Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**simple** · 04-17-2016, 02:22 PM

Crushed this storm. Without the wind it would have been insanely deep all over. Still we rode deep powder. Thank you for long track snowmobiles.

**summit** · 04-17-2016, 02:28 PM

Dang... a lot of people working very hard for some shallow pow over windstrip

I skied a lot of shin to knee over good base... faceshot city. Even found one waist turn... nice...

I wonder how Abasin was? Perhaps a mixture of breakable and unbreakable wind buff with an occasional waist deep turn?

**stfu&gbtw** · 04-17-2016, 02:41 PM

AB was okay... Quite good, but still probably the worst ski day I've had on a two day double digit report. Benny would have stayed at the motel. Aspect and shelter dependent.. Roller coaster, half moon glade, and stuff like it skied great - knee deep and great texture. West Zuma was good at the top and great in the trees. Other stuff was okay in some places and terrible in others.

**Soups** · 04-17-2016, 03:04 PM

All I know if WP skied great all over. Belle was balls deep and the top wasnt wind fucked at all. Great two days for me with LL yesterday.

**FiveLarge** · 04-17-2016, 03:04 PM

I'd guess the beavers skied well.

**doebedoe** · 04-17-2016, 03:20 PM

Loveland had patches of wind scour here and there, and odd places compared to where they usually are due to the eastern wind. But where it was good it was really good.

**Tryingtostaywarm** · 04-17-2016, 03:31 PM

Mary Jane was horrible.

**summit** · 04-17-2016, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by doebedoe

Loveland had patches of wind scour here and there, and odd places compared to where they usually are due to the eastern wind. But where it was good it was really good.

The ridge was largely unimpressive due to that Stripping

**stfu&gbtw** · 04-17-2016, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by spthomson

I'd guess the beavers skied well.

Would doubt it... That whole region was completely fucked. 24" diameter pine trees were blown down throughout the alleys, which all skied like shit. Didn't make a single lap on Pali face.

**Soups** · 04-17-2016, 03:57 PM

I heard that Abasin had a bunch of downed trees yesterday from the wind. Crazy because LL was windy yesterday but it was nothing out of the ordinary.

**Soups** · 04-17-2016, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Tryingtostaywarm

Mary Jane was horrible.

And yes. It was just awful there today. No fun was had at all

**rmnpsplitter** · 04-17-2016, 04:07 PM

Solid 24-30" in the park. No real wind to speak of, broke a lot of trail today which sucked! But damn that snow was fairly light for a warm spring storm. Was surprised by that

**Name Redacted** · 04-17-2016, 04:23 PM

Skipped the lineup for the Basin and skinned Keystone with the dog. Really nice. First day at Keystone this season.

**skiNEwhere** · 04-17-2016, 04:35 PM

Skied a-basin as well, was one of the first people down Pali, was more scratchy underneath than I expected. Zuma skied nice although I hit a few buried rocks after jumping off a couple kickers. Talked to a patroller who skied lower east wall/LOTG, he was it was pretty scratchy underneath as well which is surprising considering that that run is low angle. Sounds like they are gonna open it tomorrow, they were blasting the upper east wall slide paths today.

Unofficial official St. Mary's tally well over 3 feet factoring in that the snow settled

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**hatchgreenchile** · 04-17-2016, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Summit

The ridge was largely unimpressive due to that Stripping

Feast (First few runs down OTR and Tunnel Face) or famine (wind scoured ridge) day there.

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**GPP33** · 04-17-2016, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by rmnpsplitter

Solid 24-30" in the park. No real wind to speak of, broke a lot of trail today which sucked! But damn that snow was fairly light for a warm spring storm. Was surprised by that

This x100. I was shocked at how good the snow was considering the roads were clear all the to the parking lot. I'm also amazed that Abasin got beat so bad by the wind, there was NO wind in the park and based on how the snow was piled on the trees there never was any wind. I brought a 26 year old ultra marathon runner with me to break trail. Turned out to be a good move, I broke trail for a little while and plowing through thigh deep snow gets old quick.

**Wildman** · 04-17-2016, 09:34 PM

It's true RMNP was Boner City today. No wind. Most of my turns today looked
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praise the upslope!

**skiracer88_00** · 04-17-2016, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by Summit

The ridge was largely unimpressive due to that Stripping

While that is largely true, the lower two thirds of wild child was bottomless goodness.

**adrenalated** · 04-17-2016, 10:21 PM

Now that I'm done fucking with people, Berthoud today was goddamn ridiculous. Faceshots without even turning. Some of the deepest snow I've skied anywhere.

**WTF is dat** · 04-18-2016, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by skiracer88_00

While that is largely true, the lower two thirds of wild child was bottomless goodness.

I skinned Keystone X2 and had a sweet day.

The south side trees were $$$$ but skinning back up that side of the mountain sucked ass.

**Lightning1911** · 04-18-2016, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw

^ plow with the storm much? Lol...

Haha. That happened in one day. I plowed the day before. I was working a shift at the ER, then beer and bacon classic at Mile high, got home at midnight and that's what I found.

It was awesome.

**Lightning1911** · 04-18-2016, 05:55 AM

Got some awesome turns in yesterday

**stfu&gbtw** · 04-18-2016, 06:58 AM

Storm's over...

**stfu&gbtw** · 04-18-2016, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by R0CKET

Haha. That happened in one day. I plowed the day before. I was working a shift at the ER, then beer and bacon classic at Mile high, got home at midnight and that's what I found.

It was awesome.

Lol... If that happened while I was away from the house, I would not be able to get home to find it, and it would not be awesome.. Plow truck got a serious workout this weekend. Had a great moment yesterday morning at about 5:15, while I was plowing the 8" we'd gotten since 10pm. I'm further down the road than I usually go, because I know the county isn't coming until the afternoon... So the road's a little unfamiliar, it's dark and puking snow, and I can't see shit already when a gust of wind blows a plume of snow over the top of the plow and totally covers the windshield... A split second later, I'm on my side in the ditch... I was lucky to push the right buttons... Get the plow up, hit the gas, crank up the wipers, etc... I continued on my side for about 50' when the truck miraculously found some purchase and crawled out. Was very nearly game over. Ended up being a fun ski day instead! I fucking love that truck...

**Lightning1911** · 04-18-2016, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw

Lol... If that happened while I was away from the house, I would not be able to get home to find it, and it would not be awesome.. Plow truck got a serious workout this weekend. Had a great moment yesterday morning at about 5:15, while I was plowing the 8" we'd gotten since 10pm. I'm further down the road than I usually go, because I know the county isn't coming until the afternoon... So the road's a little unfamiliar, it's dark and puking snow, and I can't see shit already when a gust of wind blows a plume of snow over the top of the plow and totally covers the windshield... A split second later, I'm on my side in the ditch... I was lucky to push the right buttons... Get the plow up, hit the gas, crank up the wipers, etc... I continued on my side for about 50' when the truck miraculously found some purchase and crawled out. Was very nearly game over. Ended up being a fun ski day instead! I fucking love that truck...

Hahaha. I had a very similar experience!