 Poster: A snowHead
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| Bergmeister wrote: |
11 sleeps until our Colorado road trip  .
Our itinerary includes Loveland (1.5 days), Sunlight Mountain (1 day), 6 days between Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone and Breckenridge (most likely 2 days at Vail, 2 at Keystone, 1 at BC and 1 at Breck) and 3 days at Silverton.
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@BergmeisterI would avoid Breck on a Saturday. Beaver Creek tends to be a little less crazy for weekends than the other Epic resorts.
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| Bergmeister wrote: |
| Toadman wrote: |
| Bergmeister wrote: |
11 sleeps until our Colorado road trip .
Our itinerary includes Loveland (1.5 days), Sunlight Mountain (1 day), 6 days between Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone and Breckenridge (most likely 2 days at Vail, 2 at Keystone, 1 at BC and 1 at Breck) and 3 days at Silverton.
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@BergmeisterI would avoid Breck on a Saturday. Beaver Creek tends to be a little less crazy for weekends than the other Epic resorts. |
Thanks. We will be at Silverton on our first Saturday and Keystone on our second one (as well as on our second Sunday).
We are staying in Idaho Springs on the Sunday evening and anticipate bad traffic on I-70. How long do you think it will take to get there from Keystone after skiing?  |
If you leave Keystone after about 2pm, you are probably looking at about 90 minutes. If it's snowing, well, then you might want to hang out and have dinner in Keystone after the lifts stop spinning and wait until after 6pm to get on the road.
Last time I was in Breck and left on a Sunday afternoon on a powder day, and it took about 4 hours to get to Denver. People were literally chaining up in the middle of the interstate. Pretty crazy. Fortunately we did not miss our flight out of DEN
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But if you are going from Idaho Springs to Breck, it will be westbound, no? That should be fine on a Sunday. Westbound is busy Friday nights/Saturday mornings and eastbound is busy Sunday afternoons.
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| TOLOCOMAN wrote: |
| But if you are going from Idaho Springs to Breck, it will be westbound, no? That should be fine on a Sunday. Westbound is busy Friday nights/Saturday mornings and eastbound is busy Sunday afternoons. |
Idaho Springs to the Summit County resorts is indeed WB. But, believe Bergmeister was asking about how long to get back to Idaho Springs after skiing at Keystone on a Sunday. Either way, you will have traffic in both directions on a Sunday.
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Models are shaping up for the weekend. British Columbia is the current hot spot for snow. Northern BC is getting snow currently, and that storm is progressing South into the Coast Range. They should see 20-30 cm of snow from Friday to Monday. Then looks like another weaker wave of storm activity will come through on Tuesday/Wednesday.
That same storm energy will continue to work it's way South into Washington, and flow East into Northern Idaho before dropping further South and farther East into Wyoming and NW Colorado. It looks currently like the storm might just clip the Tetons on Sunday night/Monday morning.
Northern Oregon and NE corners of Oregon will see snow on Saturday and possibly a bit more Sunday as some of the low pressure will sag into Southern Oregon and Northern California
GFS shows the low pressure hitting Northern Utah and into Colorado on Monday Cold air in place in those areas should equate to SWE wringing out a few inches and refresh the slopes.
Tahoe and Mammoth look to see snow on Sunday late and Monday morning. Possibly a foot over a 36-48 time frame.
Models after that are a bit iffy, but look to possibly see something toward the end of next week in the Feb 9/10th time frame.
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Folks, it's going to get REALLY COLD in New England states. Bundle up if you are going to go outside.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/mount-washington-realfeel-temperature-to-approach-100-f/1477592
Longer range models for the month of February are looking a lot like they did during late December/early January when the low pressure storms queued up for their steady march West across the Pacific and into interior mountain West. Devils in the details in terms of where they come ashore, i.e. farther North or farther South, or a mix of both. But currently things are looking promising based on current long range models for more winter activity the latter part of February.
