Eldora clusterfuck Friday?

[tang]

While I-70 has (or had) its Camaro, Eldora has its Gremlin. If only they'd actually replace the rear window and put a mega lift kit on the thing...

[Danno]

funny, I noticed that thing for the first time just 90 minutes ago.

Breezy at Eldora today, but howling in the PRB.

[JerkPorkins]

I hope you guys are all safe. Let me know what if anyone needs anything.

[JerkPorkins]

Cell service seems to have improved. Posting from the IP chair. Also the first to ride it today.

[stapes]

Considering an early trip up in the morning depending on what totals are. How much of a clusterfuck do y’all predict?!?

[Wildman]

Great snow today. They need to open more terrain.

[lepistoir]

I'll be up for the fresh in the morning. Blue jacket and touring gear. Say hi.

Also, I know if your house burned, you have other priorities, but I want to see if we can help maggots who lost ski gear. A little mental health activity might be what is needed.

[stapes]

Super fun morning up there! No crowds. Keep that snow coming!

[wolfelot]

How close are they to getting Corona open?

[Danno]

No power at Eldora at the moment.

[Danno]

And they only have one run going on Indian Peaks, so I don't think Corona is close.

[JerkPorkins]

They had a the guns blasting Around the Horn and Muleshoe, the other morning. It looked like they were trying hard to get the way to Corona open.

[Danno]

Yeah, maybe they'll open it with one run (muleshoe) like IP.

Great day for me today. Got up at 5:15 to take kiddo to ski practice, leave at 6:10, drive 50 minutes on snowy roads. Get there, and stand around in the parking lot for 90 minutes because the powers out, practice gets called, drive home.

[skaredshtles]

Yeah, maybe they'll open it with one run (muleshoe) like IP.

Great day for me today. Got up at 5:15 to take kiddo to ski practice, leave at 6:10, drive 50 minutes on snowy roads. Get there, and stand around in the parking lot for 90 minutes because the powers out, practice gets called, drive home.

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[stapes]

That’s a bummer Danno. It probably would’ve skied pretty well too. Hope this isn’t a pattern this season.

Mid week looking nice.

[Danno]

Sounds like some shenanigans up there today:

Good evening, skiers and riders. We need to talk about today at Eldora.

Today we saw record visitation. Our parking lots were filled completely by 8:45 AM. We were forced to cut off access to the ski area from 8:45 until 11:45. We call this situation a "park out." When a park out occurs, no vehicles—not even those attempting to drop off or pick up passengers—can be allowed up to the resort until the lots begin to empty and we regain parking capacity. The only exceptions are emergency vehicles, RTD buses, our FREE Boulder-to-Eldora Shuttles, and residents of the town of Eldora.

At 7:45 AM, we warned that we would run out of parking. We said that if you weren't already well on your way, our advice was to not come this morning, and instead to come later in the day. This warning began a cascade of real-time updates as to our parking situation. We do our best to keep our guests informed of the traffic and parking situation as frequently and transparently as possible.

We provide easy-to-use tools for our guests to find out what's going on at Eldora before making the trip here. Updates are first posted to this page, which can be easily reached with the URL Eldora.com/conditions. We link to it from the top of the homepage and push it out on social media every morning around 6:00 AM. As simultaneously as possible, we post updates to our Twitter feed and to our Instagram Stories. Our Twitter feed is also embedded on the bottom of this page.

Despite our warnings not to arrive until the afternoon, cars continued to come after the roadblock was in place. Traffic backed up, tensions flared, and we had several incidents where angry guests threatened our staff verbally and physically. We simply can't have this happen. We will not tolerate it. If it continues to happen, we will do everything in our power to hold the offenders accountable.

The vast majority of our guests today were unfailingly polite, cheerful, and happy to be outside with family and friends. Most especially the guests who checked our feeds before they came, and heeded advice about when to arrive and when not to arrive. They had a great time. We loved interacting with them. But in this time of frayed nerves and short-staffed businesses across the country struggling with the ravages of COVID, some folks have tossed civility out the window.

Let's not be those people. This is an appeal for calm, for respecting one another, and for checking in advance if you plan to come to Eldora. Tomorrow being a sunny Sunday with relatively recent snow, all of the ingredients exist for another park-out. Please read the information and advice below in order to make your visit a success and allow us to serve you to the best of our abilities.

[EWG]

Ok. Which one of you guys was shit talking the staff turning people around at the high school?

[Jong Lafitte]

Two days ago I saw a vehicle that could make it up that canyon.


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[Danno]

I may head up tomorrow for some afternoon laps with the kiddo.

[Jong Lafitte]

Nice! Shoot a text over when ya get there.


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[tang]

Sad that things got that tense. Was at Moffat yesterday. Likely confluence of RMNP closed and Eldo park out (and wind and avy risk above TL) made things way more crowded than I've ever seen there. Also the perfect conditions for a multi-car pile-up at caribou... hopefully that didnt happen

[Danno]

People are in Facebook demanding that they bring back parking reservations. I wonder if people realize that those only worked because they significantly reduced capacity?

Still, they do need to figure something out. As much as I hate to say it, maybe get off iKon?

[EWG]

People are in Facebook demanding that they bring back parking reservations. I wonder if people realize that those only worked because they significantly reduced capacity?

Still, they do need to figure something out. As much as I hate to say it, maybe get off iKon?

If they hadn't suspended the $10 single occupancy charge for weekends and holidays it'd be quite a bit better. But the county removed the fee for covid. I'm not sure if I like the business or the fee better.

[The SnowShow]

You really need to re-evaluate your life if you’re getting so bent out of shape about missing the Eldora road closure that you’re aiming your car and charging at the kids working the gate.

[concretejungle]

You really need to re-evaluate your life if you’re getting so bent out of shape about missing the Eldora road closure that you’re aiming your car and charging at the kids working the gate.

Other than the time spent driving they were doing them a favor.