Loveland tomorrow?

[stfu&gbtw]

There was not enough snow below the cornice to manage, until now. sounds like you are pro, you go up there and cut those cornices this early, that far up on the way to the top of wild child, yeah, go for it dude.

The top of the middle gut of super bowl is like 50 degrees, so yeah, it is mega steep compared with the 30 or so everywhere else.

Maybe it's 50 degrees in the summer.

[bendtheski]

Probably headed up for the afternoon again... the styrofoam was craptastic yesterday and visibility was less than stellar. Looks to be even worse today, can't fucking wait!

Hey, don't be trying to derail the very important discussions with your trivial talk of going skiing!

[doebedoe]

Maybe it's 50 degrees in the summer.

The small part of patrol bowl under discussion is the bright yellow with some lettering on it just above and left of Lift 2. Maybe it's not 50, but even this shows it as 45+.

[stfu&gbtw]

The small part of patrol bowl under discussion is the bright yellow with some lettering on it just above and left of Lift 2. Maybe it's not 50, but even this shows it as 45+.

Go ski both sides of Gauthier and tell me again that the differences between 45+ and 50+ are insignificant.

[The SnowShow]

If Super Bowl is +45° then CB must have 65° sustained pitches...

[Foggy_Goggles]

Thanks for the education. Before this thread, I had no idea that Loveland has terrain so unique that industry acceptance avalanche mitigation techniques are in appropriate. Does any other ski area have:

a. terrain steep enough to slide but not steep enough to control?

b. a snow pack depth too shallow in control but deep enough to product deadly avalanches?

c. cornices that can't be mitigated

Again, I'm not saying that Loveland should be anything different regarding managing the ridge but the arguments against it are...questionable?

[skiracer88_00]

We all know you guys lap chair 6 all day, jerking each other off during the half hour ride.

SHHH

You're hurting my street cred.

[Deep Days]

STOKED I got a 4 pak for this year, (apparently to ski with a bunch of people who have no affection for Loveland anymore and maybe for good reason..). But I do not have near the knowledge to rule on this.

I am definitely an outside observer now, so less subject to the effects of whatever mismanagement may or may not be there. But I still think it is fun to ski there.

Regarding Tomahawking off of cornices on wild child: believe you me, it does happen to some of us.

Hope they get their act together. Would hate to have great memories from college sullied by somewhat negative attitudes which may or may not be justified.

Disclaimer: I'm not taking anyone's side, J-wowza. Just remarking...

See you guys late February-ish?? Maybe April?? Maybe the ridge will be open by then…

[stfu&gbtw]

Thanks for the education. Before this thread, I had no idea that Loveland has terrain so unique that industry acceptance avalanche mitigation techniques are in appropriate. Does any other ski area have:

a. terrain steep enough to slide but not steep enough to control?

b. a snow pack depth too shallow in control but deep enough to product deadly avalanches?

c. cornices that can't be mitigated

Again, I'm not saying that Loveland should be anything different regarding managing the ridge but the arguments against it are...questionable?

Didn't you see the I70 thread? Everything in Clear Creek County is so uniquely challenging that no one could possibly any insight into how it could be better managed.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Right? Understanding Clear Creek County requires a certain mix of poor dental work, classic rock mix tapes, unknown chemical dependencies and steadfast belief that "because this is how we've always done it, that makes is sweet!".

Living near Grand Lake, another idyllic mountain community with an infatuation with double wides and Marlboro Reds, you'd think I'd have it figures out but honestly I have no idea. The amount of money that drives right by Idaho Spring is amazing. A McD's with a gas station and quickly mart is viewed as progress in that town.

[adam]

this thread

It is interesting to me that no one at Loveland actually knows DasBlunt. There are only a few logical explanations:

1) DasBlunt is an alias;
2) does not ski, but rather spends all his time on parents basement couch.
3) is such an amazingly bad skier that even at a small skier area where everyone knows everyone, no one knows him. Perhaps he is invisible?
4) lives in a much improved, steeper, and deeper parallel universe where the laws of physics do not apply.

While all of these are plausible, 1, 2, and 4 actually work best when you put them together.

[Soups]

I respectfully disagree even with that.

You won. Only took 48hrs.

[fastfred]

Right? Understanding Clear Creek County requires a certain mix of poor dental work, classic rock mix tapes, unknown chemical dependencies and steadfast belief that "because this is how we've always done it, that makes is sweet!".

