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Tellruide had one of its best opening weekends in years -- since at least the early 90s. Although there were lots of distractions over the weekend - Jeep King of the Mountain, the crash of NBC Dick Ebersol's private plane and a lift breakdown -- the reality was about 30" of powder fell over the period to complement the 18" that fell November 21. The snow totals looked something like this Sat - 6", Sun - 18", Mon - 6".
The skiing was impacted by the mechanical breakdown of chair 5 which restricted Tellruide to only chairs 1, 4 and a hike-to 6 for Saturday. However, the mountain responded by opening the Prospect Bowl about 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. Therefore, chairs 10, 11, 12, 13 opened on Sunday. Furthermore, the front face opened on Monday with steep favorites like Coonskin and North Chute in prime condition.
Prospect Bowl has never been open at Thanksgiving before!
Tellruide does not inflate their snow totals like many mountains in Colorado -- the mid-mountain base and summit are often the same. The reality of this is -- Telluride can be 100% open on a 40" base -- with only some coverage issues on Gold Hill.
The packed powder skiing is exquisite now -- all fresh dry snow with cold temps. Also, the entire front side should open by this weekend. First shots on Mammoth, Spiral Stairs and Plunge should be amazing.
It looks like SouthWest Colorado is going to have a great year! Silverton is reporting 65" base and Crested Butte recieved 55" from the Thanksgiving storm giving hopes that the North Face will open by Christmas.
I'll update at Christmas.
The skiing was impacted by the mechanical breakdown of chair 5 which restricted Tellruide to only chairs 1, 4 and a hike-to 6 for Saturday. However, the mountain responded by opening the Prospect Bowl about 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. Therefore, chairs 10, 11, 12, 13 opened on Sunday. Furthermore, the front face opened on Monday with steep favorites like Coonskin and North Chute in prime condition.
Prospect Bowl has never been open at Thanksgiving before!
Tellruide does not inflate their snow totals like many mountains in Colorado -- the mid-mountain base and summit are often the same. The reality of this is -- Telluride can be 100% open on a 40" base -- with only some coverage issues on Gold Hill.
The packed powder skiing is exquisite now -- all fresh dry snow with cold temps. Also, the entire front side should open by this weekend. First shots on Mammoth, Spiral Stairs and Plunge should be amazing.
It looks like SouthWest Colorado is going to have a great year! Silverton is reporting 65" base and Crested Butte recieved 55" from the Thanksgiving storm giving hopes that the North Face will open by Christmas.
I'll update at Christmas.
