Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**Like a Boss** · 02-26-2012, 05:41 PM

Windfuck boilerplate everywhere at the Beav, we need this next storm to deliver desperately.

**BDKeg** · 02-26-2012, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Like a Boss

Windfuck boilerplate everywhere at the Beav, we need this next storm to deliver desperately.

sounds like same conditions from crested butte on north of here, the wind pretty much screwed up any decent snow we had this last week.

**MakersTeleMark** · 02-26-2012, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

Yeah exactly. I never knew it had a name so I made my own up for the past few years.

Have you skied in that area?

Gotta say I'm surprised they turned you around at the TOP of 21. Even when everything to skiiers left of 21 has been roped off, and in multiple patrollers presence they've let me go. That sounds pretty lame.

It's called commando bowl.

The wind was whipping hard again, heard it was firm. I didn't feel as motivated as these folks today.

**montanaskier** · 02-26-2012, 07:47 PM

Beaver Creek was as bad as I've seen it all year....crazy firm wind trashed boilerplate. Drank alot of beer at RedTail then found some chalky bumps on Grouse. Then finished it off at the Boot for more beers. REALLY need snow.

**Puffin** · 02-26-2012, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

It's called commando bowl.

The wind was whipping hard again, heard it was firm. I didn't feel as motivated as these folks today.

The spot that slid that I was talking about it actually to lookers left of Commando Bowl. I have checked it out for a number of years on google earth and topo maps and the drainage goes towards the highway. It's the next ridge over and doesn't go back to silk road. Looks really awesome and I'm sure it's skiable but I personally have never seen a track out there in my life. I think its a big pita to get outta there and flattens quick.

**FiveLarge** · 02-26-2012, 09:59 PM

Did you make it out any of the gates? Wondering if any of that is in better shape?

Originally Posted by Like a Boss

Windfuck boilerplate everywhere at the Beav, we need this next storm to deliver desperately.

**zartagen** · 02-26-2012, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by spthomson

Did you make it out any of the gates? Wondering if any of that is in better shape?

My buddy went out today, forget the name of the line. Something chutes, below treeline. He said it was straight windfucked.

**harvest14** · 02-27-2012, 12:07 AM

Skied 3 laps in EV today, saw 2 other groups. 1 run in Benchmark, worst death crust I have ever seen, 1 run in watertower, 1 in the chute skiers left of watertower (I forget the name). Watertower was fun, at least we had fun, decent snow in the dark timber and not wind effected. Overall awesome day.

**PowTrees** · 02-27-2012, 07:44 AM

I keep thinking it looks like dirt blew onto the snow in my backyard. Hoping there isn't a snirt layer higher up on the mountains?

**concretejungle** · 02-27-2012, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by PowTrees

I keep thinking it looks like dirt blew onto the snow in my backyard. Hoping there isn't a snirt layer higher up on the mountains?

My friend mentioned that on the way over LL pass but I was too busy passing gas trucks on blind curves to see. That would be quite the kick in the nuts.

**montanaskier** · 02-27-2012, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by spthomson

Did you make it out any of the gates? Wondering if any of that is in better shape?

The Bald Spot is void of snow in many places after all this wind...literally ground in many, many spots. It would be hard to link a continuous run top to bottom up there.

**PowTron** · 02-27-2012, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

The Bald Spot is void of snow in many places after all this wind...literally ground in many, many spots. It would be hard to link a continuous run top to bottom up there.

....time for a trip to the San Juans I think.

**grskier** · 02-27-2012, 09:43 AM

Such doom and gloom here..

we've been skiing relatively well here, albeit I was at Buttermilk most of the weekend. Looking forward to see what this next system brings.

**Rontele** · 02-27-2012, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by grskier

Such doom and gloom here..

And for once its not just montanaskier...

**gratzo** · 02-27-2012, 10:42 AM

This week could have a lot of snow...but also a lot of wind on Tuesday. Sucks, but that's the deal. The Thursday/Friday storm could be good as well.

It appears that almost every inch of every mountain around the Vail Valley was hit with the wind...sure there are a few protected areas, but it really, really hurt. Hoping the wind dies down later Tuesday afternoon and we get a few inches of non-wind-blown fluff late Tuesday.

JOEL

**montanaskier** · 02-27-2012, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Rontele

And for once its not just montanaskier...

I had an awesome day yesterday...my beer to ski factor was high and a bunch of good friends to share beer and some live music with...good stuff.

**stupendous man** · 02-27-2012, 11:48 AM

has this wind kicked the BP WP area as bad?

**PowTron** · 02-27-2012, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by stupendous man

has this wind kicked the BP WP area as bad?

If you consider no snow anymore on many faces a good thing, then you are in luck up at BP!

**Signed In White** · 02-27-2012, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by stupendous man

has this wind kicked the BP WP area as bad?

Skied and sledded Jones on Sunday. Not a single aspect held good snow if any snow at all. Windfucked all the way around. Hope this next system deliveries and the winds die down. Fingers crossed.

**SterlingSpikeDancer** · 02-27-2012, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by PowTron

If you consider no snow anymore on many faces a good thing, then you are in luck up at BP!

Ya, pretty much this and the same as Signed iW posted. Runs at the resort were styrofoam boilerplate too, although I only got two in since I was teaching mini-me off the Goose.

**cmsummit** · 02-27-2012, 02:25 PM

Some of the high-alpine at Breck was still holding some good snow yesterday. Whale's Tail and Y Chute were smooth, chalky and skiing well. Other areas up there were definitely wind-fucked though.

**MakersTeleMark** · 02-27-2012, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

The spot that slid that I was talking about it actually to lookers left of Commando Bowl. I have checked it out for a number of years on google earth and topo maps and the drainage goes towards the highway. It's the next ridge over and doesn't go back to silk road. Looks really awesome and I'm sure it's skiable but I personally have never seen a track out there in my life. I think its a big pita to get outta there and flattens quick.

Now I know where you are talking about. Way skier's right of Tuts. Never skied that. It outs to I70 right at the 2 elk trail head.

**Crampedon** · 02-27-2012, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

Now I know where you are talking about. Way skier's right of Tuts. Never skied that. It outs to I70 right at the 2 elk trail head.

Is that the kind of lower angle glade that faces east you can see from the highway, east of the EV highway pick up zone? I been eyeballing that too.

**Puffin** · 02-27-2012, 03:09 PM

I'm sending you guys a PM with coordintes so some JONG doesn't Google Earth them and jump off Cathedral Cornice or something and die or make it into and institute or something.

**PowTron** · 02-27-2012, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

I'm sending you guys a PM with coordintes so some JONG doesn't Google Earth them and jump off Cathedral Cornice or something and die or make it into and institute or something.

Include me in that, too...I thought I knew EXACTLY where you were talking about, but now Makers and Cramp have me all confused