Comments on: More snow & Sunlight (trimmed to perfection)

By: yoyo

yoyo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:16:40 +0000

thatnks for reconizing an awesomwe mountain! (and the awesome report)

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:54:02 +0000

Prodigal Sun – GREAT report from the Beav on Thursday. I was there and your report was right on…definitely still “on watch” in the trees as there is plenty of debris not too far below the surface. But the snow was nice. About your “average snowfall”, both Summit Co. and Eagle Co. are about 73% of average as of January 1st (according to SNOTEL data).

By: Prodigal Sun

Prodigal Sun — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:04:45 +0000

Joel, the forecast was right-on. Beaver Creek (13″, but skied more like 7″) was good until 10:15am on Thursday, then it became a zoo. Gross Mtn. Express stalled for 20 minutes, the mogul machine showed up surprisingly early, full mazes, skiers colliding, etc. I should have seen this coming being New Year’s Eve. I then proceeded to hit up my stashes, which were good, but caution: there’s about 16″ of cold smoke pockets on top of rocks. No natural base out there, it’s a birds nest in the trees, some patches are bone dry, so expect to be skiing your beater skis if you’re heading out the gates. You guys don’t need me to tell you this, but I wish someone reaffirmed this to me; could’ve saved me the $40 tune–after skiing in the San Juans the past two weeks, I thought the centrals would’ve come a little father along. I was mistaken; bring the garden shears. We’re at 26% of our annual winter snowfall average in Summit. Eagle, I’ll give them 30% of the norm.

By: CR

CR — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:00:17 +0000

Just up there this evening..snow was falling….all seemed well in the world….

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:17:23 +0000

Thanks for the write up on the home hill. Nice to see it getting some well deserved attention.

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:52:39 +0000

denisincb – I’m working on the weather machine…will let you know when the prototype is ready. Please do report back on Powderhorn!

By: denisincb

denisincb — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:53:03 +0000

I’ve seen trimming of the stalks at lots of ski areas including Crested Butte when there isn’t enough snow to cover them. So Joel, can you please make it snow? I’m thinking of stopping off at Powderhorn because I have to be in Grand Junction Sunday. Maybe I’ll send you a review?

By: skibum

skibum — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:36:24 +0000

Hooray for small town USA (read: not summit county)!!!

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:58:20 +0000

Prodigal Sun – that’s an awesome story about Taos. And no, I didn’t ski over the stalks he just cut…I make it a point to stay far away from garden shears while quickly descending a mountain:-)

By: Prodigal Sun

Prodigal Sun — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:45:40 +0000

I totally cracked up over the trimming of the stalks. “We aim to please.” That’s rad, and the picture to boot. Did you ski over it after he cut it out? …hahaha…For some reason that reminds me of the local lifties at Taos who ski-biked down at the close of the day because snowboarding wasn’t allowed and they didn’t know how to ski. