Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Shredhead]

Normal bikes are doing just fine down here.

Normal bikes are doing just fine up here too!

The weather’s been spectacular.

[WTF is dat]

Christmas is going to be a shitshow of EPIC proportions with 4 runs open at most resorts

[The SnowShow]

I went over to Keystone to grab my daughter's free epic pass. What a shitshow. I almost gave them back the pass after seeing the more than EPIC crowd cramming on 1 run. No way am I skiing with her until more opens.

Aspen, please join WP/Copper/CB/SS and form a huge new pass. I'm yours for the taking.

[Danno]

Not gonna happen, the Epic Pass is un-rival-able, these are not the droids you're looking for.

[Kevo]

Anybody know what the conditions are at dry gultch? Is there enough snow to skin up the trail and back down the trail?

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[Kinnikinnick]

Rock cragging feels like going to the beach to me. I just get hot and bored after a few hours. Ice, on the other hand, consists of swinging around sharp things at a constantly changing medium. So a million times more fun to me. I'd ice climb all summer over mtb if I could

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Sounds like top roping.

Ever do multi pitch trad routes in Eldorado or Lumpy Ridge? I haven’t climbed in 15 years since had kids but some of those days 4 or 5 pitches up hanging your tea kettle out into space at a hanging belay of cams and stoppers rank up there with ski mountaineering days. Almost.


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[zartagen]

Rock cragging feels like going to the beach to me. I just get hot and bored after a few hours. Ice, on the other hand, consists of swinging around sharp things at a constantly changing medium. So a million times more fun to me. I'd ice climb all summer over mtb if I could

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The fact that I just spent 3 weeks climbing literally at the beach illustrates the difference in our preferences.

[goldenboy]

Sounds like top roping.

Ever do multi pitch trad routes in Eldorado or Lumpy Ridge? I haven’t climbed in 15 years since had kids but some of those days 4 or 5 pitches up hanging your tea kettle out into space at a hanging belay of cams and stoppers rank up there with ski mountaineering days. Almost.


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Totally, that's why I had to throw the word cragging in there. Highlight of my climbing career was a multipitch route in the Crestones, which was a ton of fun

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[cravenmorhead]

Road bed up dry gulch looked okay yesterday afternoon, but that was just on the drive by; I haven't been up there for a couple of weeks. Half a dozen trucks at the gate yesterday midday.

[The SnowShow]

3"-6" coming in tonight...waxing my big boards for the faceshots coming tomorrow!!

[ASmileyFace]

Thing is totally missing the SW... again.

Bama made the CFB playoffs too....

[SKIP IN7RO]

Thing is totally missing the SW... again.

This is rough. Lift-served season is getting cut short by 2 months.

[Banh Mi]

This is rough. Lift-served season is getting cut short by 2 months.

Is this not a characteristic of some La Nina years?

[ASmileyFace]

Is this not a characteristic of some La Nina years?

I think it is. But that doesn't help the butthurt from setting in.

Time to get into mountain biking.

[WTF is dat]

2 inches at vail, that will get the back bowls open for sure

[JaytaeMoney]

Bama made the CFB playoffs too....

Biggest story in the Colorado ski industry which nobody is talking about. Wake up people!

[ColMan]

Biggest story in the Colorado ski industry which nobody is talking about. Wake up people!

They need move up the Sugar Bowl. We can't wait until Jan 1st for this shit to end.

[bamboocoreONLY]

The basin skied very well. Len parks and exo opened up mid day.

[alfajores]

In Telluride next week. Looking for some local mags that may be out on mtb trail, ski touring, or jonging down the WROD.

[ASmileyFace]

Temps are at least finally at snowmaking levels around here so maybe you'll even have a WROD at T-ride next week. Wasn't looking good for a while there.

[doebedoe]

Anyone been up around Leadville with some beta? Looking for a place to put in some vert and would rather not do it at busy resort uphills. Was thinking something off Rollins, Mayflower gulch / Gold Hill, Mt Arkansas.

Else maybe I'll try Hidden Valley.

And yes -- the skis are $30 early season specials so I'm happy to beat them to fuck.

[grskier]

It's good snowmaking weather...

There, I said it.

[The SnowShow]

Anyone been up around Leadville with some beta? Looking for a place to put in some vert and would rather not do it at busy resort uphills. Was thinking something off Rollins, Mayflower gulch / Gold Hill, Mt Arkansas.

Else maybe I'll try Hidden Valley.

And yes -- the skis are $30 early season specials so I'm happy to beat them to fuck.

What resorts have uphill during operational hours? Aspen and ABasin are the only ones I can think of...

[N1CK.]

Loveland does, once everything is open.

[adrenalated]

Loveland does, once everything is open.

Not anymore.

"17/18 Uphill Access Policy Change: Uphill access is no longer permitted during operating hours (8:00am – 4:30pm)"
http://skiloveland.com/the-mountain/uphill-access/

Winter Park allows it.
http://assets.winterparkresort.com/P...rAccessAll.pdf