Colorado 2018-19 Colorado Weather and Stoke

[Ken_R]

Back to weather a bit - seems like the big cycles so far this year are tied to the MJO (as Joel points out in the bit below) so we’re in for a lull if that holds.

Or as @Ken_R sez “back to summer” .

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Can’t say I’d complain since my schedule gets tighter for the back half of Nov and I’m usually game on for that lovely gap between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

It will be dry but I think itl be cold so none of that back to summer we had last season which was depressing!

Next Boobs at A Basin will be really cold. Il take the chalky snow, theres plenty of coverage so it will hold through this dry period. At least that is the forecast.

 

[Ken_R]

Here is the official Farmer's Almanac forecast for the near future:

 

[skix]

Mikaela Shiffrin gave an update to Denver media on the snow conditions at Copper earlier today

Lady on the lift today told me she'd seen Svindal and Jansrud at Copper.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Copper is Little Europe this time of year. Especially when we have as much snow as we've gotten.

 

[UGASkiDawg]

Looks like the Speed Center course is covered top to bottom, nice!

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Public WROD looks like it could be ready to go tomorrow, as per the typical schedule, but something doesn't look quite right here.

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I get a daily update on snow conditions at Copper from my kiddo. Things are very nice.

 

[skix]

View of Tenmile Range from Lake Dillon a bit ago. Dillon Marina in foreground. Breckenridge at far left.

 

[UGASkiDawg]

View of Tenmile Range from Lake Dillon a bit ago. Dillon Marina in foreground. Breckenridge at far left.

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[nay]

Chair 6 opens at Luv on Sat. I suspect Ptarmigan is not far behind.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Here is a link into another thread about my morning at Breck. In a nutshell, everything between 4 O'clock and Northstar was open. Natural terrain had stiffened up a bit, groomers were nice, trees were the softest, bestest snow.

https://www.pugski.com/threads/omg-i-wanna-go-skiing-breck-looks-awesome.12251/#post-282515

Spruce in the foreground is ungroomed, Horseshoe in the background is not open yet.

 

[Jason Kurth]

I might need to arrange a CO trip before january...

 

[Doug Briggs]

I might need to arrange a CO trip before january...

With all the snow, it is quite likely we are going to have 4 days of speed training in December at Cooper (not Copper. I clarify because Cooper is not longer Ski Cooper which obviates the difference between the two.) 12/21 - 12/24 are tentative dates.



@Snowfan come on out and play!

 

[Jason Kurth]

With all the snow, it is quite likely we are going to have 4 days of speed training in December at Cooper (not Copper. I clarify because Cooper is not longer Ski Cooper which obviates the difference between the two.) 12/21 - 12/24 are tentative dates.

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@Snowfan come on out and play!

Ah I wish I could go but ill be in new york/vermont then.

If I can make it it would probably be early december. Im thinking maybe weekend of birds of prey since that would be cool to see.

 

[surfandski]

With all the snow, it is quite likely we are going to have 4 days of speed training in December at Cooper (not Copper. I clarify because Cooper is not longer Ski Cooper which obviates the difference between the two.) 12/21 - 12/24 are tentative dates.

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@Snowfan come on out and play!

How is Cooper (ski) Doug? I see that it's on the Loveland pass and wondered if it's worth hitting for a day either solo or with the family just to mix things up?

 

[Doug Briggs]

How is Cooper (ski) Doug? I see that it's on the Loveland pass and wondered if it's worth hitting for a day either solo or with the family just to mix things up?

Cooper is a family mountain. Two chairs, t-bar and lots of character. There is no snowmaking so all the skiing is au naturel. It has a long history including with 10th Mt. Division. Cooper and Leadville can be a nice weekend away from crowds.

 

[nay]

Cooper is on the very low end for terrain, but it’s a cool place. Worth seeing for a mellow day.

 

[nay]

A-Basin opened the main front side except for West Wall and Lenawee Parks. That’s quite a top to bottom opening.



And all of these people are headed to Lenawee for sure. So much for Breck and Keystone relieving A-Basin at this point.

 

[nay]

Loveland still pulling crowds. Tomorrow should be interesting with increased storm totals in the forecast.





As a side note...

 

[tball]

^^^^ Wow, 81" this year! So very close to the magical 90" that packs down to 30" that typically means bumps!

Yep, they are currently reporting a 27" base. 3:1 math works again!

 

[UGASkiDawg]

A-Basin opened the main front side except for West Wall and Lenawee Parks. That’s quite a top to bottom opening.

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And all of these people are headed to Lenawee for sure. So much for Breck and Keystone relieving A-Basin at this point.

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Parking lot at keystone was full as I went past shortly after and I got the last spot at the basin then they started sending people down to keystone parking. Lift line was ~20 minutes and looked about the same at lenawee. I headed down grabbed a bacon bloody and came home to watch football. Talked to some folks in the bar that came up from keystone where they said the gondola line was back to the past the lift ticket windows. I'm officially ready for pass prices to double.

 

[tball]

I'm officially ready for pass prices to double.

Yeah, or just wait until the early season insanity ends and ski a few more days in May and June.