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Been snowing pretty steadily all afternoon in Whistler. Freezing point is probably just above village level so the snow is wet/compact around 300-400m above village and below but nice further up. Should be decent for the next few days without being epic
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The wind came in and delivered 7" of snow to the central Cascades. The wind then took away the upper mountain lifts. In any case, the snow was good down low.
More snow coming mid-week
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| Toadman wrote: |
| TOLOCOMAN wrote: |
| But if you are going from Idaho Springs to Breck, it will be westbound, no? That should be fine on a Sunday. Westbound is busy Friday nights/Saturday mornings and eastbound is busy Sunday afternoons. |
Idaho Springs to the Summit County resorts is indeed WB. But, believe Bergmeister was asking about how long to get back to Idaho Springs after skiing at Keystone on a Sunday. Either way, you will have traffic in both directions on a Sunday. |
That's correct, Toadman.
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Storm activity in progress for the Southern BC Coast Range and Northern Cascades. Mt Baker could see upwards of 3 feet from this storm and the one right on its tail. Whistler should see about 2 feet from Sunday through Monday into Tuesday morning. Some of that Sunday/Monday storm activity will push into Montana and down into Wyoming and Northern Colorado by late Tuesday to early Wednesday. Forecasters expect about 6" or so in the Tetons and Northern Colorado area. Maybe a few inches for Winterpark and Loveland and a trace for the Aspen/Snowmass ski area.
Models still continue to show activity out in FI for the week of Feb. 13th time frame for the Western States. Will be a bit dry and cold from Wednesday into the weekend.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Southern BC and PNW continue to be in the picture for more storm activity through Sunday. There will be a low pressure trough that also will come in for the Sierras over the weekend as well. That is not as a strong as the BC/PNW event. GFS has just a few inches for the Sierras and Maybe 6" or so for the BC Coast Range.
Models continue to show some additional storm activity for mid-next week time frame (Feb. 15/16th) for Interior BC, Idaho, and then dropping into the Tetons, resulting in potential double digit accumulation for the Tetons and possibly Northern Colorado and glancing blow in Northern Utah.
There's also another smaller low pressure trough farther off in the South Pacific that will move into Southern Calif. and that one has some models tracking into New Mexico, Northern Arizona and SW Colorado and tracking just South of the Summit County ski areas in the Front Range. Maybe, Breck, Keystone, A-Basin and Copper could see snow end of next week. That particular low pressure will be warmer, so snow totals don't look that great at present.
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Models firming up and in agreement that the BC/PNW arena will be the target zone from Friday night through Monday for a series of storms coming through. Those storms will move over interior BC and drop down over Northern Idaho and down into Northern Colorado.
The second smaller low pressure trough appears to be gaining a bit of energy as it moves West. The models continue to favor a Southerly track through Southern Utah and SW Colorado. Taos and Northern Arizona should do well if the current storm track holds. Looking at a Wed./Thurs. time frame. There is a chance that if cold air remains in place over Eastern CO, Front Range could get a Easterly upslope flow and be the beneficiaries of the orographic effect. Again, still too far out to know for sure. If the storm manages to move a bit farther North, then Aspen/Snowmass could get a refresh, but most likely not a major event. Beaver Creek could get in the mix as well.
Meantime, enjoy all the fresh snow for those on the North American Continent.
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Next storm is underway in BC and PNW. This storm is moving East across the BC Interior and Northern Washington and will drop South into the Teton Range on Saturday into Sunday morning. Cold air is already in place and should provide for high quality, low density snow.
Montana is also in the crosshairs of this storm and should see close to 2 feet of snow between Saturday and Wednesday.
Northern Colorado will also see snow as well, 6" to 10" is possible.
Farther out models are showing another storm for Feb.24/25th time frame for the BC/PNW area that will work farther South possibly into the Sierras.
