bigdaddyk Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I saw the snow depth for BB listed as 110 inches, but didn't give much thought to it, until I arrived Thursday night (Feb 8th). This was my first time at BB in about three weeks. This pic was taken from the base, near the Merry Widow lift. It's not the best, but my fingers were too frozen to re-take it. The depth is actually deeper on other parts of the mountain. The really blew the shit out of the place, the last three weeks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrwilco Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 boulder always blows a lot of snow, and always seem to have better conditions then most areas. the base on the big boulder trail in march last year was impressive to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 the base on the big boulder trail in march last year was impressive to say the least. it was fucking rediculous, it all went to waste in the end though, when they closed 2nd week in march like usual. I cant see them reopening after the snowmobile races, but i would love it if they proved me wrong Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 it was fucking rediculous, it all went to waste in the end though, when they closed 2nd week in march like usual. I cant see them reopening after the snowmobile races, but i would love it if they proved me wrong Jordan I thought the same. If they don't plan on re-opening, they should use that money for blowing snow at JF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I cant see them reopening after the snowmobile races, but i would love it if they proved me wrong Jordan be prepared to love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'm hoping Big Boulder stays open longer than Blue so I have somewhere to ski after work in April.. You'd rather ski at BB instead of Blue, in April ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeless Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 You'd rather ski at BB instead of Blue, in April ? Blue wont be open in April, they will close 1 hour after CB so they can claim to be open longer. To be fair, I think they were open a whole week later than CB last year, we had fun surfing the slush over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Blue wont be open in April, they will close 1 hour after CB so they can claim to be open longer. To be fair, I think they were open a whole week later than CB last year, we had fun surfing the slush over there. and of course JFBB has such a great record of staying open late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 yeah, that picture is not showing me 9 feet of snow. 110 cm maybe..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librider Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I cant see them reopening after the snowmobile races, but i would love it if they proved me wrong Jordan They are planning on staying open till april. They said after the snowboard races they are going to leave EVERYTHING up and they are gonna be open as long as there is snow on the mtn. No matter how shitty, or how little snow there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggles Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 thatd be rad, to say in the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 BB open til April 15th. You heard it here first kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 BB open til April 15th. You heard it here first kids. c'mon... you can do better than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 110 inches...incredible EDIT: NO WAY, THATS LIKE 9.5 FEET OR SOMETHIN It's got to be real close. I stood next to it and it was taller than me, and I'm 6 foot. It's also deeper on other parts of the mt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 if they are really going to do this, IMO, they should move beach party weekend later into march or the first weekend in april or something, just so theres something to draw people back to the mountain, and it will be guaranteed to be warmer for pond skimming. Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 IS BB/JF still blowing snow every night? The last I heard they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librider Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I was at bb tonight and I, too was amazed at some of the snow depth. It was over my head in spots. I wouldnt be suprised if the pile left from the LAst booter on boulder park lasted all summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 110 inches...incredible EDIT: NO WAY, THATS LIKE 9.5 FEET OR SOMETHIN Look toward the left of the pic...it is actually deeper past that side (not on the pic). My hands were frozen and I just pointed my phone and hoped to get a decent photo (which really didn't happen ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 That would be awesome and I heard rumors from a Camelback patroller that CB is thinking of staying open into April.. hhahahahahahahahahaaahahahahahahaaaa - they better blow some more snow. If that is even faintly true, they will announce a later than usual closure early and then close early blaming the weather for melting the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xNick11 Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I like how that dude who was announcing the winners for Z-Games last night made fun of sno..even tho we have a bigger base and I personally like our park,if the rails were all bunched up off every headwall we would have so much more flow in the park and it would own BB's park.Although I really liked BB's jumps in the big park but you definitely get more air on sno's jumps,BB's jumps are more of a launcher jump,Sno's lips on their jumps are almost like quarter pipes and shoot you straight up just enough to get half way down the landing and flow whatever you want off it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method9455 Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Exposure has a lot to do with it. They could pile up 100 feet of snow - if it gets hit by the sun come March it will melt quick. A good example - Mountain Creek's Superpipe near the end of march, the riders right wall will be 2-3 feet shorter than the riders left wall because it gets the afternoon sun while the left wall gets the morning sun. It doesn't do much during Jan/Feb, but march the sun gets a hell of a lot hotter. Same thing last year they had 2 hips and the riders ride one was always slushy and the riders left was cold and icy. It takes a bit of planning but if around march they move all the snow features (jumps etc) to the shady side, and put jibs on the sunny side, more snow will last. Then as it melts out you can make the jumps smaller, then finally plow them out into a jib line in the shade and stretch it into April. Its not impossible - people used to hike up to Mountain Creek's jumps in exhibition at South because they were in the shade. One year it was May and people had shoveled a like 3 foot wide run into the table that was still there and were hitting it. Either last year or the year before they started plowing the jumps flat at the end of the season (which is lame) to prevent people from hiking, but prior to that a lot of people did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 boulder always blows a lot of snow, and always seem to have better conditions then most areas. I know why! I know why! Could it be because it's so freakin small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 its also because they are higher than everyone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 its also because they are higher than everyone else 1900 ft at the top of JF, vs 1500 ft at the top of Booter. It's not that big of a difference. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the size. They have a lot of snowmaking (all relative) for such a limited amount of terrain, which means they can focus all their efforts on the whole mountain, constantly. Bigger places like CB and Blue, can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 1900 ft at the top of JF, vs 1500 ft at the top of Booter. It's not that big of a difference. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the size. They have a lot of snowmaking (all relative) for such a limited amount of terrain, which means they can focus all their efforts on the whole mountain, constantly. Bigger places like CB and Blue, can't. 400 ft can make a differnece in marginal temps, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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