Ski season?

As you can see from the chart below, Breckenridge and Loveland have a deeper base than A-basin, which I think is typical at just about any point in the season, though A-basin closes later than Breckenridge.

Below the chart is a recent radar grab. Aspen, Steamboat, Vail, and Loveland are getting snow now. Just about all of Colorado will get snow over the next 48 hours.

Enjoy,

-F
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Report on TV8 in Vail this am...

6" new
81" YTD

CW

 

Highlands and Buttermilk opened to day and join Aspen and Snowmass. It is snowing...we got 5" last night. Some are saying 20" total.

Life is good.

 

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20081219/NEWS/812199978/1077&ParentProfile=1058&title=More%20snow,%20cold%20head%20for%20Aspen

This was on The Drudge Report today 12-20-08

 

*sigh*...missing Colorado

 

Beautiful sunny blue bird day.

Life is good.

http://www.aspensnowmass.com/onmountain/default.cfm

 

Good to hear all is good in Aspen!
I can't wait,flying to ASE this Sunday,unfortunately just got a call that my instructor of the past 10 years (Eddie Rainer) had a bad spill ,ended up with 5 broken ribs and a collapsed lung....

 

It was in the paper. He is lucky to be alive.

BTW we got 15" last night and it is still snowing. Town is starting to hum with tourists.

 

17" of new Pow Pow last night.

Life is good.

 

By the looks of things you will be needing a snorkel soon!

 

Utah has been getting dumped on with the POW. I been 4 times this week. Got 18" after christmas. I did have to use a snorkel when I lost the boards in the POW.

Cheers,
GREG

 

I understand the skiing in Utah is awesome.

Never have skied any place but Colorado...haven't been able to justify the extra expense. It is soooooo convenient here.

 

Winter Park is looking good for this early in the season. Even the bump runs had good coverage. If yesterday was any indication on the year ahead, it is gonna be a GREAT ski year.

 

Actually what you need presently, Dave, is an avalung- the snowpack is hideously unstable. Lost folks in Jackson, Salt Lake and Norcal - all inbounds, aka 'controlled' areas, of the resorts, soooo.. BE CAREFUL

 

Are the shops and slopes empty?

 

As opposed to Vail, at least in Aspen we know how to ride a chairlift. LOL

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0106091vail1.html
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I skied Beaver Creek yesterday. It is scary how empty the slopes were esp. for a Saturday. Not that I was complaining. Front page of Vail Daily states skier visits down 6 percent compared to last year. I suspect people are spending less even if they ski. The shops in Vail were all empty last night.

 

Skico reprted skiers were down 8% before Christmas and the same as last year after Christmas.

Went to a Robert Earl Dean concert last night after the Winterskol fireworks. It was a great concert and it was jammed. The audience literally went wild. People dancing and screaming in the old Wheeler Opera House.

Life is good.

 

Spent all last week in Breckenridge and boarded for the first time. It snowed like crazy last Wednesday shutting down a lot of roads.

Had a blast and can't wait to go back to learn more. Also drove into Frisco and rented snowmobiles (high performance). Can't wait to go back.

 

The sun is shining...the skiing is fantastic.

Lyle Lovett concert this weekend..

Life is good.

 

Yeah, LL was in Vail on Wednesday...skiing is indeed fantastic. Life is very, very good.