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Woke up to snow in the driveway and light flurries. 30 minutes later it's a full on blizzard in Central Oregon. Lots and lots of snow is going to fall, is falling, and will fall in the PNW, Montana, Northern Idaho and the Tetons. Northern Utah and Northern Colorado will see snow as well. Several Washington ski areas reporting 6"-8" overnight. Storm between now and Wednesday forecast to deliver up to 2 feet in Western Montana and Tetons. Colder air will flow in as the storm passes. Good quality powder for those lucky enough to be in the storms path. Enjoy and as always be careful if you're planning to travel into the backcountry.
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Yeah in BC the storm hit on Monday afternoon, a bit earlier than expected. Maybe 30cm fresh overnight, Tuesday we have wind up to 90km/h which isn't great. The wind's dropping now... and the snow's stopped. Sun expected Thursday. There's a lot of fresh about and a lot of it will be wind affected. Temperatures still mild at minus 6 or so, but expected to drop.
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Snowing in Oregon as the storm migrates a bit further down with some very chilly Arctic winds a blowin'! Mt Hood and Bachelor both hitting the foot mark in 24 hours. And as mentioned, it is very cold with wind chill to be in the minus range and continued cold into Thursday. Still snowing in the Oregon Cascades and in the 4 corners region of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
Snow will tapper off later in the day Wednesday, with some sunshine peaking out going into the weekend. Models show another inbound storm around Sunday for the PNW. More like a repeat of what's been transpiring the past few weeks.
It appears that the Triple Nina for certain parts of North America has been very good. Primarily Utah, Tetons, and Colorado are seeing consistent storms almost weekly.
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Snowing at my house at 4k feet. Very cold temps and you can blow the snow off the sidewalk with a leaf blower. Gives new meaning to "blower pow!"
Really low snow levels. Portland, OR received 10" of snow. City came to a grinding halt.
Next wave of snow after this storm, which appears to be staying past it's welcome (for non-snow lovers) is still adding to the total accumulation on mountain.
GFS and ECM show another storm coming in for very late Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The leading edge is not very strong and will provide a few inches of snow to the PNW ski areas. The central wave of energy appears to be building down in the Sierra region. They have some very cold air in place down in Central to even East of LA area. Mt Baldy in California will be looking at up to 4 feet of snow.
That So Cal storm will drop about 3 inches of rain with a snow level at 1,500 feet.
Utah and Colorado will benefit from the left overs as the storm works it's way East.
Some numbers to consider;
Mammoth - 538 inches season to date
Alta - 502 inches season to date
Brighton - 498 inches season to date
Snowbird - 471 inches season to date
Alyeska - 425 inches season to date
Jackson Hole - 400 inches season to date
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Heavenly trees were the shizzle today. Not sure I've ever skied such dry blower in Tahoe before ( normally home of the Sierra Cement).
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| Heavenly trees were the shizzle today. Not sure I've ever skied such dry blower in Tahoe before ( normally home of the Sierra Cement). |
LOL. Agreed. The snow quality due to the very cold temps has been remarkable this season.
Next storm is still on track for Sunday for the PNW into Monday. Again with cold temps in place, the snow quality will be very good. Mammoth and the more Southerly ski areas of California are in for a good pasting of snow! A case of too much snow in a short amount of time is not a good thing. Expect road and lift closures to deal with the 4 plus feet of snow set to fall over the next 48 hours.
Currently snowing in Colorado as the storm that came through the PNW and the Sierras works its way East.
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Next storm is percolating and moving onshore. Heavy snow in Central California and the Sierra's. Upwards of 3 feet at the higher elevations from Sunday morning into Monday.
Had a nice morning skiing some fresh powder off the Summit at Bachelor. Should be storm skiing conditions Sunday for the West Coast ski areas.
