Arizona/New Mexico 2023-2024 Four Corners Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[teejaywhy]

Dave made me do it!

 

[dbostedo]

Dave made me do it!

I did not!

*slips @teejaywhy his $20* and whispers "thanks"

He did it of his own free will!

 

[Dryheat]

Too soon! It's not even the hydro year yet!

 

[dbostedo]

hydro year

hydro year?

 

[Dryheat]

hydro year?

Water year - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you go to our beloved Snowslide Canyon Snotel, you'll notice there's an option for water year reports

Snowslide Canyon (927) - Site Information and Reports

 

[teejaywhy]

Some fresh on the peaks above Lizard Head pass, south of Telluride.

 

[teejaywhy]

At the Telluride Blues and Brews... watching the snow flurries up above the valley.

 

[Core2]

Colors are going to be a little late this year I think.

 

[Core2]

Fall in full swing at AZ Snowbowl yesterday.

 

[New2]

Mountain Capital Partners to Reopen Sandia Peak

New Mexico’s Sandia Peak will become the 12th ski area in Mountain Capital Partners’ fast-growing resort collective. Closed since 2021 and located near Albuquerque, Sandia Peak features…

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Great PowerPass addition, and should help solidify MCP's position in the New Mexico and Oklahoma markets. It hasn't been real clear to me why the Abruzzos weren't opening Sandia the past couple years, but I've got more confidence in MCP tackling the problems, whatever they are.

 

[Core2]

Mountain Capital Partners to Reopen Sandia Peak

New Mexico’s Sandia Peak will become the 12th ski area in Mountain Capital Partners’ fast-growing resort collective. Closed since 2021 and located near Albuquerque, Sandia Peak features…

liftblog.com

Great PowerPass addition, and should help solidify MCP's position in the New Mexico and Oklahoma markets. It hasn't been real clear to me why the Abruzzos weren't opening Sandia the past couple years, but I've got more confidence in MCP tackling the problems, whatever they are.

That is awesome to see. I've never skied there, will definitely have to check it out now. With the tram and access to Albuquerque I can see it making money just fine if they get a good snow making system setup.

 

[cholla]

Looks like the grass died by the Arizona Gondola and has turned white!

 

[Core2]

They are going hard on the snow making this season!

 

[raisingarizona]

It's feeling a lot like a drought winter right now. I'm loving this weather but it doesn't feel like skiing is just around the corner.

 

[Core2]

It's feeling a lot like a drought winter right now. I'm loving this weather but it doesn't feel like skiing is just around the corner.

Yeah, it is feeling like that down in the valley too. Looking at snow totals for the last 10 years they've never really had back to back big seasons. Good El Nino conditions may be in play this year so maybe we will get lucky.

 

[teejaywhy]

In big news...
Sunrise Park Resort Becomes One of the First Ski Resorts in the World Operating on Starlink Satellite Internet

Wow. We will be able to surf the internet while waiting for the broken lifts to be repaired.

 

[teejaywhy]

I shouldn't be too down on them. Looks like they have spent some money on infrastructure improvements.
I poked around and found this press release from Oct 24.

Over $2M Invested in Preparation for Winter 2023/24 Ski Season.

 

[Core2]

I shouldn't be too down on them. Looks like they have spent some money on infrastructure improvements.
I poked around and found this press release from Oct 24.

Over $2M Invested in Preparation for Winter 2023/24 Ski Season.

yeah they totally refurbed the Sunrise Express. It was definitely looking ratty the last time I was out there. Supposedly some big announcement will come from them on the 10th.

 

[Core2]

Ski Apache and Ruidoso getting some natural snow this AM and looks like a pattern change next week finally!

 

[teejaywhy]

More big news from Sunrise, they have added a second webcam! Making use of all that extra bandwidth.