Loveland is really on the way !

[Frankontour]

Wow, I can't believe Loveland are so fast this year to put intensive snowmaking in their beginner trail...

We're only at october 6 and the coverage of Catwalk/Mambo is almost complete, although "home run" is not really advanced yet.

The pics are really wonderful, even though I know it remains less great than the real snow in Utah...

Here are the ones of today !

 

[option_ride]

Did you guy's get any natural from this latest wave? We got our first real cold spell from this storm but I think those jerks in Utah and Montana(yeah you know who you are) stole all our moisture. :evil:

 

[Admin]

I think those jerks in Utah and Montana(yeah you know who you are) stole all our moisture. :evil:

Hey, I resemble that remark!!

Actually, after leaving that 10" of glorious white stuff here (which has yet to completely melt out, despite 70 degrees in the Valley today) the moisture from that system shot northeast across northern CO, WY, and into the northern Plains. That's where N.D. got up to 2 feet of snow.

 

[option_ride]

That's where N.D. got up to 2 feet of snow.

Wow! I guess it's going to be a long Winter in N. Dakota... ouch!

 

[Admin]

Is there ever a short winter in ND? They have only 2 seasons there: winter, and the 4th of July. Cold and flat...now there's a lovely combination! :roll:

 

[Tony Crocker]

That's like what the guides told us in Denali National Park in early August 2001: June is spring, July is summer and August is autumn. We later ran into professional nature photographers who were headed up there for the late August tundra fall foliage season.

 

[Anthony]

Send some of that cold air east, as we have had a record warm spell through September and October. The eastern woods and lakes are holding a lot of trapped heat which is going to have to cool down quite bit before the snow when it eventually arrives begins to accumulate.

 

[option_ride]

Is there ever a short winter in ND? They have only 2 seasons there: winter, and the 4th of July. Cold and flat...now there's a lovely combination! Rolling Eyes

I guess that's how you get "sports" like curling...

That's like what the guides told us in Denali National Park in early August 2001: June is spring, July is summer and August is autumn. We later ran into professional nature photographers who were headed up there for the late August tundra fall foliage season.

I have family in Alaska and have yet to make it up. I watched a warren miller recently with seth morrison and a local guide doing first decents. He set off an avy and then skiied right out of its path... pretty sick and insane.

What would be the boarding prospects in July in Alaska.... possible?

 

[Tony Crocker]

Chugach Powder Guides runs "Kings and Corn" trips in June/July. They are based at a remote river lodge. When the corn is good they heliski, sometimes in late evening twilight. Otherwise they fish king salmon out of the river. I'm sure it's wonderful but you could buy 2-3 weeks skiing in South America or NZ for the same $.

I would guess road accessible skiing is not as good as Tioga, Beartooth or any number of Colorado passes because roads in Alaska are not numerous and the passes are quite low. We drove White Pass out of Skagway in August 2001 and it was beautiful but there wasn't much snow on anything near the road. Just an impression, those who have lived up there can correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[option_ride]

Chugach Powder Guides runs "Kings and Corn" trips in June/July. They are based at a remote river lodge. When the corn is good they heliski, sometimes in late evening twilight. Otherwise they fish king salmon out of the river. I'm sure it's wonderful but you could buy 2-3 weeks skiing in South America or NZ for the same $.

That sounds like a really unique experience, but powder in south america sounds even better. I definitly need to get my butt to Alaska one of these summers soon though. We used to have huge salmon and halibut fish fries when my uncles came back to visit in the summer....mmmm!