Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[The SnowShow]

Monarch scoring 15

Breck saying 7 but it looks like most of that was yesterday daylight according to snow stakecam

Did Breck have their interns out sprinkling snow on the snowstake again?

[stfu&gbtw]

Headed to Monarch tomorrow... Should be fun. Just pulled into Copper and there's definitely no 7".

[rmnpsplitter]

^^thats cause it's at breck

[bobsdesk]

Eldora did well in this storm. They generously reported 11" in 24, but they had a solid 7-8" this morning compared to Winter Park's 3.5" in 24.

[trogdortheburninator]

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Couple inches out there

[wolfelot]

^^^^bravo as I sit at my desk.

[Lahar]

Breck had 7" up top for sure, but everyone read the snow report this morning and headed there. Got banged up pretty quick.

[The SnowShow]

Breck had 7" up top for sure, but everyone read the snow report this morning and headed there. Got banged up pretty quick.

Most predictable post evah

[stfu&gbtw]

Called it too soon. Skiing was phenomenal. Not 15" phenomenal, but really good.

[bobsdesk]

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Couple inches out there

You win!!!

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Remember in 03 when that blizzard hit in March, you had to break trail skiing down hill, I think Loveland reported 50" new, avalanches were running the full paths, there was that huge one near silver plume that reached I-70, now that was extreme and black.

[simple]

Called it too soon. Skiing was phenomenal. Not 15" phenomenal, but really good.

You tell that to the open snow crowd? Sad pandas over there.

[concretejungle]

Remember in 03 when that blizzard hit in March, you had to break trail skiing down hill, I think Loveland reported 50" new, avalanches were running the full paths, there was that huge one near silver plume that reached I-70, now that was extreme and black.

I had to dig my car out to drive to Hueco Tanks for spring break and it took a twelve pack. I also didn't go to work for a couple days as even the buses couldn't run. Thank buddha I could walk to the liquor store off Table Mesa and Broadway. My friend lived up Magnolia and had like 70 inches or something ridiculous but he headed into Boulder before it started.

I was living the dream back then.

[galibier_numero_un]

Remember in 03 when that blizzard hit in March, you had to break trail skiing down hill, I think Loveland reported 50" new, avalanches were running the full paths, there was that huge one near silver plume that reached I-70, now that was extreme and black.

That was the Spring that the patrol cabin and the loo at Chasm Lake got taken out in an avy (http://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/news/pr_chasm_shelter.htm). Looking at the distance it had to travel to reach those two structures was pretty sobering.

Cheers,
Thom

[stfu&gbtw]

You tell that to the open snow crowd? Sad pandas over there.

Fuck 'em. They should stay at the hotel with Benny...

Headed to Monarch here in a minute... expecting a sunny, fun day.

[monkeyflo]

My fault, it snows, I plan, it stops snowing

[bobsdesk]

I was living the dream back then.

I never stopped living the dream, I'm just high and drunk every night now.

[stfu&gbtw]

Sloppy seconds were outstanding at Monarch today. First time skiing there and we had a great time in the trees off the Panorama lift. Deep chop and occasionally as many as 6-7 consecutive untracked turns... Awesome day.

[GPP33]

It's all about finding the right aspects right now,. I got to ski the e face of Gothic outside CB on Sunday, in pow conditions. I'll take that all day over skiing the same old mid winter glades on an orange day. I'm kind of glad this storm was a no-show.

I can think of a couple of black days in CB over the past 10 years. Some big trees in the middle of the flat Slate river valley floor got taken out by slides, so "extreme" was pretty apt.

I could see this being unbelievable if you lived somewhere like CB and have spent years staring at and dreaming of skiing certain lines that you just couldn't safely ski in winter. In your situation you're a lot more in tune with sun affect, wind loading and where you'll find that good snow on the once in a lifetime line.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Yep Goldenboy...once in a lifetime. Bet ya that guy's been looking at Gothic for years wondering "how cool would in be to ski that".

[stfu&gbtw]

Headed for Purg this am. Supposed to be sunny and way too warm for the rest of the weekend.

[Jax]

There were one or two days last week that blew- frozen mank, flat light, high winds and scraped to shit. But the mountain has been holding this week, nice and chalky up top. A little baked front side lower but it's been fun to cruise under such blue skies. Single-digits at night and creeping into mid-30s during day. Bring us more pow or bring us corn. Dec and Jan were so very good it's hard to be bitter about Februmelt, despite the forecast.

Still...hoping for a March miracle, not ready to quit yet. Getting fresh ON3P's installed today...100 days or bust!

[Lindahl]

Faceshots for breakfast on Wednesday...



Brains for breakfast today...

[Name Redacted]

Just up the valley from your breakfast nook:

[Lindahl]

Nice... thought about tagging that after actually...