Living near Grand Lake, another idyllic mountain community with an infatuation with double wides and Marlboro Reds, you'd think I'd have it figures out but honestly I have no idea. The amount of money that drives right by Idaho Spring is amazing. A McD's with a gas station and quickly mart is viewed as progress in that town.

This is why everyone has everything wrong, these people commenting here don't see things like the average person. If they did they'd see it isn't really as easy as they think it is.

You dealing with a bunch of upper middle class white people who live in really nice houses in a really nice town like littleton, they have played by the rules all their life, got their nice college degrees, have a nice wife, kids that go only to the best schools in the metro area so they can grow up just like their daddies, they got that nice corperate job so they can always pay the bills, have nice cars and drive to the mountains every weekend and ski. They got the best gear money can buy and expect loveland to cater to there bad ass skiing and waste a bunch of time and effort to open the bad ass big pitch terrain so they can record some gopro footage to show there college bros how good they got in colorado. With this perfect life they live and middle managment job and education they always have the answers to everything and are able to solve every problem out there with their flawed middle class logic

happy new year bitches life sucks

[stfu&gbtw]

This is why everyone has everything wrong, these people commenting here don't see things like the average person. If they did they'd see it isn't really as easy as they think it is.

You dealing with a bunch of upper middle class white people who live in really nice houses in a really nice town like littleton, they have played by the rules all their life, got their nice college degrees, have a nice wife, kids that go only to the best schools in the metro area so they can grow up just like their daddies, they got that nice corperate job so they can always pay the bills, have nice cars and drive to the mountains every weekend and ski. They got the best gear money can buy and expect loveland to cater to there bad ass skiing and waste a bunch of time and effort to open the bad ass big pitch terrain so they can record some gopro footage to show there college bros how good they got in colorado. With this perfect life they live and middle managment job and education they always have the answers to everything and are able to solve every problem out there with their flawed middle class logic

happy new year bitches life sucks

Pretty sure break's over. Put the cap back on and go bag some fries.

[bendtheski]

Right? Understanding Clear Creek County requires a certain mix of poor dental work, classic rock mix tapes, unknown chemical dependencies and steadfast belief that "because this is how we've always done it, that makes is sweet!".

Living near Grand Lake, another idyllic mountain community with an infatuation with double wides and Marlboro Reds, you'd think I'd have it figures out but honestly I have no idea. The amount of money that drives right by Idaho Spring is amazing. A McD's with a gas station and quickly mart is viewed as progress in that town.

So much truth to this statement, it's uncanny.

And now Henderson's closing, so it's looking like we better get to building more McD's and quickly marts pronto! God forbid we should look into any potential revenue streams that might have the added benefit of providing worthwhile jobs, and risk negatively impacting our drive-over-land status.

[mdblows]

Pretty sure break's over. Put the cap back on and go bag some fries.

I laughed

[stfu&gbtw]

So much truth to this statement, it's uncanny.

And now Henderson's closing, so it's looking like we better get to building more McD's and quickly marts pronto! God forbid we should look into any potential revenue streams that might have the added benefit of providing worthwhile jobs, and risk negatively impacting our drive-over-land status.

FWIW, it's not all like that, although some for sure. PM me if you want to talk about it IRL.

[Hacksaw]

And now Henderson's closing.....:

All that "private" mining claim land.......

Might make an interesting ski area???

Just a thought....

[stfu&gbtw]

All that "private" mining claim land.......

Might make an interesting ski area???

Just a thought....

That's been discussed... would be awesome. The Jones pass dorks would throw a fit.

[bendtheski]

That's been discussed... would be awesome. The Jones pass dorks would throw a fit.

Realistically, once CDOT solves all the traffic issues, we're going to need another ski area to handle the increased traffic.

[The SnowShow]

How's 9 skiing?

[bendtheski]

^Dust on Styrofoam on Wednesday. The dust has probably migrated to KS by now.

I'm actually relieved to be working through the weekend, although my gripe has been more with the lack of snow, than crowds or terrain. Maybe some strong West winds will transport all of A-Basin's snow to the ridge?

[fastfred]

Pretty sure break's over. Put the cap back on and go bag some fries.

why is it that the smartest guys area always on the internet all day long?

[summit]

Maybe some strong West winds will transport all of A-Basin's snow to the ridge?

You would need a SE wind to move a basin snow to Loveland

[bendtheski]

You would need a SE wind to move a basin snow to Loveland

Right, that. Bet it's SICK up there now that we've figured out which way the wind needs to blow!