Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**Full Trucker** · 12-10-2021, 08:04 AM

Salida report: snow line looks to be around 7500-8000’ over on Methodist, no snow on the ground at my house, and the foothills north of town look dry. The Sawatch range is socked in, normally I can see Shavano out my front window.

Stoked that Monarch picked up ~6” overnight and even more stoked I might be able to get another Cottonwood hot lap before it closes for wildlife protection on the 15th.

CB flexing big time fo’sho.

**bamboocoreONLY** · 12-10-2021, 08:29 AM

hooray, my first giddy-school-boy-feeling morning this winter!

**goldenboy** · 12-10-2021, 08:32 AM

Holy Fuck Yeah! Nothing steep enough to ski this much snow is open, but at least we have the start of a base and it looks like winter now. Hoping for a bit more before the shift to NW flow turns it off, and the storm early next week looks promising too.

**Name Redacted** · 12-10-2021, 08:37 AM

Wow, CB got nailed. When does that ever happen? Is Irwin like 48”

**goldenboy** · 12-10-2021, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Name Redacted

Wow, CB got nailed. When does that ever happen? Is Irwin like 48”

Love that WSW flow (or really, W or WNW). CBAC just reported 4" SWE for Schofield. So yeah, 48" is possible.

**hatchgreenchile** · 12-10-2021, 08:56 AM

I'm a simple man, I see 20s on the board, and I get stoked!

**goldenboy** · 12-10-2021, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile

I'm a simple man, I see 20s on the board, and I get stoked!

It's CO. Even 10 seems like an impossible number to reach some years.

**snowaddict91** · 12-10-2021, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by goldenboy

It's CO. Even 10 seems like an impossible number to reach some years.

Not often you see that board buried. Get some today GB!

**goldenboy** · 12-10-2021, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by snowaddict91

Not often you see that board buried. Get some today GB!

I have no idea what the play is today. Go early for the 6 runs that are open? Wait a while and hope they pull a few ropes? I have low expectations either way, just excited about what this did for the base.

**simple** · 12-10-2021, 10:07 AM

I finally have a reason to look at the weather, cams, and forecast. About time!

**I've seen black diamonds!** · 12-10-2021, 10:16 AM

Well, at least the places I like to ski aren't brown...

**snowaddict91** · 12-10-2021, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by goldenboy

I have no idea what the play is today. Go early for the 6 runs that are open? Wait a while and hope they pull a few ropes? I have low expectations either way, just excited about what this did for the base.

Just make some damn turns for those of us stuck at work

**teleee** · 12-10-2021, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by snowaddict91

Just make some damn turns for those of us stuck at work

My thought exactly!

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**Jong Lafitte** · 12-10-2021, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by teleee

My thought exactly!

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Hear hear!

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**glademaster** · 12-10-2021, 01:03 PM

Insta-winter. That was quite a storm. It's deep up here.

**montanaskier** · 12-10-2021, 01:34 PM

Vail skied great and they got some more runs open but holee fuck was it a shit show. 4 was 45 min wait...3 slammed, 2 slammed,
Just an absurd amount of people. Felt good to ski soft snow though. Tomorrow is going to be an EPIC disaster.

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**Ireallyliketoski2** · 12-10-2021, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

Vail skied great and they got some more runs open but holee fuck was it a shit show. 4 was 45 min wait...3 slammed, 2 slammed,
Just an absurd amount of people. Felt good to ski soft snow though. Tomorrow is going to be an EPIC disaster.

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Huh, that’s surprising

**rudy** · 12-10-2021, 03:27 PM

Agreed. I would have thoughts that the lifts would have been ski on.

**zartagen** · 12-10-2021, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

Vail skied great and they got some more runs open but holee fuck was it a shit show. 4 was 45 min wait...3 slammed, 2 slammed,
Just an absurd amount of people. Felt good to ski soft snow though. Tomorrow is going to be an EPIC disaster.

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Maze pics? Vail took down the Midvail webcam. I wonder why....

**MakersTeleMark** · 12-10-2021, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

Vail skied great and they got some more runs open but holee fuck was it a shit show. 4 was 45 min wait...3 slammed, 2 slammed,
Just an absurd amount of people. Felt good to ski soft snow though. Tomorrow is going to be an EPIC disaster.

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POWABUNGA!

**The SnowShow** · 12-10-2021, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by zartagen

Maze pics? Vail took down the Midvail webcam. I wonder why....

I heard the line for Gondola 1 went back to the covered bridge

No fucking powder is worth that horseshit.

**Name Redacted** · 12-10-2021, 05:15 PM

No lines at the basin and they opened a few new runs. Amazing what 3” will do (is not what she said).

**MakersTeleMark** · 12-10-2021, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Name Redacted

No lines at the basin and they opened a few new runs. Amazing what 3” will do (is not what she said).

Wrong hole then.

**ASmileyFace** · 12-10-2021, 06:36 PM

Never seen so much snow in Silverton from a single storm and massively deep on Red Mountain Pass. Too deep to do any real skiing honestly. The wallowing uphill was better than downhill on anything ~30 degrees. Three days ago I was riding my bike around town without snow in sight, now we are completely buried. Thanks Ullr!

**snowaddict91** · 12-10-2021, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by ASmileyFace

Never seen so much snow in Silverton from a single storm and massively deep on Red Mountain Pass. Too deep to do any real skiing honestly. The wallowing uphill was better than downhill on anything ~30 degrees. Three days ago I was riding my bike around town without snow in sight, now we are completely buried. Thanks Ullr!

FKNA. Stoked we are finally building a base!