Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**bamboocoreONLY** · 02-17-2013, 06:37 PM

the basin ski'd great today, just lapped pali to the powder keg/north chute area all day and had a blast.

turbo chutes looking like another good foot of snow will open em up, been waiting for the basin to start getting better, missed being able to just drink right next to the lift all day lol

**WTF is dat** · 02-17-2013, 07:13 PM

Breck was fun today but extremely crowded... Every single lift. Got on the slopes right at 830 and lapped the t bar 5 times before the line got fucking humongous. Then headed over to 6 chair and took a few laps there before the line got big. Horseshoe bowl and contest were both in very good shape besides a few rocks. Lake chutes look thin as fuck. Peak 7 bowl looked like everything good had been blasted away so I didn't even try to go check it out....

**The SnowShow** · 02-17-2013, 08:54 PM

Yeah deck weather in Denver...freaking nice out

**montanaskier** · 02-18-2013, 06:56 AM

7 at the Beav......sneaky

**Rideski** · 02-18-2013, 07:28 AM

Chillin at a condo in the boat, reporting 9" woot woot.

**hatchgreenchile** · 02-18-2013, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Rideski

Chillin at a condo in the boat, reporting 9" woot woot.

Sneaky little powder day isn't it....

**bostonjohn** · 02-18-2013, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by goldenboy

Edit to add: weirdest phoenix opening ever. Kinda fun, kinda scary, definitely thin.

Hearing you say that makes me feel a bit better about being puckered. That place has some of the best steeps I have seen inbounds I will have my eye out for the next big dump.

**pfluffenmeister** · 02-18-2013, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Rideski

Chillin at a condo in the boat, reporting 9" woot woot.

^^^ this pleases me.

I'm heading up to the Boat for a Wednesday-Sunday excursion, any locals feel like showing a newb around?

**Lindahl** · 02-18-2013, 02:34 PM

If you rip (see: can keep up), maybe try XtremeBoat? Not really active around here, so who knows if it'll pan out, but he's a chill dude that knows the mountain well and rips. jbski, him and I have skied quite a bit together in EV and Berthoud.

**grskier** · 02-18-2013, 04:53 PM

Wow, sneaky pow day!

woke up to a skiff of snow on the porch so I made my wife breakfast and started doing stuff around the house. Decided to check the snow report and saw the 9" at Snowmass..... E/Ne was DEEP... up to 15" on the top of the mountain. The rest of it was in the 6-8" range depending. Very low moisture.

**BDKeg** · 02-18-2013, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

^^^ this pleases me.

I'm heading up to the Boat for a Wednesday-Sunday excursion, any locals feel like showing a newb around?

wish my tires weren't freakin bald on my car, the weather models look so damn good for the boat...hopefully we get some love farther south.

**montanaskier** · 02-18-2013, 08:12 PM

really a spring type pattern. Good snow and a cold front then a rapid warm up. Hope this week brings more of the goods, nice little pattern right now.

**bamboocoreONLY** · 02-18-2013, 10:36 PM

^definitely diggin' the pattern, mountain has been consistently fun lately.

Breck ski'd great in aspects in favor of the wind, whale's tail was way deeper than the 4" report but imperial bowl it was styrofoam but at least not icy. should be fun tomorrow as well.

**Soups** · 02-19-2013, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

^^^ this pleases me.

I'm heading up to the Boat for a Wednesday-Sunday excursion, any locals feel like showing a newb around?

I'll be up there this weekend as well. Looks like it's gonna be just ok

On top of that we got hooked up with a baller 10 person condo steps from the gondola for basically free. Gonna be a good weekend.

**smmokan** · 02-19-2013, 09:46 AM

From the NOAA forecast discussions, it sounds like the Wed/Thu storm is moving further south and the accumulations are decreasing each run... hopefully I'm missing something.

**montanaskier** · 02-19-2013, 11:58 AM

Certainly looks south and the north will rely on wraparound

**capulin overdrive** · 02-19-2013, 12:50 PM

Noaa wasn't on the same page as Joel last night for a few places. Looks like this one is gonna be hard to figure out also.

Blip over Winter Park now, anybody getting anything yet?

**The SnowShow** · 02-19-2013, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

From the NOAA forecast discussions, it sounds like the Wed/Thu storm is moving further south and the accumulations are decreasing each run... hopefully I'm missing something.

I feel like I've heard that before

Come on wraparound

**smmokan** · 02-19-2013, 01:24 PM

I'm hoping it's like last week when Vail reported 5" but it was more like 12-18" in the back.

**bostonjohn** · 02-19-2013, 02:26 PM

^^^ Keep me updated on your plans

**gratzo** · 02-20-2013, 08:14 AM

Yeah, the Wed/Thu storm isn't as promising as it is moving a bit further south and east, though wrap-around snow is a tricky thing to predict. The Saturday night / Sunday storm is looking good!

JOEL

**smmokan** · 02-20-2013, 08:41 AM

Joel- it doesn't look like NOAA is as bullish for the next storm:

THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE THROUGH PRECIP AMOUNTS
LOOK TO BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. FORECAST CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH
THROUGH LONG TERM AS EC AND GFS AGREE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH
SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES ARE APPARENT.

**The SnowShow** · 02-20-2013, 10:36 AM

per NOAA, Loveland could do well tomorrow..

**bamboocoreONLY** · 02-20-2013, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by smmokan

Joel- it doesn't look like NOAA is as bullish for the next storm:

THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE THROUGH PRECIP AMOUNTS
LOOK TO BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. FORECAST CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH
THROUGH LONG TERM AS EC AND GFS AGREE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH
SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES ARE APPARENT.

yeah they're defiitely on board, calling for 3-5 tonight in town in frisco tonight. They never call for that much actually in town so something must be coming haha

**JaytaeMoney** · 02-20-2013, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by bamboocoreONLY

yeah they're defiitely on board, calling for 3-5 tonight in town in frisco tonight. They never call for that much actually in town so something must be coming haha

Same deal in Aspen, NOAA forecast says 5-11 in town today through tomorrow which for them is a lot