OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

**Rideski** · 02-11-2019, 05:35 PM

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**Icelandoffpiste** · 02-11-2019, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

My friend said it took her a half hour at 3pm yesterday to get out of the ABasin parking lot, to just get onto 6. Then an hour to the top of Loveland Pass. W...T...F....

Can confirm. Left A Basin at 3PM. Got to I-70 at 4:40PM. Got back to the crib in Wheat Ridge at 6PM.

Yeah, I've been so strategic lately I got cocky... I was reminded quickly that you can't just head back to Denver in the afternoon.

I now ski more outside of CO on Mountain Collective pass than in CO. It's fucking sad. So far, on my 3 trips skiing in CO this year, I-70 closed twice and I had a 3-hr drive home from A Basin. Heading to Taos this weekend... not much more time spent in the truck than driving up to A Basin!

**fastfred** · 02-11-2019, 07:13 PM

i prefer colllapsable ski poles I make them as small as I can then stuff them in my ass for the ride up to the ski area

usually my houseboy has my skis waxed as well as my one piece bogner fart suit ironed and errated all I do is park the truck in the garage have him help get me ready and then I walk out the door and onto a lift and ski no need for a rack

**Danno** · 02-11-2019, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by smmokan

Who in their right mind would leave the mountains to go home at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon? They're just asking for misery.

I did. We had 2 kids with us, race finished at Vail, and Google showed a 3 hour drive home. Figured getting home at 6 was preferable to going somewhere, spending money, getting home much later, all in the hopes (but no guarantee) of spending less than 3 hours in the car.

**galibier_numero_un** · 02-11-2019, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Summit

Imagine loose skis inside a car during a wreck.

Get a box.

^^^ this ^^^

If money or logictics mandate a rack, at least get binding covers ferchrissakes.

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**fastfred** · 02-11-2019, 09:14 PM

PSA

there is a harbor freight looking snowmobile trailer sitting east bound just past officer's gulch it has a tow tag on it so I'd get out there and retrieve the gem before it gets hauled off

**skiingislife** · 02-11-2019, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by fastfred

PSA

there is a harbor freight looking snowmobile trailer sitting east bound just past officer's gulch it has a tow tag on it so I'd get out there and retrieve the gem before it gets hauled off

Saw it this evening. I'll pass.

**Micol** · 02-11-2019, 10:16 PM

what happens if you cruise the HOV lane to Denper with out of state plates?? any bills come?

e470
i laugh at your pink envelopes

**Name Redacted** · 02-12-2019, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by MiCol

what happens if you cruise the HOV lane to Denper with out of state plates?? any bills come?

e470
i laugh at your pink envelopes

Get some of that fake spray on snow like people put on xmas trees and cover your plates. Win!

**cmsummit** · 02-12-2019, 10:54 AM

Dear Ullr,
If you could make it DUMP the hardest from about noon Friday thru Saturday morning and close I70 multiple times, that would be great. Please provide the maggots the foresight to plan their drive accordingly and the fortune of arriving at their destination in a timely manner. All other Frangers can SUFFER THE PAIN.

Sincerely,
The Locals

**smmokan** · 02-12-2019, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by cmsummit

Dear Ullr,
If you could make it DUMP the hardest from about noon Friday thru Saturday morning and close I70 multiple times, that would be great. Please provide the maggots the foresight to plan their drive accordingly and the fortune of arriving at their destination in a timely manner. All other Frangers can SUFFER THE PAIN.

Sincerely,
The Locals

FWIW, Vail and Beaver Creek are blacked out this weekend.... which means Keystone, Breck, and A-Basin should be super EPIC(TM).

**cmsummit** · 02-12-2019, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by smmokan

FWIW, Vail and Beaver Creek are blacked out this weekend.... which means Keystone, Breck, and A-Basin should be super EPIC(TM).

Once parked, I'm banking on ABasin being somewhat manageable. It's a holiday weekend, so we shall see.

**The SnowShow** · 02-12-2019, 11:33 AM

They’ll be parking people in Summit Cove and bussing up.

**Name Redacted** · 02-12-2019, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by cmsummit

Once parked, I'm banking on ABasin being somewhat manageable. It's a holiday weekend, so we shall see.

Quite possible. It is amazing how the new lift and terrain has really spread folks out. Take a few hikes up EW or out the gullies to extend the runs anyway.

**cmsummit** · 02-12-2019, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

They’ll be parking people in Summit Cove and bussing up.

Could be a 'perfect shitstorm' type of weekend.
Storm/snow + holiday weekend + Vail/BC blackout + more traffic this season than ever before at ABasin = ?

**summit** · 02-12-2019, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by cmsummit

Could be a 'perfect shitstorm' type of weekend.
Storm/snow + holiday weekend + Vail/BC blackout + more traffic this season than ever before at ABasin = ?

Epic Keystone-Abasin pass is blacked out on 16/17 both locations

Epic Summit Value is blacked out at Breck on 16/17

Epic Local is blacked out at Vail/BC on 16/17

Full Epic = no blackouts

Ikon Base = no blackouts at Copper/WP

**Leshphilling77** · 02-12-2019, 12:30 PM

copper/ wp will probably be insane. if anyone goes let us know how the basin is on saturday! that may help make my decision on where i ski sunday

**The SnowShow** · 02-12-2019, 12:46 PM

Maybe everyone will go storm chasing to CB. Brace yourself down there.

**simple** · 02-12-2019, 12:48 PM

Hopefully everyone goes to Eldora. That place rules.

**rudy** · 02-12-2019, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Maybe everyone will go storm chasing to CB. Brace yourself down there.

That's what I'm doing. Can't be worse than Summit (I'm hoping/assuming)...

**The SnowShow** · 02-12-2019, 02:16 PM

Problem is with these multi-mtn passes, everyone goes everywhere. That said, everyone should just go to Breck.

**grskier** · 02-12-2019, 03:43 PM

Best ski day I ever had at Abasin when I was doing the front range thing was a 15" report and I 70 closed all morning due to a gnarly wreck. We had ski on chairs until after noon... I think it was 12 years ago and was on either this or MLK weekend, but probably President's Day weekend.

It was really fun sending the same lines for 3-4 runs then moving to the next one knowing you could just move over an inch and avoid your own bomb hole.

**EWG** · 02-12-2019, 05:26 PM

Doesn't the law of averages hold that on some random day, everyone but you will choose to go somewhere else and you'll have the entire mountain to yourself?

Can't wait till it's my turn.

**The SnowShow** · 02-12-2019, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by beece

Doesn't the law of averages hold that on some random day, everyone but you will choose to go somewhere else and you'll have the entire mountain to yourself?

Can't wait till it's my turn.

It’s actually not that hard.

**fastfred** · 02-12-2019, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by beece

Doesn't the law of averages hold that on some random day, everyone but you will choose to go somewhere else and you'll have the entire mountain to yourself?

Can't wait till it's my turn.

I think that last happened in 1995