Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[The AD]

It is pretty cool when we travel to other high priced areas. We went to Hawaii and we didn’t bat an eye at the prices there. Haha.

I read a story in the New York Times a couple months ago about going to Aspen "on the cheap," which the story admitted was relatively speaking. I think the author was from Chicago and he said it won't seem ridiculously expensive to people who already live in expensive places. So true. I don't even blink at $8 pints of beer anymore.

[ENDOOO]

Hoping to harvest the hive mind:

My mid-60s parents (from sea level) and I (Denver bro) are headed to Breckenridge this weekend. We don’t plan to sample the WROD, but I would like to get them outside. Any ideas for easy to moderate hiking near town that is still dry-ish or other similar outings? I may take mom climbing in ten mile canyon one day but dad likes to keep two feet on the ground. I’d also welcome recs for any Saturday night live music (good or not) and cheap beer…


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My go to for easier hike/avoiding snow: park at the gate to prospector campground off swan mountain rd. walk road to campground and take social trails out of the back of loop E to windy point campground. take trail along the lake shore back to soda gulch. soda gulch back up to road. Not marked but easy to follow if you take a look at a map prior.

Moose jaw for beers and sunday football would work for my dad.

[Shredhead]

PreCovid Aspen had a thriving bar menu scene. Same food as the dining room, 40-50% off. Great deals and good place to meet people. Very social.
Covid closed a bunch of long time restaurants and they were replaced by ultra high end places from Miami, NY and St. Barts.
Some of them are finally starting to throw the locals a bone via either a bar menu or Prix Fix.

[fastfred]

well I really enjoyed cunting up the wather discussion today
20 mg of edibles to get thorough the day and I"m ready to go skiing finally
I would say it's dumping

[skiballs]

Midweek pass winter park or a basin?



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[bamboocoreONLY]

Rootstalk, Radicato, South Ridge Seafood, Mountain Flying Fish, Bold, Aurum, Piante, Mi Casa, Blue River Bistro......all solid. You're going to the wrong establishments, Fred.



If you like Thai, you need to check out Summit Thai in Frisco.

Yeah summit thai is bueno. I was just glad thai chili came in since bangkok happy bowl is awful.

Either way, the only eating out I do really is lunch, which is either $10 erics local lunch or a oaxacan bites burrito. hah Occasionally giams' lunch sandwiches.

Anywho, a good 7~ inches on the breck snowstake

[ballackout]

Every now and then this thread delivers, even if half the beta is bad (not your half, of course…the other guy’s).

The prospector loop is good idea. Thanks!

Glad it’s snowing again!


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Yeah summit thai is bueno. I was just glad thai chili came in since bangkok happy bowl is awful.

Either way, the only eating out I do really is lunch, which is either $10 erics local lunch or a oaxacan bites burrito. hah Occasionally giams' lunch sandwiches.

Anywho, a good 7~ inches on the breck snowstake

Soupzz On is one of the best lunch deals going. Downstairs Deli, Breck brewery workman's lunch, Sancho's fish tacos, Castaways. That's all I got for lunch. I'll eat Giams any time of day. Used to get gift cards for there on the regular. Bangkok HB does kinda suck.

[bamboocoreONLY]

Soupzz On is one of the best lunch deals going. Downstairs Deli, Breck brewery workman's lunch, Sancho's fish tacos, Castaways. That's all I got for lunch. I'll eat Giams any time of day. Used to get gift cards for there on the regular. Bangkok HB does kinda suck.

Downstairs Deli isn't really that good anymore since it got bought out. I will admit I get the ensenada fish tacos at sanchos on a very consistent basis, just never for lunch. Plus those giant draft pacifico's are worth it alone to go there.

[Foggy_Goggles]

You guys have restaurants? Must be nice. In the 30 years I've lived in Grand County, we have regressed. From up valley to down valley, not including really expensive.

Fraser Valley Hot Dog - consistently good probably the best burger in town, eat inside at the Hideaway Brewery.

Denos - OK for bar menu, otherwise its just an American Bistro. Food is good but the menu is plain.

Pepes - fuck your $30 fish tacos and $20 margs in the strip mall

Sharkys - best upvalley breakfast, busy, call in a Hardhat to Go

Fishers - Friday Fish Fry is awesome, everything else is below average

Azteca - good affordable Mexican, very friendly environment

Granby Garage - good menu, fair prices

Debbies - awesome burger stand

PI - best bar the the county, specials on the weekend are great

Grand Ol West - dependable comfort food

Grand Lake has way better food than the Fraser Valley. Thats were we usually go for a night out.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Back to skiing, rumor is that work on the New Pioneer (Its got a new stupid name that I can't remember) requires an access road to stay open from the base that basically crossed underneath the Eskimo, Prospector and Oly. There are cranes did up there and workers are driving up there daily. So the terrain openings may look a bit different.

[hatchgreenchile]

My GC eats? The Ditch, Roadhouse & Sagebrush on repeat.
I'm a big fan of the midload on Wild Spur/Pioneer. Big Valley fucking sucks.

[Foggy_Goggles]

I forgot about the Ditch. The party never stops at that place it that's your think. Hundy P on Roadhouse/Sagebrush...might go to all you can eat crab legs tomorrow. Sloopy's and the Waconda are also great. Do we even have to talk about the party in Grand Lake? That town wears its hangover with pride. Get going about 10, liquid lunch at noon, back to The 'Brush by 3pm.

The summers up there are a bit much but I do love me some wintertime Grand Lake.

