Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**mdblows** · 12-18-2016, 01:59 PM

Looks like idiots on Loveland slid pretty big. Anyone know anything?

**rmnpsplitter** · 12-18-2016, 02:08 PM

The snowpack is sensitive right now?

**mdblows** · 12-18-2016, 02:30 PM

Thanks chief. Was curious if it was natural or human triggered. Didn't see anything on CAIC but did see an absurd amount of sketchy tracks around the pass this weekend

**simple** · 12-18-2016, 03:35 PM

Sunny, cold, and stupid deep today. - Captain Obvious reporting.

**simple** · 12-18-2016, 05:25 PM

Photographer's wet dream today. Hope to see some photos. My gear was too frozen to get any.

**skiingislife** · 12-18-2016, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by simple

Photographer's wet dream today. Hope to see some photos. My gear was too frozen to get any.

A couple shots from the backyard this afternoon.

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**Telemarketeer** · 12-18-2016, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by skiingislife

A couple shots from the backyard this afternoon.

Very nice.

**billyk** · 12-19-2016, 08:57 AM

Any thoughts on Telluride opening up more terrain in the next couple weeks? Seems like they got dumped on, but only ~400 acres open? Are they just waiting to do avalanche work, or is the coverage still too thin?

**goldenboy** · 12-19-2016, 09:12 AM

Somebody is shopping for new underwear this morning.

**BFD** · 12-19-2016, 09:31 AM

where is that at

**Telemarketeer** · 12-19-2016, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by BFD

where is that at

Red Lady, CB

**goldenboy** · 12-19-2016, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by BFD

where is that at

What ULLR said. More info: http://cbavalanchecenter.org/red-lad...red-avalanche/

**BFD** · 12-19-2016, 10:02 AM

thanks

**adrenalated** · 12-19-2016, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by goldenboy

What ULLR said. More info: http://cbavalanchecenter.org/red-lad...red-avalanche/

Lucky motherfucker.

**skiHOG** · 12-19-2016, 10:18 AM

I'd need new underwear, baselayers, ski pants, socks, and boots. That pretty much answered my question about doing some East Vail laps today.

**Telemarketeer** · 12-19-2016, 10:22 AM

How the fuck do four people get together the day after an avalanche warning drops to considerable and say "Hey, let's go ski Red Lady"? I can see the one guy waking up with a wild hair up his ass or something, but the four people who skied it before? Crazy. Hope they aren't sitting around patting themselves on the back for that one.

**summit** · 12-19-2016, 10:33 AM

I think I'll add that picture to the spatial variability talk.

**cravenmorhead** · 12-19-2016, 10:58 AM

CB report was spooky. I saw the slide on Idiot's on Loveland, but didn't see any tracks in/out; CAIC says natural: http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ob...p?obs_id=43429

Also a slide on Grizz. Nice and deep out there but be careful. We were on Berthoud Saturday and saw a lot of guys with no avy gear making questionable decisions. When my buddy pointed out that they should be careful, one said not to worry, he has a "super wide powder board."

Oh good.

**SkeezeBall** · 12-19-2016, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Cravenmorhead

CB report was spooky. I saw the slide on Idiot's on Loveland, but didn't see any tracks in/out; CAIC says natural: http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ob...p?obs_id=43429

Also a slide on Grizz. Nice and deep out there but be careful. We were on Berthoud Saturday and saw a lot of guys with no avy gear making questionable decisions. When my buddy pointed out that they should be careful, one said not to worry, he has a "super wide powder board."

Oh good.

Yea I was out on BP previous weekend teaching a friend doing beacon searches and pit analysis and 8 people across 3 different groups had zero gear or beacons. I think I'm going to do beacon searches before I give any hitch hikers a lift up the pass from now on.

**rmnpsplitter** · 12-19-2016, 11:42 AM

It doesn't surprise me at all that there are so many people out there without a clue skiing and hiking in and around dangerous terrain immediately following a significant storm. Gotta get the pow

**Lindahl** · 12-19-2016, 02:02 PM

Damn. What is it about Considerable that people don't understand?

**zartagen** · 12-19-2016, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lindahl

Damn. What is it about Considerable that people don't understand?

Avalanche danger, what's that? It already snowed, what do we need a forecast for?

**billyk** · 12-19-2016, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by billyk

Any thoughts on Telluride opening up more terrain in the next couple weeks? Seems like they got dumped on, but only ~400 acres open? Are they just waiting to do avalanche work, or is the coverage still too thin?

Well, today they have it listed as 660 acres open, so a step in the right direction. Probably be a big push to open stuff up this week and next, provided the weather cooperates. At least, I hope so, because I'll arrive soon after.

**bean** · 12-19-2016, 07:12 PM

Second to the "no gear" people have to be the "beacon outside the jacket" guys. I thought last year was a fluke but I keep seeing it more and more often.

**ballackout** · 12-19-2016, 09:09 PM

Anybody have any inside word on when zuma is going to open? Tomorrow? Wednesday?

A-Basin was great today, snow is soft and chalky all over and the wind was loading up/buffing out the spine and pali face real nice at the end of the day. Handful of lines over on the pass that I wouldn't ski today. Several on the professor, a few more to the left (skied today). Some south in those slopes but also some east eh?