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Not quite as good as you think in March. By ~1-2 weeks into April it gets OK unless big powder (including snow down in the metro). December depends on the year/conditions. Doesn't have to be big pow then, just enough recent snow such that significant terrain is open at the resorts and...

Yikes. So how did they not have the tunnel and road detoured long before you ever got there on Monday?

ABasin is going to parking reservations required for all Weekends and Holidays next season. Won't be surprised if at least some others follow suit. Eldora had required parking reservations for a couple seasons (initiated by pandemic, but then kept it going), then expanded the parking lots by...

CDOT should have been upgrading the road beginning 20 years ago. Instead they seem to wait until it's dire before doing anything (not just I70, pretty much everywhere). Most Transportation $$ come from WDC (true for all states, not just CO), not state taxes so I blame the Colo legislators over...

Not on the boards here, but I know several tele skiers IRL. Most of them racer dads. I can't even imagine doing deep knee bends every turn at approaching 70yrs old. He has to be wiped out by the end of the day.

A modest sized storm coming through had outsized winds with it making for some interesting snow. I think I burned 50% more fuel just going up with huge winds in my face. Loveland Derby ski race weekend. A very old and long running SL race with lots of history. A few inches of nice snow but...

Any January style wind storm in April... Eldora had to shut due to power being completely out at the resort. Unknown if they will even have power for Monday either...

Sounds a bit NIMBY/zenophobic in a way. "We don't want professional corporations from the US; we prefer a bunch of wealthy not-actually-locals who have 2nd homes here and will never agree on anything for the next 100 years to be in control of our ski lifts!"

Picture of your car and looking up from your car reminds me a fair bit of Skiing Over the Rainbow area at Loveland...

Or was it just more dense snow than expected? Looks OK (not wet slop) but not overly fluffy.

So Eldora was closed for basically 2 days from the big storm a couple weeks ago. Technically they did open a couple of lifts ~1p on Friday, but didn't announce it until only Ned locals could make it up. No backside terrain until later on Sat either. And similar to 2003, sun affected heavy snow...

I typically go all the way to Headwall for the first pitch (assuming good snow coverage). Then follow that up with Wall 1/2/Strawberry patch areas by taking the hard right. A lift I've never ridden. I've come close to doing the short hike to Longshot and the glades up top of Elk Camp lift that...

Just a different use of the term. I mean 'chase' as in - I'm not already locked into exact days at exact resorts months in advance. I can start to pick and choose the best snow and terrain on the days it's best.

Hahahahah, race season is almost never over of course. FYI, there are races on the schedule through mid-April then comes spring training at usually Winter Park through early to mid-May. etc... Not to mention work and real life to deal with on some weekends. This year Jr is actually...

I used to also very much prefer skinny skis in powder (specifically I used to use my SL race skis until ~10 years ago!), but now am on what I think of as mid-Fat. For harder snow ski days I have 88mm under foot that can do OK off groomers and carve the groomers pretty decently, but for soft snow...