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After a bluebird Saturday, Sunday morning rolled in cold, windy and snowing. And snowing, and snowing, and snowing! Only 1" on the snow stake at 6:30am. So, maybe a few extra inches fell from the heavens when lifts started spinning, or somebody had messed with the snowstake. Regardless, it was a wonderful, light dry powdery experience today.
ludo die
Mammoth Mtn. reporting 37" over the past 2 days, and more on tap for Monday. The triple Nina winter keeps on delivering.
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Passing through Bend this weekend on the way to Seattle from SF and I had my first day at Bachelor ever on Sunday and loved it. Just lapping the Red lift repeatedly and mostly following it down, since I a) couldn't see anything and b) didn't know where I was going. Snow was fantastic. Zero lift queues. Mountain felt pretty empty at times. A really welcome change from the traffic parking and lift queue situation at Palisades/Alpine.
Will have to return some time to check out the rest of the mountain. Any tips? I had one run over Outback way but the wind seemed pretty brutal there so went back to the cosy trees at Red.
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| driz wrote: |
Passing through Bend this weekend on the way to Seattle from SF and I had my first day at Bachelor ever on Sunday and loved it. Just lapping the Red lift repeatedly and mostly following it down, since I a) couldn't see anything and b) didn't know where I was going. Snow was fantastic. Zero lift queues. Mountain felt pretty empty at times. A really welcome change from the traffic parking and lift queue situation at Palisades/Alpine.
Will have to return some time to check out the rest of the mountain. Any tips? I had one run over Outback way but the wind seemed pretty brutal there so went back to the cosy trees at Red. |
Wish I knew you were about. I could have shown you some stashes! I had to leave before Outback popped, but was nice to get a few laps on Pine Marten before I had to leave. Most people ski over on Cloud chaser when the winds are blowing out of the NW. Usually means all the snow is getting blown over that way.
It was definitely one of those sleeper pow days, with about an inch and hour coming down.
More is on the way for the PNW, so get some up North at Crystal if you get the chance. If they get Southback open, the hike to terrain is epic off Chair 6.
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Lots and lots of snow in the Sierras. Road closures, upper mountain lifts on hold. Lots of avy control work needs to be done at the Tahoe resorts. Seeing pics of roads covered in 6 foot wind drifts. Meanwhile, Utah ski areas reporting over a foot of snow from the storm that pushed through and more on the way.
Tetons reporting 16" past 24 hours.
Mammoth at 20" and counting. Won't be much open as conditions of high winds and snow throughout the day will mean best to wait until tomorrow.
Cascade areas also hitting double digit totals in Oregon, about 6" -10" in Washington Cascades.
It's basically a cornucopia of powder for those that can get out there.
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Tahoe is getting slammed. Yesterday was whiteout except in trees with free refills all pm. Today Kirkwood has said too much snow to do snow safety. Currently waiting for potentially the only lift at Heavenly to open at 11am. Driving conditions even with 4wd best described as sketchy.
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Lots of snow out there. Still blowing and snowing at least into Wednesday. Clearing on Thursday and Friday for the West Coast. A chance for the ski areas to get on top of things.
Possibility for the Sierras to get hit yet again this weekend, with Oregon looking to pick up some shrapnel from the storm. Will keep a close eye on it.
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Up in BC near Valemont there's lots of fresh, but depths are from about 29cm through 50cm or more - some of it's unridable as a consequence. Slide risk... well there's that, but it's not horrendous or anything. My Whistler buddies (I'm there next week) claim they've been hammered, again. To the uninitiated, this is a good thing. Well if you aren't scared of fresh snow, of course.
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In desperation at the lack of snow on this side of the Atlantic, and given the huge amounts of snow hitting the west coast, I am considering a N American trip in the next week or so.
I'll probably only do a week, and would really like a resort that is not too far from a major city (ie one that I can fly to directly from London). Most of the snow seems to be concentrated on California, so I was looking at Palisades Tahoe (aka Squaw Valley), but that is > 4 hours from San Francisco.
Any better suggestions?
Thanks
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