ACK-SHOO-A-LEEEE .... Golden Crest goes down into Copper Bowl (the signs from the traverse point to GC and BA, I think; BA goes down Union Peak side, and GC down next to Mountain Chief on the south side).
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ACK-SHOO-A-LEEEE .... Golden Crest goes down into Copper Bowl (the signs from the traverse point to GC and BA, I think; BA goes down Union Peak side, and GC down next to Mountain Chief on the south side).
^^ I am not totally sure if those two have different names (I'm sure patrol has different names, I just suck at names -- had to give a witness statement on an accident the other day, and I am so clueless) or if it's all Buzzard's Alley, the stuff you can access from the backside traverse. I always just considered that BA, and the bowl in the middle Union Peak. I can ask. I do know ... well, I have heard ... that Buzzard's Alley was a behind-the-back nickname for one of the old (really old, since the current one has been there a minute) patrol directors or foremen or something like that, but don't quote me, and I don't even remember where I heard that. Since I too am old.
I remember a few seasons back you took me down that entrance at the far lookers left (being called Golden Crest) it was deep and untracked! Once again, I just follow. 
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So how are conditions at Vail vs Beaver Creek? Snow and lift line waits? Trying to decide which resort to stay at for a week, starting about a week from now.
Website shows Vail has almost everything open. Is everything really skiable, or just open to say its open? Beaver Creek shows Grouse is closed :-(. Is this likely to open soon?
Yeah I know we should wait and go later in the season once coverage improves, but that's not how life works sometimes. Appreciate any suggestions...
Website shows Vail has almost everything open. Is everything really skiable, or just open to say its open? Beaver Creek shows Grouse is closed :-(. Is this likely to open soon?
Yeah I know we should wait and go later in the season once coverage improves, but that's not how life works sometimes. Appreciate any suggestions...
Vail legit has most terrain open, but you need to understand you are going to hit a lot of rocks and possibly take some core shots if you try to get away from the crowds. If you know the mountain you can get away from the long lift lines on the front side, at BSB or China Bowl, but you are definitely at more risk of skiing terrain that patrol probably wouldn't even open most years.
Beaver Creek definitely isn't as busy as vail, even with grouse closed, but midweek lift lines are exponentially longer than normal. I am used to basically skiing onto lifts at BC, but a 15 or even 30 minute wait has been fairly routine the two times I visited this year.
If I was doing a week, I would probably target vail midweek and BC on the weekend, but definitely don't expect things to be what you experienced in prior years. And if it actually snows (powder day) while you are here, I wouldn't even bother with Vail as it will be insane. We are freaking out about 4" days at this point.
Open Snow looks promising for CO
Is that still the trusted source for skiing forecasts?
Is that still the trusted source for skiing forecasts?
Fluffy Friday, snow continues through next... | Colorado Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnow
Thursday and Thursday night brought a surprising amount of light, fluffy snow, mostly to the northern mountains. With lingeri...
opensnow.com
Everyone's talking about the lack of snow. Am I the only one to notice it was 38 degrees yesterday and now 39 degrees today in middle park? The snow on the North side of the house is melting...
Joel is erring on the optimistic side this year.Open Snow looks promising for CO
Is that still the trusted source for skiing forecasts?
Fluffy Friday, snow continues through next... | Colorado Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnow
Thursday and Thursday night brought a surprising amount of light, fluffy snow, mostly to the northern mountains. With lingeri...opensnow.com
Open Snow has been spot on in New England this year and from what I can tell Tahoe and CO have been very accurate in predictions for whatever amounts of snow have fallen. Open Snow called the 20 inch storm for Killington and the surprise 10 inches that we got during the week. Some of the finest skiing in the lower 48 is in Vermont right nowOpen Snow looks promising for CO
Is that still the trusted source for skiing forecasts?
Fluffy Friday, snow continues through next... | Colorado Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnow
Thursday and Thursday night brought a surprising amount of light, fluffy snow, mostly to the northern mountains. With lingeri...opensnow.com
Open Snow looks promising for CO
Is that still the trusted source for skiing forecasts?
Fluffy Friday, snow continues through next... | Colorado Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnow
Thursday and Thursday night brought a surprising amount of light, fluffy snow, mostly to the northern mountains. With lingeri...opensnow.com
This is a good storm for the SW part of the state and to some extent the central mountains. Continued weird that the big events for CO in a La Niña have been more like El Niño. The places doing best are often skunked in what we expect to be a NW flow predominantly.
All good if it gets terrain open and it finally turns on for spring.
Another nice morning with a skiff of fresh either fallen or blown in on the corduroy.
Baldy with her hat on.
It was also a retro day for some:
I complimented this lady on her ski pants. She got them from her mother who said they were from the 80s. She didn't know the brand and I couldn't see a label. Ellesse?
I saw this guy twice. Once at the lodge where I complimented his pants. I added that I was serious in case he thought I was being wise.
Later on I saw him near the base of the (closed) T-bar and asked if I could take his picture. He was excited and happy to let me take a shot. Roffe pants, Descente windbreaker 1/4 top. He liked my K2 Experimentals as they are Red, White and Blue and thought they'd go with his outfit.
Baldy with her hat on.
It was also a retro day for some:
I complimented this lady on her ski pants. She got them from her mother who said they were from the 80s. She didn't know the brand and I couldn't see a label. Ellesse?
I saw this guy twice. Once at the lodge where I complimented his pants. I added that I was serious in case he thought I was being wise.
Later on I saw him near the base of the (closed) T-bar and asked if I could take his picture. He was excited and happy to let me take a shot. Roffe pants, Descente windbreaker 1/4 top. He liked my K2 Experimentals as they are Red, White and Blue and thought they'd go with his outfit.
How’s Mary Jane skiing? Thinking about day tripping up Sunday for a morning session. Are the bumps skiable without needing to buy a new pair of skis after?
At least of last Sun, all the bump runs off Challenger and Ironhorse were very bony, nearer the top on Ironhorse runs and farther down on the Challenger runs. Lots of little exposed trees continuing to lose more and more of their tops. Don't know if they've had snow since then.
BTW, last Sun Ironhorse was not running; evidently, a tree got blown into it during the big windstorm.
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