[goldenboy]

You guys have restaurants? Must be nice. In the 30 years I've lived in Grand County, we have regressed. From up valley to down valley, not including really expensive.

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Same same in Crested Butte. It's even worse at the ski area, which used to have actual choices for apres. Plenty of great options if you want to spend $100-$200, but the options below that are sparse. It doesn't help that one of the owners of the Dodgers bought half the town and all his commercial property is just sitting there vacant.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> one of the owners of the Dodgers bought half the town and all his commercial property is just sitting there vacant.

That sounds like a real good use of space...

[Foggy_Goggles]

Same same in Crested Butte. It's even worse at the ski area, which used to have actual choices for apres. Plenty of great options if you want to spend $100-$200, but the options below that are sparse. It doesn't help that one of the owners of the Dodgers bought half the town and all his commercial property is just sitting there vacant.

I heard about that. I definitely miss old school CB. I was a big free ski guy, we used to rent a ski in ski out house. Then it was the half price tickets.

Wanker Park on mountain isn't too bad. I'm Pepperoni's For Life or atleast as long as it has actual ski culture. The apres food at Derailer isn't bad.

[summit]

It doesn't help that one of the owners of the Dodgers bought half the town and all his commercial property is just sitting there vacant.

Heard about that.... WTF?

[adrenalated]

You guys have restaurants? Must be nice. In the 30 years I've lived in Grand County, we have regressed. From up valley to down valley, not including really expensive.

Fraser Valley Hot Dog - consistently good probably the best burger in town, eat inside at the Hideaway Brewery.

Denos - OK for bar menu, otherwise its just an American Bistro. Food is good but the menu is plain.

Pepes - fuck your $30 fish tacos and $20 margs in the strip mall

Sharkys - best upvalley breakfast, busy, call in a Hardhat to Go

Fishers - Friday Fish Fry is awesome, everything else is below average

Azteca - good affordable Mexican, very friendly environment

Granby Garage - good menu, fair prices

Debbies - awesome burger stand

PI - best bar the the county, specials on the weekend are great

Grand Ol West - dependable comfort food

Grand Lake has way better food than the Fraser Valley. Thats were we usually go for a night out.

bruh you just listed off more establishments than there are in my entire county

[grskier]

That sounds like a real good use of space...

You should google Mark Hunt in Aspen.

[goldenboy]

Heard about that.... WTF?

Yeah, just a commercial real estate play I guess? The frustrating thing is that he and his representatives won't talk to the newspaper and lay out their plans or anything. They did start working on the Forest Queen building, jacking it up and straightening things out so it might not fall into Coal Creek anymore. And rumor is that the Brick oven will still have a lot of beer, with more of a bierstube vibe maybe? Stupid that he expanded into the patio which was the key to that whole location. Who knows.

Anything that Dodgers guy didn't buy was bought by Jeff Hermanson, who used to own Larimer Square in Denver. He has a lot more ties here so fingers crossed. I really hope he can have the Avalanche space open again up at the mountain since that was my go to apres spot.

Foggy, good to hear that Pepperoni's is still alive and well. Hernando's was my thing as a kid when we were up there.

[Foggy_Goggles]

The way is was explained to me was that when Winter Park got a new CEO 7ish years ago, there was an internal conversation about what was and was not on the table for changes at the ski area. The, "if you do that they'll fucking kill you" list was something like:

Close Pep's
Develop The Jane
Pay parking at The Jane
Replace the C Chair

[Soups]

The way is was explained to me was that when Winter Park got a new CEO 7ish years ago, there was an internal conversation about what was and was not on the table for changes at the ski area. The, "if you do that they'll fucking kill you" list was something like:

Close Pep's
Develop The Jane
Pay parking at The Jane
Replace the C Chair

Sounds like that was a very important conversation to have

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[Foggy_Goggles]

I mean I like it the way it is but I don't pay the bills. I know close to nothing regarding the corporate structure of Altera but I do that by all accounts, Sky Foulkes is a pretty cool dude. People like working there, he's a skier, bumps chairs, his kid is on patrol and he actually lives here.

The story I'm passing on is that he did take the time to try and understand the place. What effect that will have on the future is unknown to me?

Beneath all the crowds and bullshit, WP is a pretty good skier frequently by a lot of pretty passionate long time skiers and there families. I hope the continues, not for me but for future generations.

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[snowaddict91]

Anything that Dodgers guy didn't buy was bought by Jeff Hermanson, who used to own Larimer Square in Denver. He has a lot more ties here so fingers crossed. I really hope he can have the Avalanche space open again up at the mountain since that was my go to apres spot.

I'll probably never get over the Brown Lab closing, but I could deal with something opening up in the Avy. Tin Cup had dollar PBRs last year if you could put up with the hordes of children.

[goldenboy]

I'll probably never get over the Brown Lab closing, but I could deal with something opening up in the Avy. Tin Cup had dollar PBRs last year if you could put up with the hordes of children.

I think I only went to the Brown Lab a couple of times. I used to go to the Saloon before it was the Brown Lab- they had cook your own burgers for a couple of bucks. Great idea letting drunks not burn themselves on a grill or undercook it and get e coli. Ha.

I miss the Swiss Chalet the most. Only Paulaners on tap and a cheap plate of Gorgonzola Gnocchi. That place ruled. But the base area has lost so many- The Artichoke where the awful Butte 66 is now, Jeremiah's which is now dirt, Rafter's which is now mini golf, Casey's which is the silly little parking garage. The Iron Horse was my go to last winter, although the Elevation hotel took it up a notch (thankfully). Too bad their pricing went up too.