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05-08-2020, 03:26 PM #30576
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05-08-2020, 04:44 PM #30577Registered User
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duh the traffic on 70 today sucked, not heavy but like busy
same with 285 this week past week
a month ago I was driving around with one eye closed stoned and not having to pay any attention little different this past week
and yeah everyone from the front range is at their second home in summit
please feel free to maintian the 10 mile rule I've been enjoying driving around the state for the past two months until a week ago
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05-08-2020, 04:46 PM #30578
I don't have a great resource per se, but I just suggest reading about the weather every day, making your personal forecast, and then looking at weather stations/getting out there to see if you got it right. Reading joel's blog posts on open snow for years helped me figure things out, but they aren't as good these past few years. Reading the NWS forecast discussion everyday can help with the big picture, too, but there's a steep learning curve to the jargon they use. CAIC has their weather discussion as well (and the WRF models on their site are $$$ for forecasting very localized snow amounts in the mountains and storm timing). For front range specific, Bouldercast has good blog posts as well with in depth discussion on how they came to their conclusions (free weekly post on Monday, paid subscription for daily posts).
To answer your example (snow specific), I like to use ECMWF for 3-5 days out, then start watching the CAIC WRF (comparing both resolutions) for more detail, the whole time watching for trends and agreement between the different models. I like the HRRR 3km as well for high precision, 24hrs out forecasting. That plus all of the above.
Feel free to PM me if you want my own full weather nerd run down.
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05-09-2020, 06:33 AM #30579Registered User
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Joel gratz tells me when to ski
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05-09-2020, 09:44 AM #30580
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05-09-2020, 11:53 AM #30581
Just avoid the more popular trailheads and spots, as those have been twice as crowded on weekends, and crowded on weekdays. Agree with your thinking Ron. I’m much more likely to get infected at a grocery or Home Depot in Denver vs driving 50 miles to a more remote trail. Just plan ahead so you don’t stop between your home and your destination and back. And watch the roads - people have been driving worse, if that’s even possible.
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05-09-2020, 07:04 PM #30582Rope->Dope
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05-09-2020, 08:12 PM #30583
How were the crowds in the hills/mountains today?
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05-09-2020, 08:13 PM #30584Registered User
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05-09-2020, 08:58 PM #30585
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05-09-2020, 09:48 PM #30586Rope->Dope
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05-11-2020, 07:10 AM #30587Rope->Dope
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Mt Evans will not open until July. Indy Pass also delayed.
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05-11-2020, 07:15 AM #30588
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05-11-2020, 07:52 AM #30589Registered User
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05-11-2020, 08:03 AM #30590Registered User
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You can still bike up Indy pass right now right?
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05-11-2020, 08:17 AM #30591Registered User
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Yes, last week it was plowed to Lost Man.
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05-11-2020, 08:48 AM #30592
#notweather but figure this thread is as good as any because it gets views.
Blazed a trail through the snow into the N Halfmoon Creek TH Friday night. Crossed the creek with sleds on Saturday AM using a folding ramp (to prevent damage to opposite bank). Left ramp on the west side of the creek for the return, but somebody snaked it in the ~24hrs it was there. Would had to have been a fairly capable vehicle. If anybody knows where I can find the ramp or whose door handles to apply feces to let me know.
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05-11-2020, 09:25 AM #30593
if you're on FB, you might try posting in this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/COBackcountry/
sucks. hope it turns up."fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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05-14-2020, 09:33 PM #30594
$2,500 per Pali chair. 100 chairs at that price plus $50 just to get on the lottery list.
Sheesh.
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05-14-2020, 09:48 PM #30595
15 years ago, Vail gave away chairs from the highline lift. Gave them away. The evil empire didn't try to monetize them.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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05-14-2020, 10:10 PM #30596
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05-15-2020, 07:50 AM #30597Registered User
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almost as funny as a couple years ago when some rumor started around town that you could go down to the free lot in town and take one of the rocky mountain or colo super chair chairs sitting in the parking lot
everyone and there brother cousin and sister was loading chairs up next thing you know vail resort employees are there and the cops trying to stop people from taking the chairs
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05-15-2020, 07:57 AM #30598Rope->Dope
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Full details: https://www.arapahoebasin.com/pallav...05.14.20%20(1)
File this under "things I didn't know I wanted":
... a piece of lift tower to turn into a smokerLast edited by hatchgreenchile; 05-15-2020 at 10:27 AM.
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05-15-2020, 08:51 AM #30599
I love that you have to pay $50 to just get into the lottery and that it won’t even be applied to the $2,500 purchase if you win.
And I despise when companies hide behind the ‘we’re donating a portion to charity’ to justify something like charging people just to enter a drawing to buy a $2,500 chair.
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05-15-2020, 09:22 AM #30600
rabble rabble rabble!
It's a business selling a very sought-after piece of history. What do you expect?
Regarding weather/conditions, this has been one of the best corn cycles I've seen in a few years. As much as I enjoy a wintery May, it's nice when things transition before the sloppy heat of June.
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