Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[jvskinn]

Rode chairlifts all alone at Breck on Monday most of the day, it was honestly the least crowded I've ever seen. Guess everyone was at Beaver or WP. Fun was had, whale's tale to Y chute was great if you don't mind traversing over a couple of rocks.

[cravenmorhead]

They weren't at Beaver. The only chair I waited for all day was the first one.

[auvgeek]

'Twas a fun weekend, and the weather delivered! Sunny pow on Saturday and deeper storm skiing on Sunday. Some low-res iPhone pics, mostly taken by jesski.

jesski, Blaine, & Frasier have fun in the sun


Libby and Frasier party ski


Christina masters the art of smiling while skiing


auvgeek skips in the meadows


We were stoked that the exit skied almost as well as the main course.


Back to the weather/snow: snow seemed pretty stable on Saturday, with a sun crust forming on south and E facing slopes. N - NW facing terrain stayed pretty pristine. Some moderate sloughing above treeline on Sunday with the new snow -- nothing awful but enough to make me pay attention.

Drive home on Sunday night wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. I-70 closed in Silverthorne, but 6 over LL pass moved reasonably fast.

[Rideski]

Paging Shredgnar to the white insider intel phone
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...hin-and-Bombin

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Nice little spring break with the family, sunday and monday at breck, yesterday skied at keystone. Here's a pic of one my kids after dropping into lake chutes, great snow up in there on monday and we caught a little weather window break as well.

[Name Redacted]

Paging Shredgnar to the white insider intel phone
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...hin-and-Bombin

Haha, I’m no insider. No idea. I saw some guys poach lower EW a while back and patrol caught em right away. LEW is so not worth poaching, and so easy to be caught. If I poach, it is way more stealth.

[Rideski]

Yeah that’s small potatoes. This was a dozen people from the top of the notches while tossing bombs. I know you have a few patrol buddies in your Rolodex, spill it

[zartagen]

Weather:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgkR-euhl1v/

[ASmileyFace]

Weather:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgkR-euhl1v/

Quality stuff right there.

[PowTron]

Weather:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgkR-euhl1v/

🤤🤤🤤🤤

[MakersTeleMark]

Just west of watertower. I love that line.

[Foggy_Goggles]

This is one crazy forecast. Get out you Nirvana albums, Grundens & warm wax

Integrated moisture levels increase significantly Thursday evening, as the atmosphere slowly saturates from the top down. The warm conveyor belt out ahead of the mentioned trough will pump anomalous subtropical moisture into the Central Rockies, with steady rain developing over western Colorado late this evening. Precipitation spreads east overnight, with the initial rain/snow line hovering between 10,000-11,000 feet.

Some mountain areas could see 0.25-0.50” of rain, before a cold front arrives Friday morning, dropping snow levels to about 8,500 feet. Snowfall will be heavy along the frontal boundary, but short lived, as the storm system quickly ejects onto the plains. Through Friday, look for total snow accumulations of 7 to 14 inches for higher elevations of the Park Range, Elk, and West Elk Mountains. Elsewhere, storm totals will range from 5 to 10 inches. Above about 12,000 feet, storm totals could significantly exceed these numbers.

[hatchgreenchile]

Looking sloppy for our Steamboat trip tomorrow.
Better pack some garbage bags!

[skaredshtles]

Looking sloppy for our Steamboat trip tomorrow.
Better pack some garbage bags!

Steamboat outside of December and January is always a dice-roll.

Hell - it can even be a dice-roll in December and January.

[Underoos]

846am. C lot is chill

[hatchgreenchile]

Steamboat outside of December and January is always a dice-roll.

Hell - it can even be a dice-roll in December and January.

It's a dice roll if it hasn't snowed in a week. Their elevation and aspect challenges are well known. It's not a big deal when they are putting up their 375" mid mountain average.

Yeah, it's kind of fucked that it might rain to 10K though. There are no winners in that scenario.

[skaredshtles]

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Yeah, it's kind of fucked that it might rain to 10K though. There are no winners in that scenario.

This is what I was referring to. Mid-winter (to say nothing about spring) rain at the Boat seems to be a more frequent and frustrating occurrence.

[adrenalated]

It's a dice roll if it hasn't snowed in a week. Their elevation and aspect challenges are well known. It's not a big deal when they are putting up their 375" mid mountain average.

Yeah, it's kind of fucked that it might rain to 10K though. There are no winners in that scenario.

Loveland and A-Basin are winners in that scenario.

[Danno]

Hut trip this weekend. Getting up high, which seems like a fortuitous call. Will primarily be skiing from 11,500 - 10,000.

[simple]

Raining at Alta right now. Fuck.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Raining at Alta right now. Fuck.

Eat spout samich, put you tights on, and go for a road ride you hipster.

[fastfred]

Eat spout samich, put you tights on, and go for a road ride you hipster.

I second that!

and it's fifty in breck right now, parking lots are empty, everyone has given up on skiing
As soon as I can clean up my office I'm putting the tights on too

[Foggy_Goggles]

I second that!

and it's fifty in breck right now, parking lots are empty, everyone has given up on skiing
As soon as I can clean up my office I'm putting the tights on too

My monoskiing partners rescheduled for tomorrow so I'm gonna look out the window and get these bids done.

[fastfred]

My monoskiing partners rescheduled for tomorrow so I'm gonna look out the window and get these bids done.

simple is going to be crushed
he likes mono skis tights neon colors and warm coors lights

[simple]

Gonna pedal soon. Might even show some skin. Watch out for the super white guy!