GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 4, 2024 Report Posted December 4, 2024 2 hours ago, Barb said: I heard about it. On my list for this season. Also went in halves on a parking pass with my neighbor. It’s good at Highlands and a lot at Snowmass I have never been to. On other side of mountain, but that lift doesn’t open for a while. What was funny is Johnny style who’d been skiing there since the 80s never even skied it when I visited. I want to go back though. Not a lot of powder hounds like most places. 1 Quote
Barb Posted December 12, 2024 Author Report Posted December 12, 2024 Real time Snowmass report. It’s sunny and feels warm. After 2-1900’ baby bump runs I came in for a snack. Empty chairs and slopes! paid $9 for chips and a tiny yogurt. 😂. Back out in 5 4 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 12, 2024 Report Posted December 12, 2024 $9 for that is cheap. Quote
Johnny Law Posted December 12, 2024 Report Posted December 12, 2024 30 minutes ago, Barb said: Real time Snowmass report. It’s sunny and feels warm. After 2-1900’ baby bump runs I came in for a snack. Empty chairs and slopes! paid $9 for chips and a tiny yogurt. 😂. Back out in 5 So jelly, my family was talking about how much they wanted to get there this year and rip one down the freeway so if your in that area pour one out for your homies stuck thinking about 9 dollar chips 1 Quote
Barb Posted December 12, 2024 Author Report Posted December 12, 2024 @Johnny Law yeah I think was on either Wineskin or Whispering Jesse. Took one more run off Big Burn and ran through Sneaky’s Glades popped out and finished with the short Jack of Hearts bump run. When I got to the bottom of Big Burn I knew I didn’t have another one left in me as it’s 3200 from top to base. Scooted down to the base, almost ate shit on some out of nowhere rocks. Stopped to compose myself and heard some girls saying “Be careful lots of rocks here” to each other. Overall stellar day. 6 Quote
Barb Posted Thursday at 11:31 PM Author Report Posted Thursday at 11:31 PM Went to Buttermilk yesterday hoping it would be a bit warmer since it’s lower elevation. When I grabbed my skis from the shed they were so cold I could not carry them with bare hands. Been -10 here every morning for about a week. Temps were 12 when I arrived, 16 when I left BRR. Buttermilk was uneventful but quiet. Today was due to be warmer so went to Snowmass. Used the parking lot for the pass I bought for the first time. It is literally right next to the lift! Amazing. It’s the other, quiet side of the mountain. Dumps you off at top of elk camp Gondola. I took the second elk camp chair to the top, never been up there (Snowmass is absolutely huge). Really pretty views. that lift is about 1500’ of vert. Ended up at the bottom of Village express not meaning to, just meandering around. It was a gorgeous bluebird day and 30 degrees when I got back to the car. My plan is to cross country ski somewhere local tomorrow. Deep freeze coming in Sat-Tue. Temps due to be -30 at night, real temp not wind chill temp. 5 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted Friday at 01:00 AM Report Posted Friday at 01:00 AM 1 hour ago, Barb said: Went to Buttermilk yesterday hoping it would be a bit warmer since it’s lower elevation. When I grabbed my skis from the shed they were so cold I could not carry them with bare hands. Been -10 here every morning for about a week. Temps were 12 when I arrived, 16 when I left BRR. Buttermilk was uneventful but quiet. Today was due to be warmer so went to Snowmass. Used the parking lot for the pass I bought for the first time. It is literally right next to the lift! Amazing. It’s the other, quiet side of the mountain. Dumps you off at top of elk camp Gondola. I took the second elk camp chair to the top, never been up there (Snowmass is absolutely huge). Really pretty views. that lift is about 1500’ of vert. Ended up at the bottom of Village express not meaning to, just meandering around. It was a gorgeous bluebird day and 30 degrees when I got back to the car. My plan is to cross country ski somewhere local tomorrow. Deep freeze coming in Sat-Tue. Temps due to be -30 at night, real temp not wind chill temp. Nice report Barb and have there been any inversions? -26 booting up a few years ago at JH seemed bad…but it was near zero up high. 20 degrees in Allentown when it’s windy and damp feels colder Quote
Barb Posted Friday at 01:39 AM Author Report Posted Friday at 01:39 AM No inversions. They were pretty common in Boulder but haven’t seen one here yet 1 Quote
indiggio Posted Friday at 06:59 PM Report Posted Friday at 06:59 PM Bah! It's a dry cold! 🤣 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted Friday at 07:06 PM Report Posted Friday at 07:06 PM 6 minutes ago, indiggio said: Bah! It's a dry cold! 🤣 She’s not gonna get any sympathy from us. 1 1 Quote
Barb Posted Friday at 08:19 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 08:19 PM I remember how those northeast winters felt. 1 Quote
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