Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Shredhead]

Snowmass and Buttermilk reporting an inch, Aspen 3" and Highland's has 11" in the Bowl.

[fastfred]

Back to weather, all the ridges are stripped and it is whipping like crazy up high.

No wind where I'm at. Must be the in my office

[Kinnikinnick]

Now is as dangerous as it is in April/May when its dangerous but not as dangerous in some places because this year is this year and its been more dangerous and less dangerous and when people are saying to each other that shits pretty bomber and I did X then we know that we can assess that there is a solid pack in some spots that didn't for them avalanche and that it can either be dangerous or not, depending on conditions there.

[cravenmorhead]

Now is as dangerous as it is in April/May when its dangerous but not as dangerous in some places because this year is this year and its been more dangerous and less dangerous and when people are saying to each other that shits pretty bomber and I did X then we know that we can assess that there is a solid pack in some spots that didn't for them avalanche and that it can either be dangerous or not, depending on conditions there.

What?

[galibier_numero_un]

IOW, it depends.

[hatchgreenchile]

I think it was supposed to be confusing

All it boils down to is that Big Eyes slid when someone tried to ski it. Talking about how things may or not be safe for mid winter doesn't matter when you're going for a ride.

[Kinnikinnick]

So net/net is I KNOW ABOUT SNOWPACK/STABILITY

[WTF is dat]

Abasin was dope today!!! Knee deep snow all over! Pretty heavy, which was actually a good thing - didn't hit any crust underneath.

DUMPED all day and was still dumping when I left 10 minutes ago.

The whole mountain is skiing soft and creamy. Plenty of fresh still around when I left.

Tomorrow morning should be good.

[Kinnikinnick]

Abasin was dope today!!! Knee deep snow all over! Pretty heavy, which was actually a good thing - didn't hit any crust underneath.

DUMPED all day and was still dumping when I left 10 minutes ago.

The whole mountain is skiing soft and creamy. Plenty of fresh still around when I left.

Tomorrow morning should be good.

Are you saying that its skiing like April/May powder because I can assure you that its different?

[WTF is dat]

Lol what

[simple]

Knee deep lol. Maybe if you Telemark.

[WTF is dat]

Knee deep lol. Maybe if you Telemark.

They reported 9 and it snowed all day knee deep is totally reasonable on the right aspects

[Elkhound Odin]

If you are 3 ft tall

[simple]

If you are 3 ft tall

Beat me to it.

[WTF is dat]

Did you guys ski a Basin today ? Somehow I bet you didn't

[Rideski]

Nice, set the timer to 24 hours and watch the wind blowing the snow off the platform.
http://arapahoebasin.com/ABasin/snow.../web-cams.aspx

[galibier_numero_un]

Did you guys ski a Basin today ? Somehow I bet you didn't

Pali skied "boot top" today and not knee deep. The snow lost moisture as the day progressed, but still was surfy/dense at noon.

I didn't go into the trees today. Maybe the wind transported snow there.

... Thom

[goldenboy]

I've had a lot of good days over the past 20 years in cb. Today was one of the best. Maybe the best. A foot of graupel skis in every way you could want it to. Could have skied the steepest, gnarliest lines with a blindfold and they still would have seemed easy.

[Shredhead]

I've had a lot of good days over the past 20 years in cb. Today was one of the best. Maybe the best. A foot of graupel skis in every way you could want it to. Could have skied the steepest, gnarliest lines with a blindfold and they still would have seemed easy.

That's nice.

Couple of years ago, it was raining hard and someone posted on here, from down in town, that it had to suck.
It was just the opposite. You could ski balls out, straight down the steepest slurpee line ever.

You'll never know, until you go!

[North]

Pali skied "boot top" today and not knee deep. The snow lost moisture as the day progressed, but still was surfy/dense at noon.

I didn't go into the trees today. Maybe the wind transported snow there.

... Thom

I had a "boot deep" day too. Maybe one run in the alley's was deeper, got some pow in the face in 'Zuma. Whatever. Surfy snow was great - covered up the old stuff really nicely in most places. Sun finally broke through around 2:30 and made for some killer 'Zuma laps. East Wall preserved for tomorrow - should be sweet.

[Lindahl]

Breck was pretty amazing too, though 100+mph gusts killed tbar and delayed its opening till after noon. That said, awesome snow. For alpine terrain, I'll take high speed cream over knee deep any day. Lake Chutes and 6.5 are a go for tomorrow.

[DasBlunt]

Snow was wet and heavy at 10k+ today.

[DasBlunt]

Knee deep lol. Maybe if you Telemark.

I laughed and I'll use that on the lift....

Abay!!

[fastfred]

Knee deep lol. Maybe if you Telemark.

All the punters can keep guessing snow depth from the office. Lift lines will be boss on Saturday

[DasBlunt]

no one cares you tele.