Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**skiingislife** · 04-13-2014, 09:58 AM

Nice pics Lindahl. I'd like to see more from that series

Perfect combination of sun and wind up high on Friday. The sun softened the snow just enough, while the wind kept it from getting warm enough to move.

**The SnowShow** · 04-13-2014, 10:04 AM

Yeah, please feel free to post more BBB stoke like that

**montanaskier** · 04-13-2014, 01:05 PM

Snowed over the Snowy Range to Walden and then to Muddy Pass and up Rabbit Ears. Pissed rain in Steamnoat all the way to Avon and finally turned to snow in Eagle-Vail, though just flurries. Sounds like the divide is getting it again.

**hatchgreenchile** · 04-13-2014, 05:14 PM

A visual donut hole at WP. Snow along the Divide, Never Summers and to the west, but nothing but sun and wind until about 130 when the band finally arrived. Very crusty.
Getting pummeled by wind when Panoramic took a 20 minute nap was the icing on the cake.

**smmokan** · 04-13-2014, 05:46 PM

Looks like LL has about 10" since this morning with supposedly another 3-4" tonight. Calling in sick tomorrow for sure.

**The SnowShow** · 04-13-2014, 05:59 PM

Was anyone at LL or AB? Did chair 9 run? How tracked out did everything get or were they generally empty?

**smmokan** · 04-13-2014, 06:07 PM

Just a guess, but I don't think there's any way Chair 9 turned today. If it did, I'll bet not many brave souls were willing to deal with the conditions so it should be $$ tomorrow morning.

**Man Jerk** · 04-13-2014, 06:19 PM

Abasin was great this afternoon. Batshit windy up top and lots and lots of snow.
It was snowing so hard up today up top you could not see a thing. Should be great tomorrow. Pali was getting nice and soft by the latter part of the afternoon. Not much traffic with the crazy weather conditions.

**Soups** · 04-13-2014, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

Looks like LL has about 10" since this morning with supposedly another 3-4" tonight. Calling in sick tomorrow for sure.

I didnt see the snow stake before it was cleared at 4pm. Was it really showing 10"?!?!

If so thats incredible as it wasn't doing that much up there all day until about 1:30 when it started puking. We left at 2:30.

9 spun but nothing was open, cat didnt run. South Gate 1 was closed all day for some reason, weird.

**smmokan** · 04-13-2014, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by soups818

I didnt see the snow stake before it was cleared at 4pm. Was it really showing 10"?!?!

If so thats incredible as it wasn't doing that much up there all day until about 1:30 when it started puking. We left at 2:30.

9 spun but nothing was open, cat didnt run. South Gate 1 was closed all day for some reason, weird.

Yep, snow stake showed 10" at 4:00, it looked like just about all of it was in the afternoon.

**Soups** · 04-13-2014, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

Yep, snow stake showed 10" at 4:00, it looked like just about all of it was in the afternoon.

Oh my god. So mad I left now. Thats +4"/hr

Tomorrow will be retarded then.

**Soups** · 04-13-2014, 06:37 PM

Also, the lot was full at 11am but the mountain was dead all day.

**Danno** · 04-13-2014, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cold_Smokin'

A visual donut hole at WP. Snow along the Divide, Never Summers and to the west, but nothing but sun and wind until about 130 when the band finally arrived. Very crusty.
Getting pummeled by wind when Panoramic took a 20 minute nap was the icing on the cake.

I rode Pano twice midday, and only did the second ride because some friends had just gotten on the lift when we got to the bottom. It sucked. The wind was brutal even on Super G in the afternoon, and by the time I left at 3:00, conditions had improved all the way to marginal.

Still, if it snows a lot tonight...

**hatchgreenchile** · 04-13-2014, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

I rode Pano twice midday, and only did the second ride because some friends had just gotten on the lift when we got to the bottom. It sucked. The wind was brutal even on Super G in the afternoon, and by the time I left at 3:00, conditions had improved all the way to marginal.
Still, if it snows a lot tonight...

Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with Pano. Sometimes it's really, really good. Sometimes it's a fucking sufferfest. Today was more of the latter.
Glad to see Loveland get some, but the storm underwhelmed for WP.

**FiveLarge** · 04-13-2014, 08:28 PM

You guys at WP how did things look if you came back over Berthoud?

Or anyone have reports from Berthoud?

Saw the snow cam at Loveland, so I know it's for real, but interesting that the snotel isn't showing that 10" burst after midday.

**hatchgreenchile** · 04-13-2014, 08:31 PM

IMO, heaviest snow was on south side of pass. Not many cars up there.
16 degrees when I came over at 330. 9News just said a low of -1 up there tonight. Should be a quality morning.

**Lindahl** · 04-13-2014, 08:35 PM

Breck saw about 10" from 2 to 7 fwiw. Pretty quiet now. Should see another squall hopefully?

**Mountain Junkie** · 04-13-2014, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by spthomson

You guys at WP how did things look if you came back over Berthoud?

Or anyone have reports from Berthoud?

Saw the snow cam at Loveland, so I know it's for real, but interesting that the snotel isn't showing that 10" burst after midday.

Berthoud was marginal today. Left around 6, and although it snowed today, it never really SNOWED. The wind was pushing the snow around quite a bit, so conditions were a patch work of either ice or wind drift. Definitely did not get the squall that hit Loveland.

**pde20** · 04-13-2014, 10:10 PM

Loveland was grade A terrible skiing up until around 1 this afternoon....then the heavens opened up in a big way. I would believe 7-8 inches in 3 hours given the intensity of precip. By 2 it was skiable where loaded, by 3 it was getting good, by 4 it was excellent on the rights aspects. 9 did spin but terrain was limited pretty much to patrol bowl and 1 or 2 of those shots to the south which i don't know the name of...and visibility was atrocious so not much really got skied up there. Monday will definitely be worth the while.

**MakersTeleMark** · 04-14-2014, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

I rode Pano twice midday, and only did the second ride because some friends had just gotten on the lift when we got to the bottom. It sucked. The wind was brutal even on Super G in the afternoon, and by the time I left at 3:00, conditions had improved all the way to marginal.

"Remind me again why I ski Winter Park."

**The SnowShow** · 04-14-2014, 07:09 AM

Breck ftw. Even Keystone is in on it

**skiingislife** · 04-14-2014, 08:11 AM

Beware of the crust/dust aspects. The new snow was not bonding well to the steeper faces yesterday evening. I had lots of sluff following me through the steep N facing trees as well. Which was kind of fun!

**DasBlunt** · 04-14-2014, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Breck ftw. Even Keystone is in on it

ummmmm, 15", in that one spot……retards

**montanaskier** · 04-14-2014, 10:21 AM

nice morning at Vail. About 3 or 4" overnight is my guess. You could feel the crust underneath but was still soft and pretty nice. I love closing week, just a good time to reflect on the season and the fun that was had and look forward to the coming weeks/months.