Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[goldenboy]

Whoa, what a day. Holy crap. More on the way.

[adrenalated]

The visibility has just been godawful lately.



Also, since we're talking about Hesperus, that place is my new favorite ski area. I enjoy sucking dick over at Telluride as much as the next guy, but there's something special about the no-fucks-given approach to skiing that Hesperus offers. Is this run adequately lit for night skiing? Absolutely not, open it anyway! Will our lift break? Probably! Will our only two patrollers be on it when it breaks? Also probably! Is all of our staff blazed out of their minds? You fuckin' know it!

[MakersTeleMark]

^^^ Like the attitude. Glad you jumped ship sw.

[andy m]

Yea, enjoy it while you can.

[Danno]

The visibility has just been godawful lately.



Also, since we're talking about Hesperus, that place is my new favorite ski area. I enjoy sucking dick over at Telluride as much as the next guy, but there's something special about the no-fucks-given approach to skiing that Hesperus offers. Is this run adequately lit for night skiing? Absolutely not, open it anyway! Will our lift break? Probably! Will our only two patrollers be on it when it breaks? Also probably! Is all of our staff blazed out of their minds? You fuckin' know it!

They used to open the whole "mountain" on full moon nights, not just the poorly lit trails. Doubt they still do that, but goddamn that was fun.

My best day there was late March, a week after they closed, and they got ~15". Set a skin track, did 6 laps, and the only tracks I crossed were on lap 6. Fuck that was a good day.

[adrenalated]

They used to open the whole "mountain" on full moon nights, not just the poorly lit trails. Doubt they still do that, but goddamn that was fun.

Wait... they used to close parts of the mountain at night?
Why would they do that?
Thankfully those days appear to be past.

[shera]

Did you see this on reddit? Made me laugh:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/..._french_fried/

[bamboocoreONLY]

One of those days at Vail yesterday where people kept talking about crust but they only skied the back bowls. Meanwhile chair 11 had some seriously good snow and skiing right onto the chair.

[BFD]

cotrip showing Wolf Creek Pass closed.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Life....it is aspect dependent.

[ASmileyFace]

cotrip showing Wolf Creek Pass closed.

Naturals all over the road apparently. This storm has been incredible down south.

Not a great pic but I skied to work this morning in some of the highest quality snow all season. So hard to not go up for another lap. Living at 9318’ ain’t bad.

[simple]

Puking at Powderhorn now. Atmospheric river yo

[montanaskier]

Death in East Vail yesterday. Not a slide but a medical. +++vibes+++


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[MakersTeleMark]

There was a tree well fatality at steamboat Friday as well.

[ASmileyFace]

Had to go up for lap 2/3 after work. Total cold smoke hero snow. Silverton mountain on Thursday could be all time with a few more colder pulses coming through.



Vibes about the deaths in Vail and the Boat.

[MakersTeleMark]

There were also 2 inbounds fatalities at Vail on Thursday.

[leftfield]

Death in East Vail yesterday. Not a slide but a medical. +++vibes+++

Still trying to process this. My heart is breaking for her sister. Less than two years later. Life is fucked.

[adrenalated]

Sorry to hear about the fatalities.

This storm cycle has been nuts in the Juans. I measured 32" on the ground at 7100' on the edge between desert and mountains. Took the sled for a rip in my yard and had continuous faceshots for as long as I was willing to hold the throttle open.

[MakersTeleMark]

Harkens back to not long ago about what Foggy was saying. It takes a long time to live a long time with good shit out your door. But, it can still happen decades later. What a game we play with our minds.

I'm a twin, that has got to really hurt. Also for the partner. Completely unrelated to this video. Just a relevant obs from today.

[whipski]

42" over the last 3 days at Wolf Creek waist deep in places yesterday but a little heavy. The day before was sublime.

[Leshphilling77]

keystone the big summit county winner at 10" and only 4" at the basin. looks like quite a bit in dillon but i haven't been outside yet.

[bamboocoreONLY]

keystone the big summit county winner at 10" and only 4" at the basin. looks like quite a bit in dillon but i haven't been outside yet.

Sometimes that donut shifts for just one or two storms a year. Was at a buddies house in wildernest last night at the drive home til Frisco was nuts, a good 4 inches in an hour-ish around 8/9pm.

[Name Redacted]

6ish inches in the Cove. Plow bump at the end of the driveway was 3 feet though. Might get out for some afternoon laps later.

[Danno]

School and work canceled across the front range for this??? lol

[EWG]

School and work canceled across the front range for this??? lol

No joke. Ridiculous.