Colorado Maggots....what's with all the flapping?

[MakersTeleMark]

Soooo....what's with all the flapping

It's very windy here right now. (hint for colomaggs, watch that upsidedown windloaded snowpack)

[lemon boy]

I sit corrected. You learn something new every day. (And since the New York/Denver thing wasn't it this MUST be.)

Shit, I just PM'd hacksaw to get the voice of authority on the matter.

The idea that Utah's snow is the lightest and driest anywhere is Pure-D marketing. I'll fully admit that you guys get better, more consistent and more snow. No contest, I mean, I don't go to Utah for the terrain, just the snow.

[/tosses some terrain bait in the water and heads out the door]

EDIT- and miget, I didn't think you were being a dick.

[MOHSHSIHd]

my only input on the matter....

march 31st last year at alta, was supposedly between 5 and 6%.....was super deep and all, but did not feel NEARLY as dry as some of the days I have had in colorado where the white room hovers around for 10-15 seconds

[Buzzworthy]

ps isn't raining there?

Worse, it was raining for a few days and now sunny and around 45 here.

[Crinkle]

pps haters:

snow fallen @ Vail to date 173"
snow fallen @ Alta to date 168"

don't know the totals that have fallen at Berthoud, but i am sure they are greater than vail, since its 11000 ft

[Woodsy]

[/tosses some terrain bait in the water and heads out the door]

I said it once and i will say it again, If Aspen Highlands and CB got 500" of snow a year I would still be in Colorado.

[Dirk Diggler]

106" base as of yesterday on the Buff Pass stake here in NW CO. Like you guys say though, it never snows more than 6" and our snow is usually a bit on the heavy side.

[lemon boy]

Woodsy - we all wish it. Hell, I'd settle for 400 ever year. B-town does pretty close (450 IIRC) too bad it's short verticle with uhhh...hang on...um..no good terrain at ALL!

[Below Zero]

Today was an epic 3" storm! EPIC, I tell you!

[Trackhead]

Fuck Utah and Colorado, Iowa is where it's at. Pffft, beaters.

[jrbd]

Vail rules. Their snow is the best. Please ski there.

[Yonder_River]

Having ridden quite a bit in Colorado/Utah/Wyoming/Montana, I'd have to say Montana, on average, has the driest snow. There are a lot of 1-2% storms, especially at Bridger Bowl. I've ridden through 30" fluff there and scraped the hard pack below on several occasions.

[Crinkle]

Vail rules. Their snow is the best. Please ski there.

you caught me in a cranky mood jongydouchebag. it was a frame of reference, whether or not you were talking to me or not, fuck face.

[jrbd]

Fuck Utah and Colorado, Iowa is where it's at. Pffft, beaters.

[FreakofSnow]

Having ridden quite a bit in Colorado/Utah/Wyoming/Montana, I'd have to say Montana, on average, has the driest snow. There are a lot of 1-2% storms, especially at Bridger Bowl. I've ridden through 30" fluff there and scraped the hard pack below on several occasions.

I was just thinking the same thing

[Dirk Diggler]

1% ?? Come on Dawg.

[shane-o]

Usually we aren't out getting this much pow inbounds till after January, so wouldn't you be stoked as well?

There's the answer to the original question. Expectations.

[SIIHP]

Personally, I think everyone here should start spreading the news. Colorado skiing is the worst in the west. We get NO snow, think 3 inches is a powder day, our terrain sucks. Utah is where its at. Where it never snows less than 4 feet per storm, the snow is lighter (a little lie here is OK for our purpose), they have easier easy terrain and harder expert terrain, and overall you get no better skiing anywhere in the world.

Maybe if we say it enough all the stupid tourists will go there. I-70 will cease to be a parking lot, lift lines on weekends will be down to nothing, and then we can listen to Utards bitch about how crowded it is.

[James Carvile]

Glad to see the data battle has gotten to water desity so quickly these days. That means everyone should be gettin' sum.

[shera]

Midget, dude, haven't you got anything better to do? Get your @ss down here and do some skiing with us!

There's a little face of steeper and ungroomed off to the side of the Ranger lift at Keystone where I teach beginners. It's only about fifty feet, but nobody goes anywhere near it. In the afternoon, when my never evers get their wits about them, I put them at the top of this stretch, tell them to tuck up, and straightline down. About half of them will make it out to the groomer and half will wipe out. They all have eyes as big as saucers when they tell me how much fun it is and that they can't see their skis under the snow. Needless to say, this is not part of my psia curriculum, but it makes my day.

Even in "bad" seasons, I got my powder turns whenever I wanted them. Now I'm busy getting a whole new crowd hooked. Colorado Ski Academy kids from the front range. Little Texas and Florida kids. I love it. Bring em all.

[Blurred]

Last time I checked, it was raining in Cali, Washington and Utah. It's not raining here, and I can go ski pow tomorrow. I haven't started "flapping" yet out of respect for all the other non-colorado maggots. Would you like me to start? STFU already.

[smolakian]

All I know Is that I'm in Virginia right now and I am sooo FUCKING glad I don't have to live HERE. Enough with the pissing contest snow snob douchbaggery.

[midget]

Midget, dude, haven't you got anything better to do? Get your @ss down here and do some skiing with us!

That's actually where this came from....I was thinking about going on a few trips but the snow's been shit all those places....so I started thinking about Colorado. I checked the snow totals expecting way more than what's reported cause of all the TR's on here.

Really, I was just trying to figure out the stoke!

[iskibc]

Not trying to start any wars, but I think this thread sucks. Quit the whining and bickering about which state is better than others. It's lame.


If you stress out and have to start a thread about how much snow we don't have and how much better your snow is, then you are missing the whole point to this sport. Don't we all ski to have fun and challenge ourselves? It's not a competition. I could give two shits on how much snow has fallen, what the average density is over a 30 year period, who has the larger base, etc. I'm also tired of people shitting on our state because they had a terrible time and there was no fresh snow the last time they were here. If you don't want to come here to ski then don't make a debacle about it.

[smitchell333]

Heres my take having I think a pretty good perspective on Colo vs Utah as I live in CO and the inlaws are in Salt Lake which means typically 2 weeks at Xmas and a couple long weekends in UT every year for skiiing.

+ Utah - quantity of snow is better - they just get more snow than CO
+ Utah - access - 30 minute drive makes my 1:15 drive to B-pass or L-pass seem like drudgery
+ Utah - stability - because of the greater quantity and lower altitudes the snow is on average more stable allowing for more adventuresome touring - especially winter powder time
- Utah - quality of snow - sorry, but you DO get blower, but those lower altitudes do lead to heavier snow on average. Remember the big dumps last couple Decembers - heavy as shit - almost Sierra stuff. Of course with more snow - you get a lot of good snow
- Utah - well you're in Utah - Moron - I mean Mormons, gestapo police, fucking shit ass smog worse than just about anywhere - downright dangerous.

+ Colorado - quantity of terrain - the shear SF of terrain is larger - so when its good forget about it NO question where I'd rather be skiing
+ Colorado - quality of snow - on average the powder is lighter and drier in my experience - especially at higher altitudes
+ Colorado - length of season - esp spring and summer. When much of UT has gone sloppy and become limited - Colorado is often going off bigtime
- Colorado - Danger/Quantity of snow - the most dangerous place to ski is CO - of course that makes some real dedicated and educated skiers. The droughts here are terrible
- Colorado - People - I 70 is for shit if you dont play the game right. And forget about the resorts on weekends.