Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Foggy_Goggles]

Which areas did you ski? Coverage/stability?

Coverage is good as in anything that I would/have skied is fun skiing.

Stability is on you. Not to go Safety Bob but given that we have transitioned into the Persistent Slab problem, one skiers feed back about what they observed yesterday is of limited value.

https://avalanche.state.co.us/

Yesterday afternoon's Forecast Discussion is pretty in depth but tells a good story.

Slopes that were safe to travel on or under a week ago may now harbor this new Persistent Slab avalanche problem. You might trigger a slide that only breaks in freshly drifted snow, but given the reactivity of the December 9 layer and its proximity to the surface, most avalanches will fail at this interface. Furthermore, given how weak and shallow the snowpack is overall, slides can easily step down, or gouge, into weak snow near the ground, growing the overall size of the slide. Weaknesses close to the surface can sometimes stabilize, or deteriorate, quickly - only time will tell in this case. For the immediate future, take a conservative approach to your terrain choices; the snowpack is adjusting to a new load and you can trigger avalanches from below and from a distance. Look to wind-sheltered or lower-angle slopes as safer options.

If we want to talk about it, as Brigham Young said, "this is the place"

No finger pointing or call out intended. It has been a multi decade challenge to make sure people are aware that 'round here, our feedback loop sucks. The spacial variablity and unknown trigger points our our avalanche problems means that "it felt safe" means you probably don't know what you are talking about and are your own worst enemy.

[The Nuclear Option]

More safety lectures and less observations please!!

[The Nuclear Option]

My personal favorite Berthoud safety lecture anecdote: I was solo touring up the west side low angle terrain and had my PLB on mu shoulder strap for easy access. Guy (about 15 years younger than me) says “hey, I’m a backcountry ski guide and you shouldn’t have your avalanche beacon on your pack our outside your jacket.”
“You mean that you’re the kind of ski guide who doesn’t know the difference between a Personal Locator Beacon and an Avalanche Beacon?”

Looks like the main danger at BC trails right now might be armed criminals
https://denvergazette.com/outthereco...6700c677b.html

[MakersTeleMark]

More safety lectures and less observations please!!

Welcome back iski. Been a long long time.

[shera]

No way that is DaveB, no freaking way.

[Danno]

It isn't

[The Nuclear Option]

No way that is DaveB, no freaking way.

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Yeah, no, he woulda dropped insults about your past personal reproductive choices with his alias

[MakersTeleMark]

Wow. Do we need to make a few phone calls and really get you banned again?

When I get calls that people feel threatened, I tend to escalate shit pretty quickly.

Do we need to go there?

[The Nuclear Option]

What was the threat?

Wow. Do we need to make a few phone calls and really get you banned again?

When I get calls that people feel threatened, I tend to escalate shit pretty quickly.

Do we need to go there?

[The Nuclear Option]

And only ever was self banned, so keep flailing around like the bitcoin bitch that you are.

[The Nuclear Option]

Seem to that Makers Marsshk issh the only one making threats.

Go ahead and make your drunken call to fulfill your threat to ban me.

You guys want to talk about threats? Once upon a time I received literal death threats from one of SheCunt and DrunkLawyers close friends and real world harassment presumably from said person.

Literally threatened to kill me.

[The SnowShow]

Um…so Copper Bowl and Tucker Mtn opening tomorrow at Copper!

[Elkhound Odin]

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I’m sure the snow has not been cooked to death. :roll eyes:


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[The Nuclear Option]

When I wasnt “threatening” today I was hitting wind buffed drifts on 13 Cornices and gullies at Abasin.

And what actual ski conditions were DrunkLawyer and Shecunt actually posting in here today in the Snow Conditions thread. No-fucking thing. Just cunting it up because their butthurt about my Bitcoin criticisms in that other thread.

[Danno]

Lay off the anger juice, dude. You've cunted up this thread as much or more than anyone today, and SheRa, who you just said was cunting up the thread because she was butthurt posted this and only this in this thread today: "No way that is DaveB, no freaking way." That's the sum total of her posts today in this thread. Nor did she respond at all to you in the BTC thread in recent days. What the fuck is your problem?

ETA: I get that you seem to have old grievances that you want to air, so go ahead and air them if you must and let the chips fall where they may, but don't invent new grievances to justify airing the old ones.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Well...I mean...I guess its better than most of the threads we've got going.

Lots of Obs here https://avalanche.state.co.us/observ...-field-reports so we don't need to clutter this thread.

So yeah, skiing is not bad, ATL is pretty wind hammered, persistent slab looks to stick around for a while, not much snow in the forecast.

I'm gonna save my fun tickets, work, ride my sled, try to suck less pow surfing, DP BP when it snow.

Fuck yeah Winter!

[The Nuclear Option]

I posted a literal conditions report - ie the actual topic of the thread. Then she and drunklawyer come in here and comment about me for the sole reason that they are butthurt about my criticism of bitcoing and nothing else. Plain and simple. And she, in my reading, implied that Icuntski wouldnt be a meanie like me and I reminded her of how downright nasty he was and by comparison I am not at all. Maybe not nicely, but 100% true. Then she has the temerity to call DrunkLawyer and claim that I am threatening her and he threatens to make calla to get me banned. After the lout that she was literally sucking his cock threatened to kill me and threatened other people left and right after one of the moderators (I can guess with high certainty who it was - his little Summit country groveler) outed me. But did Shecunt ever say anything about all that nasty literal threats? No, just literally and figuratively sucked his dick. I laughed it off but also realized how batshit psycho that asshole was so out of genuine fear that he’d retaliate never reported him to the mods (his guy) or the police.

Now she invents that I threatened her. The hypocrisy is mind boggling.

So fuck them and fuck you for even having the gall to make it my fault.

This IS the snow conditions thread. Of which I have posted two. And not one between the three of you. So who is cunting this useful thread? The one posting conditions reports or the Three Cuntmigos?

Lay off the anger juice, dude. You've cunted up this thread as much or more than anyone today, and SheRa, who you just said was cunting up the thread because she was butthurt posted this and only this in this thread today: "No way that is DaveB, no freaking way." That's the sum total of her posts today in this thread. Nor did she respond at all to you in the BTC thread in recent days. What the fuck is your problem?

ETA: I get that you seem to have old grievances that you want to air, so go ahead and air them if you must and let the chips fall where they may, but don't invent new grievances to justify airing the old ones.

[The Nuclear Option]

So here’s where it is. “Not a threat, a promise” as you know who said when my life was threatened.

Either Shera and Makers apologize explicitly for inventing for this “threatening” nonsense or I take this more broadly on the board.

You can ban me if that “promise” is too egregious, but that’ll only make me work harder to air it.

[m2711c]

[Leshphilling77]

Great

[Leshphilling77]

I feel like Tucker could actually be pretty good when you get to the more protected spots.

[The Nuclear Option]

How dare you threaten me? I’ll get drunk and call Todd Jones and have you banned!!!
/S

[Danno]

Ok dude, you go with your bad self.

(There's no threat there, just laughter)

[The Nuclear Option]

So you resorted to being threatening? I’ll make some calls and have you banned too!!!

Ok dude, you go with your bad self.

(There's no threat there, just laughter)

[adrenalated]

I suppose that's the long way of saying that we need some fucking snow.

At least the MTB and moto is still good.