A-Basin went off today.

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Absolutely loved the sign at the top of Chair One yesterday. Classic.

Anyone who thinks this storm was a total bust was obviously not one of the six people riding chair 9 today. :the_finge

^^^ This.

What's nice about Breck and Keystone is that they're so much warmer and less windy than Loveland. Better viz too.

Overall, Loveland's been skiing surprisingly poorly this season considering the snow totals. Windy + Cold + Poor Vis = not too fun.:wink:

9 spin today?

Dickie Law, you are correct. I believe it was 2005. I'm continually surprised that no one is mentioning Denver's similar situation in these stories about Breck.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that this is exactly what the city Denver did in 2005: Legalize it! (well, except that it's still illegal under state law and most prosecutions are made under...

We split our time between Kekaha (far Southern end of the road) and Haena (far northen end of the road). In both spots we stayed in a private rental found through VRBO. I highly recommend this...

9 ran today. The one run I did up there was extremely variable with awful vis. No thanks.

I'm sure if visibility is better tomorrow, it will be easier to manage the variability.

Also, no...

CDOT's website is confusing my feeble brain. Is I-70 closed at WB MM 259 all the way until Vail or what? Anybody making a break for it?

Based on what you know now -- where would you plan to ski if you could ski pretty much anywhere in the state Monday and Tuesday but you had to decide where by Sunday afternoon? Chime in with...

I've been vaguely observing you guys as I've been puttin in some time at LL Valley over the past couple of weeks for instructor training (including 12/17). Gazing across the valley at what you guys...

Seriously, just make sure to set up your transportation and timing so that you have some flexibility to drive a bit. Within a day's drive of Denver you can almost always find the goods from December...

Squaretop looks nice Stan. I've been thinking of heading there in the next couple days. Any estiamte of the time you began your decent?

I just typed a long-winded response that somehow got deleted. Doh!

Here's the short version:

Eat a lot of street food. It was always good and we never got sick. Only specific rec: a place...

I was thinking the same thing, P. Sometimes it seems like LL's AM snow report, which should be a 24 hour report, disregards snow that fell during the previous day. This is not the first time I've...

Loveland tommorow? If I were you, and I could go ... I'd go.

Did a short day on the hill today and found very variable conditions. Lots of dust on crust. But, in the right spots (typically...

Gotta get yourself a temporary handicapped parking pass. Shouldn't be a problem with help from your doc. That'll eliminate that 1.5 mile walk to class and make you popular with your lazy ass...

Sitting in Denver needing some first hand observations from high country peeps. Any chance for clearing skies sometime tonight? I'm talking like total clearing for full moon turns. Any signs of...

Nice! But what's the connection to David Hasselhoff?

Yo, nice write up of a nice day Nick P. I'm glad I met up with you guys in the lot. It was a much different day than it would have been if I had rolled solo as planned. It really was a pretty...

I heard one of the dudes busted in CB on the radio a few days ago. He called in to some idiotic morning show that had a lawyer on the air fielding questions. He said the cops (I'm not sure if he...

Ok, a big :fuckyou:to all those who were there today.

But, like Crinkle said, at least I have yesterday:the_finge

Go ahead. Torture me with descriptions and photos. Yesterday at the LL was a rare and excellent weekday treat for my weekend-warrior-ass. But today must have even killed it.

When the Ridge opens tommorow it'll probably be orgasmicly good. LL was ridiculous today.

As I was leaving at about 1:00 there had just been a pretty nice snow squally come through -- but it...

Ridiculous TR.

What's with the hebrew?

Glad to see this thread as I've been wondering about the Cirque. I used to be a dedicated enjoyer of the Jane but it's been a few years since I've been there as I've switched passes for a variety of...

Condolences on the loss of your friend. That's gotta be an awful thing to go through.

Nice to see a coversation about snowboarding around here. Nothing to add except that I ride a NS. I like it. I like to snowboard. That's it.

Andy, Sweet job getting it done. My brother is a sitskier also (I posted as Rick James in your Epic ski thread). As I said there, he's gone through a zillion gear issues himself. I've watched him...

CB. No question.

But if you do go to Monarch, it was too Breezy today for the Breezeway lift to open (at least by the time I left at noon) so it should be extra deep there.

Rode CB on Saturday and it was absolutely ridonkulous. Managed to get in many laps of the good stuff before they started shutting down lifts. High Lift stayed open long after Silver Queen was shut....

Allright weather nerds, should I stick to my original roadtrip destination of Monarch this weekend or spend the extra drive time, lift ticket $$$$, and goodwill points with the wife to go to CB? ...

Looks like low-angle inbounds shots to me. Meh.






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Thanks for all your offers and input. I'll check with him and see what he's interested in.

I did talk to him and clarify that he's actually looking to compile a total of 4 skis. Apparently,...

Great thought. I've poked around in it a little but it seems like most people are looking to ressurect their pair rather than offload a single. I guess some of those people will inevitably become...

Looking for a ski that can handle the big flex of a hard-charging sit-skier without getting bent out of shape. New preffered but used ok if drilled max once.

Not sure what ski is best for his...

Yep, been doing it for years. Under the shell it'll only freeze on the coldest of days. Works way better than an insulated model outside the coat. Be careful not to press the bite valve as you...

You're right. That's sooooooooo weak.

His TRs weren't meeting Rontel's standards so he was banned from the board forever. Rontel's apparently got juice around here.

Trying to raise my girl right but have a quick question for the assembled moms and dads. What's the best way to handle gear? This'll be her first year on skis (she's not quite 2) and it's hard for...

You remember that? Gotta hand it to Juan for volunteering to do the hauling duty. Yeah, my bro's had a few deep days there (and elsewhere) that make me want to stick one of those little orange...

That video is ridiculous.

My brother-in-law is a pretty sick sit-skier. It's pretty bad-ass watching him rip up just about anything on the hill. Sometimes it feels like skiing with a celebrity...

How could nobody have mentioned the pic of D-side on the uptrack? The colors and the contrasts in that photo are insane! NIce!

What a day yesterday was! Looks like conditions there were pretty...

How about "Excellent"? I can accept that "phenominal" is reserved for some sort of dream day at Alta. But I'd say "pretty good" doesn't quite do justice to today at Loveland. There was certainly...

Just chiming in to repeat the truth: Loveland kicked ass today. Considering how warm it was, the snow was surprisingly fluffy, not too heavy and wet. The three or so inches that dropped between...

As long as this thread was bumped anyway ....

I have a correction to make to my definitive list of where to eat in Denver. For DimSum it's "Superstar Asian" not "Asian Star." Either way, though,...

Excellent pics. Looks like you managed to find some good snow:eek:

Can you tell us the location of this THC detection device? Could be useful info some time down the road.