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The Colorado Conditions, Meet ups and General Talk Thread

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#1 ·
I know it's early, but damn, we need some snow.

Colorado | OpenSnow

That shit looks like a repeat of last season.
 
#707 ·
I wanna buy into this storm. I want to believe that it's going to deliver for the mountains. But anytime it's a big upslope event I get nervous. I've been burned too many times waking up to 2+ feet in Evergreen just to see a 2" report at Loveland.

I'm cautiously optimistic but it won't shock me if that exact scenario happens again.
 
#708 · (Edited)
I'm heading up early tomorrow.... as it looks like tomorrow is supposed to be the day:dunno: Gonna crash in Breck and ride Sunday am and bolt early to beat traffic.

With the way this forecast has changed it wouldn't surprise me if it was dud or if it dumped. Guess we'll see.

Just checked the Keystone webcams and it doesn't look like its doing dick yet.

Joel updated ~20 minutes ago:

1-2 feet is possible for the mountains along the divide, 2+ feet is likely for the foothills east of the divide, and Denver metro should hit double digits with the highest totals south and west of the city.
 
#709 ·
Tomorrow should be a good storm day - meaning free refills, but little to no visibility and the good terrain staying closed.

My money is on Sunday. Bluebird pow day. Hell, it may be Monday before the really fun terrain opens depending on how much control work gets done Sunday AM. The recent in-bounds avy taking a group for a ride probably has all the ski patrols doing some re-evaluating.
 
#720 ·
I don't think you're gonna miss much, buddy. Looks like a classic upsloper. Snowing like a mad man here in Evergreen and just clouds and fog at Loveland.

I still hold out hope when they're talking about good snow for the slopes, but when it's an upsloper, we pretty much know what we're gonna get 90% of the time - feet in the foothills and butthurt on the slopes. :laugh:
 
#723 · (Edited)
Looks like it's over. Forecasters are back tracking with every new run. They went from 11-17" for us here in Evergreen as of 8am this morning to 6-10" now. There's about 8" on the ground and it looks like it's clearing up.

Loveland snow stake is showing right at 6". Hopefully they can squeeze out a few more and make for a good day tomorrow.

Gotta be honest, I'm starting to lose faith in Joel. Dude has been off BAD this year. Really bad. By and large, NOAA has been kicking his ass in terms of nailing down snow totals.
 
#725 ·
Blame Ullr not Joel. The man provides a great and unique service. No where else can you get semi-long term forecast written in paragraph form like you can get from his website. And there is no arguing that the guy works hard, yesterday there were three updates. NOAA is great resource as well but it is somewhat limited in respect to details, mountain specific forecasts, and long term weather pattern/ jet stream information.
 
#736 · (Edited)
I enjoy bfast at whistlestop in gtown.

edit: can't be any worse than the "pow" weekdays lately. I'm as sick of fair weather CO skiers as I am of Texans.

*I know its all good for the industry, but I go on days when it sucks so that I can ride hard all day when its good. I know tons of pussy ass wankers who are all about showing up for 2 hours on 5 good days a season just to track shit out. These types can go straight fuck themselves.
 
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