Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[zartagen]

32°....that's being generous. Try 25°. And perfectly manufactured faceshots.

Faceshots? No, crotchshots and calling them faceshots.

[hatchgreenchile]

Like this place is innocent, who was claiming waist deep at Keystone in 4" of fresh a while back?

We're all guilty of a little overhype

[WTF is dat]

How's Keystone looking for Friday? I need my parkrat WROD fix.

Looks like schoolmarm will be open. (Hopefully)

But no blues for opening day. Everyone will be crammed on schoolmarm. I'm sure there will be plenty of yellow jackets too

[Danno]

Faceshots? No, crotchshots and calling them faceshots.

It was balls deep!

[zartagen]

It was balls deep!

[The SnowShow]

Looks like schoolmarm will be open. (Hopefully)

But no blues for opening day. Everyone will be crammed on schoolmarm. I'm sure there will be plenty of yellow jackets too

Sounds....heavenly. Ugh.

[wolfelot]

Anything to a slow start to the season keeping overall skier numbers down when it actually does get good?

[skiHOG]

I'm predicting a 90% chance of butthurt by Thanksgiving. Biked today in Breck at over 10k, and it was awesome.

[hatchgreenchile]

Anything to a slow start to the season keeping overall skier numbers down when it actually does get good?

No.

[montanaskier]

So now that Trump is President, what does that mean for snow?

[SkiBall]

Peeps going to hold on to their money, less trips. We win provided it snows.

[The SnowShow]

^^^^ nothing good

[zartagen]

Peeps going to hold on to their money, less trips. We win provided it snows.

Seems like it. Markets are already tanking.

[The SnowShow]

Peeps going to hold on to their money, less trips. We win provided it snows.

Mtn town economies lose. Big time.

[SkiBall]

Yeah, there is that part. In other news...ugh.
http://www.vaildaily.com/news/keysto...-indefinitely/
Keystone, Breckenridge ski resorts postpone opening days indefinitely
Article
Keystone and Breckenridge are putting their ski seasons on hold indefinitely.

Late on Nov. 8, the two Vail Resorts-owned properties decided to postpone both of their opening days until “resort officials feel confident they can open with a high-quality snow surface,” according to a release from the parent company. Neither ski area has confirmed an opening date as of press time.

The two Summit County-area resorts were scheduled to open for the 2016-17 ski season on Nov. 11. Keystone had already delayed opening day once this season, moving its first chair from Nov. 4 to Nov. 11, while nearby Copper Mountain also delayed its opening day, moving from Nov. 11 to Nov. 18.

“Snowmaking teams at both resorts have been hard at work getting ready for opening,” Breckenridge’s chief operating officer John Buhler said. “Cold temperatures allowed both resorts to make snow last night (Nov. 10), and we will continue to take advantage of temperatures conducive to our snowmaking and get the resorts open as soon as we can.”

Near-record highs and very little snowfall have been the story of October and November in Colorado. On Oct. 22, Arapahoe Basin became the first ski area in North America to open for the season before a rash of temperatures in the 40s and 50s put a damper on snowmaking at Loveland Ski Area, Keystone, Breckenridge and other resorts across the state. On Nov. 7, Loveland Ski Area announced it will open with a top-to-bottom run on Nov. 10.

While Colorado swelters, ski areas in California, the Pacific Northwest and across the East Coast are enjoying a snowy early season. Sunshine Village in Alberta, Canada opened with a 29-inch base on Nov. 2 — the resort’s earliest first day in 30 years — and Mammoth Mountain in California is scheduled to open on Nov. 10 after several years of devastating drought conditions.

“We are dedicated to providing our guests with the best early-season conditions possible and will continue to focus our efforts on opening with a great ski and ride experience,” Keystone’s chief operating officer Mike Goar said. “We will let our guests know as soon as we have a new opening day for both resorts.”

Snow forecasters from Open Snow, a Colorado-based forecasting website, note cooler weather should persist for the next five to 10 days, with a chance for precipitation after Nov. 15.

“We should finally see the door open for stronger storms across the western US around November 18,” meteorologist Sam Collentine wrote in a post.

[rmnpsplitter]

Pattern change in two weeks

[MakersTeleMark]

It's going to be a juuuge winter!

[fastfred]

Pattern change in two weeks

that was the phrase two weeks ago

[fastfred]

Anything to a slow start to the season keeping overall skier numbers down when it actually does get good?

yes

out of state visitors want to see early snow and lifts turning, they'll make reservations for feb march or christmas based on what happens in november

wasn't it a year or two or so ago that it snowed early, stopped snowing the begining of january didn't start snowing again till the end of februrary and then dumped constantly mid march to late april, pretty sure every front ranger wrote ski season off at that point and it was pretty quiet around here

[Danno]

yes

out of state visitors want to see early snow and lifts turning, they'll make reservations for feb march or christmas based on what happens in november

Yep. Early season snow definitely drives bookings.

[hatchgreenchile]

, pretty sure every front ranger wrote ski season off at that point and it was pretty quiet around here

I don't think this means what you think it means.

[montanaskier]

Shhhhhhh

[BFD]

Can a Kia sorrento make it over cinnamon pass

[not that guy]

Can a Kia sorrento make it over cinnamon pass

Mid-late summer when it's drier, no road damage or slide, yep. Doesn't a Kia have about 7" of clearance? Should be more than enough.

[zartagen]

I bet a Hyundai Sonata would make it.