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According to this article from the Casper Star & Tribune
10 skiers took advantage of a single chair lift running for mountain bikers at Silverton Mountain. Lucky people.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I hope they're using rock-hoppers. I've had more than enough experience of fresh snow with no base, and paid the price for it!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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When is the best time to ski in Colorado. I see the seasons start in November - how good is the snow then?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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erica2004, best skiing in Colorado is March/April. But there is great skiing from late December onwards. Before then can be a bit iffy.
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I spent mid to late march in Vail this year and was speaking with a local. They said recent seasons March has been very warm, quite a few of the locals were going to Utah 
Truth be told you can never tell, Feb might be a better bet - that was their recommendation based on the last few seasons. Certainly while we were there in March we probably saw 5cm new snow in 2 weeks. I was skiing in a fleece most days, frankly you could have skied in shorts
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My only visit to Utah in March had me skiing in rain showers. That was in 1979, I think, and you have to allow for the fact that I'm a Londoner so I bring rubbish weather wherever I go, but it suggested to me that February would be a bit cooler and powderier.
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More on this from the Summit Daily News
Seems it's not so unusual nor so rock hoppy as we might have thought .....
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It was the third consecutive year of September skiing.
Snow is available for early-season steep skiing at Silverton but business is not, Brill said. The area requires guests to ski with a guide at a cost of $100 per day.
"People wait to get into shape. Who wants to ski 1,000 vertical feet when your legs aren't yet in shape?" |
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Here's a photo of the freak early skiing at Silverton last Sunday.
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No, that's a photo of freak early lift riding! Or maybe a freak riding a lift early, as he only has on ski on 
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