Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**montanaskier** · 01-22-2012, 06:39 PM

13 year old male....very tough

**bean** · 01-22-2012, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

13 year old male....very tough

That really sucks. I was expecting something bad to happen this weekend, but it was supposed to be some 20-something year old douchebag, not a kid.

**SkiBall** · 01-22-2012, 07:19 PM

Probably why they closed SunUp and SunDown today, fears of slides...at least while we were up top. Lots of nice stashes to be found frontside. Some REALLY nice.

**JoeStrummer** · 01-22-2012, 07:33 PM

Mmmhh, wind deposition. We found lots of loaded trees and no people. . .

Although I think my camera was set to MAXIMUM NOISE by accident.

**WTF is dat** · 01-22-2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by edog80

Eldora earned its reputation today. It was miserably windy with maybe an inch on ice. They reported 3 this morning but they must have been measuring drifts.

weird because I would report the opposite.

Salto Glades/West Ridge was DEEP today if you chose your lines well.
Got first tracks in jolly hug glades this morning... easily 6 or 7 inches

But yes the wind did suck ass. ripped the powder away from any of the trail. but trees were niiiicee

**The SnowShow** · 01-22-2012, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by DropCliffsNotBombs

It was DEEP today! 20" is no bullshit. It was super tender and slabbed up in the sidecountry. We had several smaller pockets rip out... with 2 foot crowns... in thick, big, old trees!

Pics?

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**grskier** · 01-22-2012, 08:20 PM

Snowmass reported a foot, there were areas of 6-8" where the wind hammered up top, but the middle third of the mountain was DEEP! 18" -24" in a lot of places. Top few inches was blower, nice wet bouncy snow lower down. Saw a lot of whoomping, tons of cracking, and a lot of stuff in bounds slid on it's own today. Seemed like they weren't wasting their money on bombs. Occasionally you'd here one, but Hanging Valley didn't open until 2, heard the bowl didn't open at all. Tomorrow will be KILLER!

**bostonjohn** · 01-22-2012, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by bamboocoreONLY

Now is the time to start ducking ropes, rocks are for the most part covered just some log hops.

Today's tragic accident is the reason you don't do this. Sad

**Wildman** · 01-22-2012, 09:17 PM

Abasin was super soft today. first two runs were indeed my best of the year so far + there were no lift lines. Sidecountry was Spooky. We saw some natural activity, felt whoomping, cracking, and settling. Skiied a very conservative line, but a member of our party remotely triggered a small slide with 2 foot crown...So much energy in the snowpack right now. It's a good thing Pali stayed closed today. The face probably would have ripped down to bed...keep it safe folks.

**BDKeg** · 01-22-2012, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by bostonjohn

Today's tragic accident is the reason you don't do this. Sad

+1 if something is closed, it's closed for a reason. Bummed that it had to be a 13 yr old kid that lost his life inbounds because of this, no reason stuff like this can't be prevented.

**edog80** · 01-22-2012, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by WTF is dat

weird because I would report the opposite.

Salto Glades/West Ridge was DEEP today if you chose your lines well.
Got first tracks in jolly hug glades this morning... easily 6 or 7 inches

But yes the wind did suck ass. ripped the powder away from any of the trail. but trees were niiiicee

Nice. I wasn't in the trees much.

**Like a Boss** · 01-22-2012, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

great morning at the Beav. Got 4th chair on Grouse with my wife, DaHeel, and Pappa G....best run of the year. Ran into Poop Ghost, Smmokan and a few others....sorry about the new skis PG. It got douched in a hurry but it was good while it lasted. Skied some sidecountry home and a solid foot up high....LOTS of collapsing in the meadows.

Glad you got over there quick. By the time I did it was an absolute Chinese Downhill. Still a fun day, some of the trees were skiing great surprisingly.

**JoeStrummer** · 01-22-2012, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

Ran into Poop Ghost, Smmokan and a few others....sorry about the new skis PG.

