Colorado 2023-2024 Colorado Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[Doug Briggs]

Impressive.

Breck reported 7, but upper mountain skied a lot deeper than that. Two delightful George's run finished the day after starting on 10 and shifting north as things progressed.

 

[Full Trucker]

Can confirm. Featuring ms nay.

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Lookin' real nice, fo'sho. If you think of it, please report back if Mirkwood opens. I'm sure I have at least one friend up today that I can pester, but in case they don't stay long enough. I might be able to get up there tomorrow morning and knock out a couple laps in the bowl.

 

[nay]

Lookin' real nice, fo'sho. If you think of it, please report back if Mirkwood opens. I'm sure I have at least one friend up today that I can pester, but in case they don't stay long enough. I might be able to get up there tomorrow morning and knock out a couple laps in the bowl.

Will do.

 

[Doug Briggs]

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[Beach Bum]

What a day at Vail today. We were in the first push of skiers to go to Blue Sky Basin right when it opened. 12-16" deep in spots right side up.

Some of the most fun powder runs I've had in years back there as well as of the Poma in Mongolia prior to that.

I'm beat. What a great first day.

 

[BC.]

I’ll be around this week/ Wednesday-Monday…staying in Breckenridge/ planning on skiing Breck and getting over to Vail to show friends around the Back Bowls/BSB.

Anybody around/ Thursday-Sunday?

 

[dbostedo]

I’ll be around this week/ Wednesday-Monday…staying in Breckenridge/ planning on skiing Breck and getting over to Vail to show friends around the Back Bowls/BSB.

Anybody around/ Thursday-Sunday?

I'll be skiing somewhere Sunday... but don't know where yet. Might be Keystone, Breck, Vail, BC, Copper, or A-Basin.

 

[nay]

The afternoon stayed Bent. It snowed hard after beer and tamales and beer, until the bell. This is completely fresh tracks at 2:50 as it loaded back in over the ridgeline. Couldn’t see a damn thing at the end but it had mostly stopped mattering.




The pass closed for about an hour for avy control and that cleared quite a bit of the mountain that seemed to leave before the noon closure (the beer - tamales - beer time).



The 18” tall butterfly isn’t - it will still be deep tomorrow.


@Full Trucker Monarch shows Mirkwood as open - never made it over there as Pano was skiing so well mid morning and then Garfield mid afternoon.

 

[Drahtguy Kevin]

Woke up this morning, checked snow reports, texted Glenn and off to Cooper I went. Reports were 11” and more was present where we skied.

The poma is a relaxing way to get up the hill.


Bumped into Spencer and Morgan before continuing the pillaging.


Glenn’s guide fees are reasonable.

What an awesome, relaxed day skiing powder.

 

[nay]

8” reported at Monarch during the day yesterday, officially 22” that fell almost perfectly from 4:00 pm on Sunday to 4:00 pm on Monday.

The ’groomed‘ skiing looked like this. Some of the best runs of the day, because the grooming occurred after the first foot fell and created a trough that filled with perfect consistency snow that nobody was skiing. We probably had 4 clean runs, top to bottom. Don’t get a lot of days where we can take shots like these on basic runs

 

[Wannabeskibum]

I'll be skiing somewhere Sunday... but don't know where yet. Might be Keystone, Breck, Vail, BC, Copper, or A-Basin.

I am flying in on Friday - skiing Saturday, Sunday, and Monday - booked some Elevate group lessons with one of my favorite instructors (hopefully it will be a level 9 group class of 1 or 2) - but would be interested in an aprés ski meet up. Staying at the base of Peak 9 at Main Street Station

 

[Doug Briggs]

Today's 'leftovers' were pretty nice.


First lift ride. The clouds filled in a bit and settled on the summits for less than ideal visibility.


Outlaw was a tad lumpy but the amount of soft and the windblown fill made it pretty all-right. Picnic table rocked making the repeated Outlaw and Rustler runs quite nice.

 

[dred pirate]

We are flying into Breck on Saturday - skiing Sun thru Fri - what is the hill like? Wife is strictly a green skiier and I am slightly mroe advanced, but will stick to greens and blues. I enjoy things a little more mellow and less of an adrenaline rish - lol.
Staying at the village - first time to Breck - was checking weather - looks like it might get a little warm, just wondering if gonna be icying in the AM, etc.

cheers

 

[Wannabeskibum]

Today's 'leftovers' were pretty nice.

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First lift ride. The clouds filled in a bit and settled on the summits for less than ideal visibility.

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Outlaw was a tad lumpy but the amount of soft and the windblown fill made it pretty all-right. Picnic table rocked making the repeated Outlaw and Rustler runs quite nice.

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@Doug Briggs what skis should I bring - choice between by Brahma 88s and the Enforcer 100 - leaning towards the Brahmas

 

[BC.]

Arrived in Breckenridge this afternoon…stopped at Angry James and Outer Range for some trip arrival beers. Will be skiing at Breck on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday…..Vail on Friday showing some friends around the BB and BSB.

If you see someone on these….say hi/ask for change, comment on how I should be on a more appropriate ski, etc….lol.


Hoping for a nice weekend with friends….

 

[dbostedo]

Looks like I'm probably skiing BC Sunday, if anyone is going to be out that way and wants to make a few turns, let me know.

 

[Doug Briggs]

@Doug Briggs what skis should I bring - choice between by Brahma 88s and the Enforcer 100 - leaning towards the Brahmas

The Brahmas would probably suit you well. Not a lot of fresh but no hot spells either. Right now the skiing is nice with a solid base under new snow. It'll be aging with warmer temps over the weekend, but I expect upper to be wintery and lower to perhaps have some freeze/thaw unless the forecast snow keeps the sun away.

 

[Doug Briggs]

The not very optimistic forecasts have not thwarted new snow from continuing to refresh the area.


The last storm cycle yielded 6" on a strong crust. The top layer skied easily while the lower was pool table smooth and firm.


Part of the new clear cut. The rolls and contours were fun.


My tracks had refilled in my absence.


Mmmm.... good.



Tomorrow I'm off to Loveland to ski with a friend. It'll be her first alpine ski on her new knee.

 

[Wannabeskibum]

The Brahmas would probably suit you well. Not a lot of fresh but no hot spells either. Right now the skiing is nice with a solid base under new snow. It'll be aging with warmer temps over the weekend, but I expect upper to be wintery and lower to perhaps have some freeze/thaw unless the forecast snow keeps the sun away.

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Thanks - that what I was thinking

 

[Doug Briggs]

Loveland was very pleasant today. I skied groomers only as I was with my friend who was trying out her new knee; first alpine ski since a TKR. The new knee was splendid and it's only problem was that it highlighted the deficiencies of the other knee.



The ridge looked pretty nice.






We started at the Valley where she could take a few turns without buying a ticket. She felt great right off so we took #7 for a spin then #3 for a couple more before heading to the Basin. Her oxygen generator was acting up after changing the battery so we headed down and almost left, but I was able to coerce the device to use the new battery and we resumed.