Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Micol]

duh, I should have figured out Twin Lakes. I normally think of that as the Leadville side, and I couldn't imagine that TL stood for Leadville. Can't brain today.

Pbvil

[MakersTeleMark]

Cypro

FIFY bud.

[skiracer88_00]

Anyone have a feel for how north aspects up high are doing at the moment? Are we getting big wet slabs coming down those as well or are they still pretty firm underneath if you hit them early enough? are there still issues in the storm snow from last week on these aspects? I would love to get up on something steep and high this weekend

[adrenalated]

J, I haven't heard of any activity on upper elevation north aspects... yet. But it will happen. I can't say when. I can say that the underlying snowpack never fully transitioned to a spring/summer pack like it normally would have by this time of year, and it is NOT firm and consistent, especially on north aspects. It's layered and variable in the old snow, with more layers from the recent storms on top. If I were getting out this weekend, I wouldn't completely eliminate high elevation, north aspects from my options but I would evaluate very carefully before trusting the snowpack.

[threedimes]

Anyone know if it's worthwhile bringing a bike to the Brainard winter closure?

[galibier_numero_un]

I saw some recent small natural releases on the East Wall at A-basin today.

Cheers,
Thom

[Dr Donny Brook (Richard Head)]

Anyone know if it's worthwhile bringing a bike to the Brainard winter closure?

Definitely worth it.

[The SnowShow]

The weather in the high country is stupid great today. Skiing and boating.

[Lineskinj]

J, I haven't heard of any activity on upper elevation north aspects... yet. But it will happen. I can't say when. I can say that the underlying snowpack never fully transitioned to a spring/summer pack like it normally would have by this time of year, and it is NOT firm and consistent, especially on north aspects. It's layered and variable in the old snow, with more layers from the recent storms on top. If I were getting out this weekend, I wouldn't completely eliminate high elevation, north aspects from my options but I would evaluate very carefully before trusting the snowpack.

Its still winter out there. Skied off Quandary, Shit was dope.

[kailas]

Winter on Friday.

[The SnowShow]

Another avy on Loveland Pass closed the road today FYI.

[smitchell333]

Just back from Sawatch. Missouri & Belford

Well above treeline North powder and West and South and near treeline north is Corn. Great freeze Friday night and good freeze Sat night

Below and near treeline is a disaster. Don't go anywhere near East facing slopes below, at, or just above treeline and I'd be cautious of any East slope. We watched wet slabs running on a ~12,500 east slope under cornices and saw evidence of easterly wetslabs up to probably 13,500

[adrenalated]

Anyone know anything about this? Nothing on CAIC.
http://www.9news.com/story/news/loca...lide/28279557/

[goldenboy]

Anyone know anything about this? Nothing on CAIC.
http://www.9news.com/story/news/loca...lide/28279557/

CAIC sounds nasty (in reports section). Elvis chutes. "Rider, on a splitboard was caught and carried in a WL avalanche. Swept over a 75 to 100 ft ice feature in a confined couloir."

[adrenalated]

Yeah CAIC added the report after I posted. Looks like the guy got real lucky to not get dead.

[Lindahl]

No kidding. Sounds like Elvis' Crotch - the sneak into Silver? Not sure if the icefall is that big though?

[Name Redacted]

No kidding. Sounds like Elvis' Crotch - the sneak into Silver? Not sure if the icefall is that big though?

Maximum Elvis. People have been mistaking it for the Silver a lot lately.

[Lindahl]

Ah, that makes a lot more sense... much bigger icefall. Talk about a scary ride!

[summit]

It's a line that didn't normally go.
Mistaken for silver. ..

[Kinnikinnick]

So its been a wet few weeks and now questionable if any freezing below treeline, lets go ski this:



Image from TR of a different day (where they also kicked of wet slides) on that line here:
http://adventuresoffrank.com/2015/05...falo-mountain/

[tommyvee]

Anybody have recent experience whether above timberline slopes are getting a good freeze overnight?
Planning to head up for the main bowl on Grays/Torreys tomorrow morning, which I have skied plenty of times before, but I am concerned that it might be mush instead of hard-frozen?
If you have any observations about the freeze in that neighborhood I would be curious to hear about them.
Thanks.

[Shredhead]

Saturday early AM was cold and crunchy on top of Indy. Sunday/Monday not as much, probably not even freezing.

[montanaskier]

4th of July in Indy is the plan this weekend....early start and hope for the best.

[Bronic]

^^^^^ The pass skied great last weekend. Lots of snow up there

[The SnowShow]

Lots of activity on ABasin's East Wall