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Another 6"-12" is forecast for tonight for the Mtns as well. With warming up to seasonable temps next week, but with unsettled weather/daily storminess likely next week. They certainly could move a fair bit higher up their internal rankings. I'm sure Tony has chopped off some of the early season...

Standard Operating Procedure for temps and weather in the Rockies IMO. Powder one day and MTB the next (or vice versa) in the spring and fall is a common theme... Or even doing MTB in 70+F in the morning followed by snow by mid-afternoon which I have done a few times over the years. It very...

Historically no. Copper usually closes the 3rd or 4th weekend in April. They have had a good snow year this year (including 60" in April) and announced they will run as long as snow allows; But on a limited 4 lift footprint serving ~550 acres. Probably going to be nearly deserted on weekdays I...

Been an up and down spring, with short stretches (3-5 days each it seems) of warm and cool/storms. I have been too busy to post on some of it (maybe get around to it later?). But have a short moment to post on yesterday. Multi-day storm cycle that should have hit ABasin more, but instead hit...

Plenty of both brewers holding there own and also plenty of churn here in Colo. Constantly new ones opening, and also constantly ~5-10 year old brewers going bankrupt. Waiting for the same to start happening in the home town distillery market in a few years too. Way too many opening up in the...

I believe Kirkwood, like many, is listing their top elevation as the top of the peak (eg top of Thimble which rises above the Wall lift). Lift Blog can usually get you what you want in terms of lift specs. Partial snippet for Kirkwood lifts: Lift Name Type Manufacturer Years of Operation...

Not quite as good as you think in March. By ~1-2 weeks into April it gets OK unless big powder (including snow down in the metro). December depends on the year/conditions. Doesn't have to be big pow then, just enough recent snow such that significant terrain is open at the resorts and...

Yikes. So how did they not have the tunnel and road detoured long before you ever got there on Monday?

ABasin is going to parking reservations required for all Weekends and Holidays next season. Won't be surprised if at least some others follow suit. Eldora had required parking reservations for a couple seasons (initiated by pandemic, but then kept it going), then expanded the parking lots by...

CDOT should have been upgrading the road beginning 20 years ago. Instead they seem to wait until it's dire before doing anything (not just I70, pretty much everywhere). Most Transportation $$ come from WDC (true for all states, not just CO), not state taxes so I blame the Colo legislators over...

Not on the boards here, but I know several tele skiers IRL. Most of them racer dads. I can't even imagine doing deep knee bends every turn at approaching 70yrs old. He has to be wiped out by the end of the day.

A modest sized storm coming through had outsized winds with it making for some interesting snow. I think I burned 50% more fuel just going up with huge winds in my face. Loveland Derby ski race weekend. A very old and long running SL race with lots of history. A few inches of nice snow but...

Any January style wind storm in April... Eldora had to shut due to power being completely out at the resort. Unknown if they will even have power for Monday either...

Sounds a bit NIMBY/zenophobic in a way. "We don't want professional corporations from the US; we prefer a bunch of wealthy not-actually-locals who have 2nd homes here and will never agree on anything for the next 100 years to be in control of our ski lifts!"

Picture of your car and looking up from your car reminds me a fair bit of Skiing Over the Rainbow area at Loveland...

Or was it just more dense snow than expected? Looks OK (not wet slop) but not overly fluffy.

So Eldora was closed for basically 2 days from the big storm a couple weeks ago. Technically they did open a couple of lifts ~1p on Friday, but didn't announce it until only Ned locals could make it up. No backside terrain until later on Sat either. And similar to 2003, sun affected heavy snow...

I typically go all the way to Headwall for the first pitch (assuming good snow coverage). Then follow that up with Wall 1/2/Strawberry patch areas by taking the hard right. A lift I've never ridden. I've come close to doing the short hike to Longshot and the glades up top of Elk Camp lift that...

Just a different use of the term. I mean 'chase' as in - I'm not already locked into exact days at exact resorts months in advance. I can start to pick and choose the best snow and terrain on the days it's best.

Hahahahah, race season is almost never over of course. FYI, there are races on the schedule through mid-April then comes spring training at usually Winter Park through early to mid-May. etc... Not to mention work and real life to deal with on some weekends. This year Jr is actually...