at stores in Silverthorne and Georgetown in less than 2 hours. Completely insane... Certainly, it would have been fun to ski rowdier stuff... But the fam was a little lukewarm on skiing this season after the slow start, and this was just what we needed... What an awesome goddamned day of skiing!

[RonMexico]

bored.

[fastfroggy]

that looks awesome!

The stoke was high today! Skinning kinda sucked tho, it was more like trenching rather than skinning

[ballackout]

The stoke was high today! Skinning kinda sucked tho, it was more like trenching rather than skinning

Word on stability?

A Basin was a ton of fun today! Tomorrow should still be good.

[Lindahl]

Great morning at Vail. Could've done without the snow day for eagle county schools, though. Got beat up real quick for midweek. Backcountry is looking sketch, lots of slabs broken off behind 24. Be careful out there.

Yeah, definitely lots of motion out there. Heard a couple different groups broke off slabs. Blue Sky opening was sweet. Faceshot every turn, 4 laps in a row before heading out the gates for a couple laps. Not many people left by the time BSB opened. Was surprisingly empty considering how busy the first few runs were. Definitely 18-24", not 3".

[rmnpsplitter]

Word on stability?

A Basin was a ton of fun today! Tomorrow should still be good.

Usual instability within the new to old interface was the biggest item of today other than the usual persistent weak layers/slabs. Not a breath of wind all day today. Yesterday afternoon was windy on open slopes/faces so I would expect the snow that fell yesterday to have a bit of wind loading going on. We got this storm in kind of 3-4 different ~4 hour dumps and there was inversion for sure. Barely any new snow on longs peak when it showed this afternoon but ~15"-20" in town and I'd say about the same in the park below/near treeline

[alpinevibes]

It was all empty! I was finding untouched lines in the Dumps at 10:30am. Such a great morning.

Everyone who I talked to said the same. No one skiing at Aspen or Highlands. Snowed from 5:15am till now. 8" at work (8000'); I'm expecting a 12-14" report tomorrow and it will be blower with the cold temps. Hoping to sneak out for a few laps first thing, but I think today's secret is well out!

[funkendrenchman]

Everyone who I talked to said the same. No one skiing at Aspen or Highlands. Snowed from 5:15am till now. 8" at work (8000'); I'm expecting a 12-14" report tomorrow and it will be blower with the cold temps. Hoping to sneak out for a few laps first thing, but I think today's secret is well out!

I'm confused how people missed it when it was nuking from 5 am on and the forecasts all said 12"+. I'm not complaining though.

[ballackout]

Usual instability within the new to old interface was the biggest item of today other than the usual persistent weak layers/slabs. Not a breath of wind all day today. Yesterday afternoon was windy on open slopes/faces so I would expect the snow that fell yesterday to have a bit of wind loading going on. We got this storm in kind of 3-4 different ~4 hour dumps and there was inversion for sure. Barely any new snow on longs peak when it showed this afternoon but ~15"-20" in town and I'd say about the same in the park below/near treeline

Awesome thanks. I'll be up tomorrow.

[simple]

Anyone have any intel on the missing skiers outside Leadville? Still haven't released their names.

Both rescued but the man died from hypothermia while been treated by search and rescue. Really sad.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

I dug a pit at berthoud pass and noticed depth hoar at the base, my grandma used to always say never trust a deaf whore.

[BP Pow]

Anybody ski Monarch today?

[alect47]

Anybody ski Monarch today?

I did, started off pretty weird ended up awesome. Was like 10th in line for breezeway lift at 8:45 and randomly met powtron. At 9 they told us the lift wouldn't be opening for a while so I went over to garfield, but the line was super long. Decided to walk back to tumbleina to get to panorama and all of the fresh snow up there. As soon as we showed up at pano, they shut down the lift for mechanical issues. I was having goggle issues and went back to my car to change them out and when I walked back up I caught the opening of breezeway. Snow was great, but the terrain off breezeway wasnt quite steep enough and the line was a bit long, so ended up lapping Garfield until pano opened which was incredibly fun. Patrol opened Mirkwood around 1:00, snow was ridiculous, I made 2 laps up there and called it a day. Snow was incredible everywhere, lines weren't too bad, lots of face shots and all around great day!


There should be plenty of fresh lines in mirkwood tomorrow

[PowTron]

^^^ What he said. It was FAST and Deep.

Good to meet you, Alec!

[alect47]

Good to meet you too! Let's make some turns at Loveland sometime