Colorado skifari 4/12-4/19...

[saltyant]

9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Fat two inches so far at Loveland...good thing the rental car place gave me a brush to wipe the snow off my car.  Also pictures from last nights Pho.

You've already received more Perder than I did my entire 6 days in Utah. WTGAI 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I got the grab and go breakfast from the front desk.  I had apple juice box, coffee, bagel with peanut butter and hard boiled eggs.  Abasin today is gonna be good the 2”+ fallen..I’ll try and take a few pictures. 

[RidgeRacer]

Have fun today @GrilledSteezeSandwich. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Gonna be a nice day. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Lifts start running in 15 minutes. The warmest 24 degrees at the base. 

[saltyant]

10 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Lifts start running in 15 minutes. The warmest 24 degrees at the base. 

This is grate, be sure to write a report!!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

This is grate, be sure to write a report!!

I’ll write a report later..in the woods taking a safety break..it’s a nice pleasant day and barely anybody is here. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

[toast21602]

Where are the fast food pictures?

[Schif]

1 minute ago, toast21602 said:

Where are the fast food pictures?

Don't jinx it. We've got good food pictures and for the first time in like 3 trip reports a decent number of pictures. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from another fun day at Abasin. I arrived at the mountain at 830 and there were only a handful of people.  I was booted up with ticket by 845 and only two people in line at the black mountain express.  I rode the second civilian chair with some guy who hadn’t skied there in 20 years.  Then over to the lenawee lift in 2” of new snow...basically breaking trail..

 

Up Lenawee and did the run to the left of powerline first all the way to the base and it was all untracked on top of groomer.  Did a few lower laps go really milk that perder which was less wind affected then the upper mountain then back to the top of Lenawee and I took the rope tow and skied a run in montezuma bowl which was dust on crust.  That area gets the spring conditions first and so the underlying snow wasn’t the nice styrofoamy snow of the front face or what I skied in the Beavers area earlier. 

 

I was really skiing runs fast and slowed down the pace a tad with some exploration. Took a fast Humbug I believe to lower mountain still leftover perd to the new Pali chair which now has a safety bar. I skied into the beavers area from Pali the wind up there was fierce and took Davis and did some single black off chutes which had nice ungroomed snow below the fresh. I didn’t see a single person on that run.  

 

I normally like to stop at the mid mountain lodge for Bloody Mary, beer maybe a soft pretzel but didn’t do that today, it probably would have just been me and the bartender as it was so quiet at Abasin. Visibility was also better than I expected. I skied another front face run by then everything on the main runs was choppy but the new 2” transformed the primary conditions into more winterlike.  

 

Back in Silverthorne I went to a strip mall taco place first and the line was pretty long so went to noodles and company and had buttered noodles with a pork topping and Caesar salad then ate some gummies and had a little nap.  I think I’m gonna buy another ticket at Abasin for tomorrow. Can’t resist the lack of crowds plus it could snow more overnight 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Chorizo empanada and quiche from Spanish bakery.  They gave me an extra quiche as well.  Also got a slice of chocolate mousse cake. 

[enjoralas]

Nice, I made it into the report

 

 

49 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Chorizo empanada

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Looking like maybe an inch and a half of new snow..pretty clear outside.  Just went to Einstein bagel. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Another nice one at Abasin 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Pretty nice today.  I think I have altitude sickness.  I didn’t feel 100% earlier and my ears have been bugging me.  I skied about 8-10 runs so far.  Winding down. 

[toast21602]

Looks good again. Bummer to hear about altitude. Hydrate a bit extra and avoid alcohol for a bit if you can!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Today they were doing an annual ski athon on the Pali loft at Abasin..I’ll look it up officially but I think it’s as many runs as can be skied from 7:45 or 8am. It seemed odd when I pulled in at 830 to see lots of people skiing down and a bunch of cars parked at the Pali lift.  When I rode the Pali lift there was a special line for those with bibs so they weren’t stuck behind herb tourons  

 

Its called the enduro and skiing is actually from 7am-5pm that’s a big day. 

 

https://www.arapahoebasin.com/event/enduro/

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from day 2 of 6 with another trip to Abasin..I know from yesterday where the snow is good and had a general idea of what the wind was doing to the snow.  It was sunny and in the mid 20s when I pulled in at around 830. I took my time booting up and there was actually a shortish line at about 850 when I got in line for the black mountain express..I even went inside the bathroom their locker room is off limits it’s basement and super tight. Use your car as a locker. 

 

Was maybe 8-10th chair was only 855..rode with somebody who’s parents live in macungie.  Over to Lenawee they were just removing the rope..was maybe 5th or 6th chair on that Lenawee was in a wind tunnel..was pretty cold by the top.   It’s a long fixed grip triple. I doodled around in the run next to powerline skied all the way to the base cause gotta take advantage of the giant swaths of in touched on the more protected lower mountain lapped down there a few times..

 

Took Lenawee back up lots of untracked but sometimes untracked means windslab or hidden rocks but I don’t think I hit any rocks on my skis except in the parking lot yesterday Salty style.  Took Pali lift up to Davis repeat of a route I skied yesterday and conditions were worse but some good patches..no grooming dark blue with single black off chutes..got to 50 yards from lift and pulled mask back up unbuckled boot..rode the beavers lift solo went from sweaty to cold by the top winds were fierce..doodled around untracked and slabby snow on Lenawee and saw some serious wipeouts..traversed through some lower mountain glades..you sort of want to follow others tracks in case they uncover snow snakes.  

 

Into the lot at mid day it was full..and streams of melting snow were running through the lot. I debooted, answered like two emails and drove back to Silverthorne stopped at a mini market, got more edibles and got Arby’s.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Friday is gonna be a pow day...Abasin that day as I won’t even have to get on the interstate and tomorrow looking like Copper and they could still get some new snow tonight. 

[indiggio]

When does @Barb show up?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

At copper mountain. Parked in free parking today and took the shuttle bus.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

A couple shots.  Conditions aren’t that good.  Kind of crispy cord and off piste refrozen.  

[skiincy]

On 4/13/2021 at 6:52 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I love this view of Buffalo Mountain ^^ !!

So glad you're crushing it. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 hours ago, indiggio said:

When does @Barb show up?

I’ve never skied with her out here.