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#361 vons

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Posted 05 December 2008 - 11:29 AM

I skiied loveland this mornning it was great lots of snow only chair 9 is yet to open. Snow coverage is the best out of open colorado resorts.

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Posted 07 December 2008 - 07:55 PM

I'll be at Loveland next Saturday, but I'm heading to Copper tomorrow. Hopefully the coverage is good enough.
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Posted 08 December 2008 - 12:59 PM

Still skiing knee-to-waist deep in the 'backcounty' around here. A rareity this early and for MI.

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Posted 08 December 2008 - 04:32 PM

we had some freezing rain and then 2 " of fluff on top of glazed rocks
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Posted 08 December 2008 - 04:53 PM

Currently it is snowing here. We have about 4 inches give or take here at my house from the past week or so. It is still coming down.

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 12:28 PM

Snowmass is planning on opening Alpine Springs, and Elk Camp this weekend. We got 18inchs of snow overnight. (5inchs from about noon til closing).

Some of the runs off Sams Knob lift opened today also.
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Posted 09 December 2008 - 06:53 PM

 Kicking Horse, on Dec 9 2008, 01:28 PM, said:

Snowmass is planning on opening Alpine Springs, and Elk Camp this weekend. We got 18inchs of snow overnight. (5inchs from about noon til closing).

Some of the runs off Sams Knob lift opened today also.

Any idea when the new Sheer Bliss chair will open or is it open already?
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Posted 09 December 2008 - 08:02 PM

I would assume when Alpine Springs Opens.

I'm not sure if they have built the ramps yet on it or not. If I'm off on Thursday I will ski the burn and get some pics of the top terminal. I hear the Top shack is really nice.

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 09:33 AM

Well it is raining like crazy here ant the snow line is descending upon us it is up in Middlebury at the moment I've got to finish my Business plan for school right now!!

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 09:10 PM

Winter is still here, Girwood AK, 43" in 48 hrs. GREAT skiing and lots of shoveling!!!!!

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Posted 11 December 2008 - 05:14 PM

It's gonna be another Wild ride this weekend. Lots of Snow and wind for the Aspen Snowmass areas.

Buttermilk is opening with all lifts and 70% of the runs open, Highlands will have 5 lifts running inculding the Deep T.

Snowmass is planning on opening Alpine Springs either on Friday or Saturday. Elk Camp opened yesterday.
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Posted 11 December 2008 - 05:15 PM

 powhoundAK, on Dec 11 2008, 12:10 AM, said:

Winter is still here, Girwood AK, 43" in 48 hrs. GREAT skiing and lots of shoveling!!!!!

Nice, I thought we were lucky getting the 70+/-" so far this season. It Didn't snow today :rolleyes: for the first time in 12-13+ days. And even some rain is expected this weekend as a storm moves to the west. My Scottdale's done his fair share of plowing work already this year. We were on the same pace in '06, when just before X-mas it went to 40+ for a month straight. Hello, Wood; Knock Knock, let's stay cold. There isn't much like stepping off the groomed packed and dropping in deep, at least in Dec.

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:49 AM

Grouse is rumoured to open tomorrow, and Cypress probably will. It is snowing in Vancouver now.
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:08 PM

Sheer Bliss may be turning tomorrow for public. :)

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Posted 13 December 2008 - 10:09 AM

 mikest2, on Dec 2 2008, 09:29 PM, said:

We got teased with another inch last nite, and big winds today.


What did you guys end up with last night?? We got 45cms out of that storm!
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 10:21 AM

Knee deep last night when I left bar at the area. We had a very soft opening on Friday with just the beginner chair on man-made. At least the wheels are turning now.
"Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish—a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow—to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested . . . Res ipsa loquitur (it speaks for it self). Let the good times roll." HT

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Posted 13 December 2008 - 05:25 PM

Sheer Bliss opened for public tranport for 15 mins then closed for the day due to high winds.

At the Top of the VX we had winds up to 65mph. Lift was dialed down to about 100fpm at one point for a few mins. It's Dumping up there right now. :)
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 08:18 AM

Humbug! Winter cramps my style.


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Posted 14 December 2008 - 10:06 AM

Cool!!! cook BBQ outside!!! it looks like fun :smile:

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Posted 14 December 2008 - 11:56 AM

In the light of day, however, the season seems friendlier.
Granddaughter Keisha persuaded me to help with a snowman.

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