2022-23 Aspen/Roaring Fork Valley Conditions

[grskier]

Lift lines, ideally, are a bit of a different cut. One of the biggest hazards up there are blowdowns.

[funkendrenchman]

What's up with the upper valley smoke today? Seems very localized.

[grskier]

It is from the prescribed burn just east of Gateway, south of GJ. Crushing us.

[grskier]

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-pu...pdate-09242032

[alpinevibes]

Yeah, no bueno. 115 AQI all of a sudden.

I took the boys up the pass and hiked to Weller; it was a little hazy and smelly, but man when we drove back down you could see the smoke layer just sitting in the valley

[alpinevibes]

Yeah, no bueno. 115 AQI all of a sudden.

I took the boys up the pass and hiked to Weller; it was a little hazy and smelly, but man when we drove back down you could see the smoke layer just sitting in the valley

[grskier]

I couldn’t really see Sopris at lunch. Cleared out an hour or so later a little when I took this shot



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[grskier]

Sappling alley
https://youtu.be/kquUc1Jcs4A?si=KjrsCmFng2_Kbvkm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://<a href="https://youtu.be/kqu...Fng2_Kbvkm</a>




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[alpinevibes]

I took one of the boys out for a Butterline lap last night. High point was encountering a sweatpant-clad genZ on a We Cycle, midway through the trail, distraught and lost, "trying to find her way way to Snowmass." I was nice and gave her directions to the actual bike path, but it was an incredible visual. Low point was a pile of broken glass, also found mid-trail, that look intentionally left.

Fall is banging right now

[Shredhead]

September’s been incredible!

Rain and snow traversed Snowmass early, for the last day of lift served.



Dirts going to be good!

[Shredhead]

[schindlerpiste]

A buddy of mine leased a townhouse in downtown Aspen from December through June; however, it fell through because he has a cat. Now he is looking to lease a home in Aspen for six months, commencing December. I thought that I would post here in case someone has any leads.

[skideeppow]

A buddy of mine leased a townhouse in downtown Aspen from December through June; however, it fell through because he has a cat. Now he is looking to lease a home in Aspen for six months, commencing December. I thought that I would post here in case someone has any leads.

What is his monthly budget? I have 22 rental properties and can probably find him something. Have him reach out.
970 nine four 8 2 three three 7

[Cruiser]

Cap looking good on Friday

[schindlerpiste]

What is his monthly budget? I have 22 rental properties and can probably find him something. Have him reach out.
970 nine four 8 2 three three 7

PM sent. I will give him your digits. Send me your name, so he knows who to call. THX!

[whipski]

Cap looking good on Friday

A buddy of mine lives pretty close to where this was taken. Lift maintenance Snowmass.

[JaytaeMoney]

Snow line around 9k this morning, would ya look at that

[Shredhead]

Going to be a little soggy this morning.

Yesterday was just me and the hound in the bike park.

[Buster Highmen]

A vintage Walt Disney Fred 'Royal Christie' Iselin movie from 1963

[byates1]

this popped up on the rube. cool ski history

[alpinevibes]

this popped up on the rube. cool ski history

Nice, it's cool that that has been released. It was discussed and proposed by the new owners when the County approved the redevelopment of the property last summer: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/deal...ace-of-skiing/ I think the new owners a great people and will be good long-term stewards of the property.

The original plan would have been pretty incredible - tram access to 13,500' with huge, long alpine descents. Truly something akin to skiing off the trams in La Grave, Aiguille du Midi+Skyway, Zermatt, Saas Fee, etc.






The revised plan in the 70s, which was ambitious but short-lived also had amazing potential with lifts and runs on either side of Electric pass, descending down to Ashcroft, along with a lift along Express Creek below Ashcroft Mountain:




This is all mostly covered/abbreviated in the film, but there are good writeups on this history as well:
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/skii...ration-part-i/
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/prom...varian-part-ii
https://web.archive.org/web/20171222...uld-have-been/

[grskier]

Thanks for sharing all of that. I’ve seen some, but not all of it.


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[One (+) Sentence]

It looks like this was taken at 9:30 am. Where is this located on Snowmass? Elk Camp?

[grskier]

It looks like this was taken at 9:30 am. Where is this located on Snowmass? Elk Camp?

It is at the top of Sam's Knob, next to the patrol shack... ish.

[grskier]

There will be about .1" at the top of the public road, 5" at the top of the next pitch up green cabin, 8" at Gwyn's, then a foot on the favorable aspects on high alpine. Too bad there isn't another storm queued up, it'd be go time for me personally. I'm sure there are guys hitting a rail in the boneyard at snowmass today.