Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Danno]

Dropping the Nastar course is nothing compared to how they butchered Drunken Frenchman. And continue to groom Derailer. And "closed" some solid tree stashes.

Did they do something to Frenchman other than the new trail? Which admittedly changes the whole character of those trees, but so it goes.

What stashes did they shut down?

I don't mind them grooming something other than just Sleeper, high speed mach looney runs can be fun.

This was my first full weekend up there this year, had a lot of fun, skied all over the mountain on Saturday and shredded with kiddo on Sunday.

[Rideski]

It’s nuking in Winnipeg

[Ireallyliketoski2]

It’s raining in Baltimore

[adrenalated]

It's windy in Kansas.

[simple]

It is sunny in San Diego

Btw Snowbird/Alta and Jackson Hole/targhee got hammered while Colorado got wind and a little snow. ULLR hates mountain bikers apparently so shut up about your shitty trails.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> Colorado got wind and a little snow. ULLR hates mountain bikers apparently so shut up about your shitty trails.

Sounds about right...

[Danno]

It was windy? I hadn't noticed.

[SterlingSpikeDancer]

Did they do something to Frenchman other than the new trail? Which admittedly changes the whole character of those trees, but so it goes.

What stashes did they shut down?

I don't mind them grooming something other than just Sleeper, high speed mach looney runs can be fun.

This was my first full weekend up there this year, had a lot of fun, skied all over the mountain on Saturday and shredded with kiddo on Sunday.

I have had a blast up there the past two weekends. I get things done in town and at the house in the morning. Roll up and grab early lunch on the way, park in a vacated spot about 100' from Challenger, and ski until they kick me off.

Grading with the new trail right across the steepest part of Frenchman is what chaps my hide. But ruining that glade is a bummer too.

They have trees off Vasquez marked as "closed" and there are some great lines through there. Others remain lesser known and still hold nice snow after the "powder hour". But there has been a marketing push to blog/post about the tress more, it seems.

I will always ski there, though. I love the place, changes and all.

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[Rideski]

I lost all hope for them after they fucked up Parsenn bowl and backside Parsenn.

Not that I wouldn’t ever ski there again but sad to see happy spot gone.

[Danno]

I lost all hope for them after they fucked up Parsenn bowl and backside Parsenn.

Not that I wouldn’t ever ski there again but sad to see happy spot gone.

It's that age old conundrum, when you make access more reasonable, more people ski it, and the magic is gone. But fuck, that was so much goddam work to ski that back in the day, lol.

[galibier_numero_un]

Skunked again.

[skaredshtles]

It's that age old conundrum, when you make access more reasonable, more people ski it, and the magic is gone. But fuck, that was so much goddam work to ski that back in the day, lol.

Parsenn Bowl has pretty much always sucked. Even when that crappy old double chair served it.

[Danno]

Parsenn Bowl has pretty much always sucked. Even when that crappy old double chair served it.

Well, I took "Parsenn Bowl" not to just mean the alpine bowl itself. There were a lot of trees that held snow for days, even without heading to backside Parsenn. Now, with the quad and with Eagle Wind, both of those stashes are gone. So I get why people miss them.

[hatchgreenchile]

How about this wind, eh?
I think that 2" is in Iowa already.
Next 2 weeks look pretty tame. Oh well.

[skaredshtles]

Well, I took "Parsenn Bowl" not to just mean the alpine bowl itself. There were a lot of trees that held snow for days, even without heading to backside Parsenn. Now, with the quad and with Eagle Wind, both of those stashes are gone. So I get why people miss them.

I dunno - those "stashes" were awfully low-angle and short. NTTAWWT.

[skaredshtles]

How about this wind, eh?
I think that 2" is in Iowa already.
Next 2 weeks look pretty tame. Oh well.

Pattern change in 2 weeks?

[grskier]

Pattern change in 2 weeks?

Beat me to it... I think we did OK. 5-7"... I'll try and get out tomorrow or Wednesday and poke around a few stashes.

[summit]

Ridgetop 50s gusting 70s

Sustained winds in the 30s at DIA causing major delays

[adrenalated]

I dunno - those "stashes" were awfully low-angle and short. NTTAWWT.

He's a telemarker, they like that.

[skaredshtles]

He's a telemarker, they like that.

[fastfred]

who cares about winter park
it'll be more over run next season cause everyone thinks that's the answer to i70 traffic and long lift lines on weekends
winter park will be the new breckenridge next year, everyone standing in a lift line on a saturday with there thumb in there butt wondering why everyone skis winter park cause they were the only ones who skied winter park and were cool
I mean eldora used to be cool fun and low key too until it joined the pass wars

[fastfred]

Son I am disappointed

I"ve been disappointed all day, just another bad decsion in my life
I'll have to make a special trip to wash park to redeam myself

[skaredshtles]

<snip>
I mean eldora used to be cool fun and low key too until it joined the pass wars

No.

No it didn't.

Eldora has, since the beginning of time, sucked donkey nuts.

YMMV.

[Foggy_Goggles]

...to pile on the Wanker Pancake hate parade. My sources say the gondi from the base to lunch cock stopping at sunspot it probably happening this summer.

I went up Saturday afternoon. It is as if we skiing January, February & March. The snow pack was looking December like and now it is looking April like. I'm hoping we finish off strong up it is not looking likely.

[summit]

...to pile on the Wanker Pancake hate parade. My sources say the gondi from the base to lunch cock stopping at sunspot it probably happening this summer.

It's that gonna fuck up biking?