Where is the SNOW!!!
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by PaliKona » 12 Jan 2013, 14:49
Great pics..make me want to travel to get some good turns..
Any CB locals here? How's the mtn these days? Seems like storms are being kinder to you all.
Any CB locals here? How's the mtn these days? Seems like storms are being kinder to you all.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by ajkagy » 12 Jan 2013, 20:02
PaliKona wrote:Great pics..make me want to travel to get some good turns..
Any CB locals here? How's the mtn these days? Seems like storms are being kinder to you all.
dust on crust at CB, ski area picked up maybe 3 inches. The backcountry fared much better with between 6-10 inches from the last storm. Looks dry for at least another week, no headwall or north face yet.
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by EatinHardtack » 12 Jan 2013, 20:31
Yeah, so went to an I70 resort today. It's very bad.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by SolarAlex » 12 Jan 2013, 21:34
^^^ 2nd that i went to keystone today and other than the groomers it was in bad shape.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by atalarico » 13 Jan 2013, 15:02
Yep. Two dry years in a row is tough to weather (pun?). Granted I was lucky enough to be at Steamboat last year on the President's Day record dump, but that was one of 20 days out.
Sigh...we still have three months of what could be stellar snow...keep those fingers crossed and goats sacrificed to Ullr.
Sigh...we still have three months of what could be stellar snow...keep those fingers crossed and goats sacrificed to Ullr.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by ajkagy » 13 Jan 2013, 22:42
Been lightly snowing all day today, and it's COLD. The resort here is in decent shape, but the backcountry is where it's at right now, lots of nice turns to be had. The bright side is that stability is pretty good right now and some big lines will go down in the next week or so. Get out there and enjoy the sun this week and early next week.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by ameristrat » 13 Jan 2013, 23:19
Was at Breck today - disappointing coverage on anything interesting, but the snow was nice and soft and nobody was there. Didn't wait in a line all day - perfect day for burning some groomers!
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by lordhelmut » 14 Jan 2013, 09:27
Winter Park was solid all weekend. 6" reported saturday, low crowds due to Broncos game, softened things up nicely (-25 on panoramic lift, but they didn't open the lift till 10:30am, and guess where this guy just happened to be at 10:31am.......).
WP yesterday was still solid, but what made it even better was the fact that Mary Jane was literally a complete ghost town up until 10. It was so empty, they closed off 2 lanes of the Super Gauge. There were still numerous runs with soft snow that had been closed the day before, including a run that ran directly under the Zephyr Express. The trees around Pano were a pleasure, but some of the trees around Challenger were challenging. Outhouse was skiing very well and it seems they have thinned the trees to skier's right a tad. Gandy Dancer was getting kind of rough and Frenchman was a little frustrating, but all in all, Winter Park, relatively speaking, is skiing pretty damn well right now.
WP yesterday was still solid, but what made it even better was the fact that Mary Jane was literally a complete ghost town up until 10. It was so empty, they closed off 2 lanes of the Super Gauge. There were still numerous runs with soft snow that had been closed the day before, including a run that ran directly under the Zephyr Express. The trees around Pano were a pleasure, but some of the trees around Challenger were challenging. Outhouse was skiing very well and it seems they have thinned the trees to skier's right a tad. Gandy Dancer was getting kind of rough and Frenchman was a little frustrating, but all in all, Winter Park, relatively speaking, is skiing pretty damn well right now.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by ajkagy » 14 Jan 2013, 09:31
https://avalanche.state.co.us/acc/acc_report.php?accfm=rep&acc_id=480
2nd avy death of the season and I knew him through a friend. Just a bad situation all around. Please be ultra careful out there even with the avy danger only being moderate.
2nd avy death of the season and I knew him through a friend. Just a bad situation all around. Please be ultra careful out there even with the avy danger only being moderate.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by rijaca » 14 Jan 2013, 09:38
I skied Purgatory (Durango Mt) on Thursday, Monarch on Friday, and Loveland on Sunday.
Monarch had the best snow of the three.
PS gotta love that Loveland Pass....
Monarch had the best snow of the three.
PS gotta love that Loveland Pass....
...bound to cover just a little more ground.
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by EatinHardtack » 14 Jan 2013, 11:18
I was thinking of heading up to WP yesterday but couldn't get motivated. Glad to hear it's skiing good.
Looking at the snowpack report it does show the 'donut hole' that is looking in fine form for Summit County - - - - ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/CO/Snow/snow/state/monthly/snmap113.pdf
Looking at the snowpack report it does show the 'donut hole' that is looking in fine form for Summit County - - - - ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/CO/Snow/snow/state/monthly/snmap113.pdf
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Re: Where is the SNOW!!!
by jmc5040 » 14 Jan 2013, 12:34
Skied at Breck on Saturday and besides for finding some just opened runs off of Peak 10 the conditions were in my opinion poor. Groomers skied well, but the trees are extremely thin. Berthoud Pass was fun yesterday with enough fresh snow to soften things up. Ran a few laps down the Big Roll on the West Side. Coverage was for the most part good, with rockier areas easy to see and avoid.
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