Did he destroy another pair of skis? Gotta be careful around him for awhile afterwards, this was his reaction after I said, "uhh, sorry about your Coombas. . ."

**Signed In White** · 01-23-2012, 12:09 AM

Breck skied awesome this morning. Still incredibly thin...I hit a lot of rocks, but it was still deep. Tons of activity in the snow pack, shooting cracks. etc. The snow kind of started to remind me of last year. Lots of fun indeed.

**anemic** · 01-23-2012, 07:59 AM

Thats terrible news about the 13 y/o killed on a Prima Cornice slide.

**volklpowdermaniac** · 01-23-2012, 08:11 AM

Holy shit on the prima cornice slide. Me and a buddy had just lapped it and went back for another to find it closed at 230. We both looked at each other confused on if they had swept early or what before heading into riva glade. Fucking eerie. Just a terrible situation it was great out there. MASSIVE CRACKING AND WHOOMPING in Petes, stay clear of the open sections. PERIOD.

**TransplantedFromRMNP** · 01-23-2012, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by WTF is dat

weird because I would report the opposite.

Salto Glades/West Ridge was DEEP today if you chose your lines well.
Got first tracks in jolly hug glades this morning... easily 6 or 7 inches

But yes the wind did suck ass. ripped the powder away from any of the trail. but trees were niiiicee

thats the definition of eldo right there...

**hawkgt** · 01-23-2012, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by WTF is dat

weird because I would report the opposite.

Salto Glades/West Ridge was DEEP today if you chose your lines well.
Got first tracks in jolly hug glades this morning... easily 6 or 7 inches

But yes the wind did suck ass. ripped the powder away from any of the trail. but trees were niiiicee

^^^this... trees were super soft and skiied great. not a dam thing on the slopes though

EDIT: PSA on Eldora. They released a bunch of 3 paks for sale at Costco this weekend. $99 for 3 days..... great price for those upslope storms. 4 tix for ABay at $139

**montanaskier** · 01-23-2012, 01:01 PM

would be nice if we could maintain a 3 or 4" refresh every 3 or 4 days and not have it get too warm....I'm not sure that is going to happen but we can hope.

**linvillegorge** · 01-23-2012, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

would be nice if we could maintain a 3 or 4" refresh every 3 or 4 days and not have it get too warm....I'm not sure that is going to happen but we can hope.

That type of pattern seems to be what Joel alluded to in his long term forecast on today's report.

**Wildman** · 01-23-2012, 02:03 PM

Not sure if this is the right forum for this video, but here is a clip of the slide I mentioned below.

This slide occured at approximately 12:15 in the A-Basin SideCountry on North/NE facing terrain on Sunday 12/22/12. The slope angle where the initial cracking occurred was 25 degrees, but the energy from this (breakup) remotely triggered a slide on a roll about 100 feet away where the slope angle reaches about 40 degrees. No skiers were caught. The crown was about 1.5 feet deep and the slide reached the bed surface. It ran for about 200 feet into a gully.

Originally Posted by Wildman

Abasin was super soft today. first two runs were indeed my best of the year so far + there were no lift lines. Sidecountry was Spooky. We saw some natural activity, felt whoomping, cracking, and settling. Skiied a very conservative line, but a member of our party remotely triggered a small slide with 2 foot crown...So much energy in the snowpack right now. It's a good thing Pali stayed closed today. The face probably would have ripped down to bed...keep it safe folks.

**montanaskier** · 01-23-2012, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by linvillegorge

That type of pattern seems to be what Joel alluded to in his long term forecast on today's report.

I hope so but the building in of a big ridge doesn't look good long term. Big ridge sucks.

**gratzo** · 01-23-2012, 02:24 PM

Some snow Monday night, some more on Thursday night. The second storm could be decent, but too early to tell, and regardless it's going to move through pretty quickly.

**linvillegorge** · 01-23-2012, 02:47 PM

Well, I guess I'll keep a close eye on the snow reports and hope for a surprise day here and there, keeping my sick days at the ready. I pity people who missed out on yesterday.