https://www.instagram.com/p/C4d8ADRJ9dS/ -- not I70 specific though.

Gonna enjoy I70 things on Thursday morning...

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I'll admit that at one point i bought a little sling bag thinking it may be a good option for inbounds skiing. It lasted about 3 runs before I realized that was dumb. It's great for riding to the...

CDOT can't make google maps or isberthoudpass open correct. Relying on them is just introducing a source of error. CoTrip is the source of truth.

It's been open all day but there are still lots of...

Same offer, nearly same location (technically West Highlands). We don't have cameras but all our neighbors do. Plenty of parking available. Including right in front of my house where my dog will...

Looked like that at 4:15 when I skied down Tango. Assumed they were staging traffic or some shit. No traffic EB til folks looking at buffalos. Left the hill at 445 and was home with a stop to pickup...

1:15 from Luv to door yesteday at 2pm.

Never too busy on the hill, but main parking area was full before 9am which is just wild.

Not to mention the pure idiocy of folks parking directly under...

I've skied around Whale Peak in spring -- some awesome lines back there. But a PITA access wise...wonder if you're allowed to BRAP it up around those parts?

Yep. Believe it's just one car. Pass temporarily closed.

The law (i think it's actually rule...much easier to change than law) is a joke. With or without enforcement. Snow tires are not required by rule/law. And I have personally had instances where I met...

At least I got a ride and made a big cup of coffee today. Ohhhf.

I'm about the least aggressive, minivan-driving, grandpa-tune listening driver out there, and HBM's strategy is exactly what I do. I'm not cutting people off aggressively or swerving through a bunch...

You should be able to see in the next day or so here: https://forecasts.avalanche.state.co.us/explorer/

Results may surprise ya.

Anddd...I70 West is now closed. Good job weather.

It was backed up before that crash in Idaho Springs. It was fucked from tunnel to g-town. Smooth sailing down to IS when the accident occurred. Everyone was fine but a couple cars totalled. Got...

How does GPB weird one out? I've never had anything other than good service and vibes in there?

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/traffic/traffic-news/major-crash-involving-a-semi-and-tow-truck-closes-eastbound-i-70-east-of-georgetown?fbclid=IwAR1wI4lLEyqSHpmAc7p_lEcJxksrKuPqscUHLTImU6WT1dY3Rt7x-...

^^ This. Loveland is Clear Creek Skiing Corporation. When you manage vaccine rollouts on the county level (yay thanks local control state!) you're gonna have differences in vaccine opportunity that...

Not sure why CDPHE would find it very interesting. In my experience employers are working with vaccine providers to get employees vaccinated. Those often occur in batches as vaccines/appointments...

This. Lots of young people I know who've gotten the second dose have been hit pretty hard. You may be fine enough to WFH on a computer, but you're not standing on your feet, bumping chairs and raking...

Yes. They are open. But capacity is very restricted. Probably should make a reservation.

Saw 4 sets of them on my run yesterday. Not the worst.

Two were on full AT gear.

I couldn't stand the inversion and smog in my few times in SLC. Maybe you get used to it.

Every weekday mid-morning is a mess Westbound thanks to construction in IS.

Was a big accident somewhere between Bakerville and Silver Plume around 2:30. Traffic went from 0 at 2:15 when we cracked a beer at Herman Gulch to dead stopped at 2:40 when we left. Luckily...

Fuck. I need to run up to the ski area to fetch gear this weekend. Wish me luck.

If you print these, I'll put it right above my "One Less Sprinter" sticker. On my minivan.

This jabroni's season goal is to drink beer with FastFred somewhere.

Angry James?

I really hope this is in jest.

CDOT is responsible for protecting the road from natural hazards. Not from humans being idiots.

EDIT: Think of the equivalent while on the road. CDOT does a...

The only thing dumber than that boat, is the dude who posted in CO Backcountry Ski and Snowboard on FB defending himself for triggering an avy onto the Eisenhower tunnel.

Oh yeah, we drove back Saturday over indy because we didn't want to fuck with the mess I70 is on a Sunday.

Just hung in Carbondale for the first time on my honeymoon to contribute the local economy. You're welcome. Dope town.

Didn't pull a trailer though. Just my "one less sprinter" stickered minivan....

Hey now. I cherish that dollar off I get at the brewery for volunteering at a ski hill.

Unfortunately my mutt is an asshole so he has to stay in the dirty van.

There are a more natives who don't live in the mountains than do.

Curious -- how does one identify "out of town" plates that are from CO. My plates don't say jack about my county.

Whoa.



Because some people like skiing and are willing to wait for a ride out of the base area. Everything else was on wind hold and they couldn't get to a different ski area.

Jesus --...

My coworker takes the bus in from out 285. She is fucking dreading her commute home cause everyone taking it to go skiing this weekend.

To be fair, 1 is really the only thing worth skiing on a 20" day besides the ridge. And I agree re:HSQ. It is nice on chalky days when you can kill your legs in 2 hours.

Fuck are the windslabs and...

Bitch all you want, but with 70 closed from Morrison on, LP closed and winds that shut down most lifts (downside of making Chets a HSQ rather than fixed like Pali) -- it doesn't make much sense to...

Because 285 + Hoosier & Fremont in a snowstorm with lots of wind is probably as bad if not worse than i70.

The closures today are planned closures due to rockfall mitigation.

Population, social media, young folks with more flexible work environments, cheap ski passes -- it's all a big mix.

Yesterday was pretty chill. Passed Dino about 6, cruised to Loveland, left...

What the fuck did you expect getting to Dino lots at 6:30 on a prime season saturday? Football season is mostly over, holidays are too. For at least 5 years you need to be past Dino before 6am from...

And yet there was a bunch of good ski around in the backcountry today. Found lots of nice consolidated pow.

Except that they got their bus fare comp'd and a $25 voucher to Abasin. And lots of them have their own gear.

Source: coworker was on that bus.

Those were big boys on Sunday.

Lot more poor kids without good clothes and parents that work shitty service jobs with inflexible hours in Denver than there are in the mountains.

Yeah I know there is poverty in the mountains....

Don't worry, the awd van with snows is always in the right lane cause it's slow AF.

And because the right lane is the passing lane on I70 anytime there's traffic. Everyone knows that.

Maybe they could just mean "it's fucking hazardous out". Makes it easier to see car in low-vis situations. Live with it.

You've got some anger problems if that sets you off.

A lot of riders going to take buses that only stop at Abasin, Love and maybe copper that don't go skiing? If they are stopping there, the resort is capturing their money.



I count subsidies as...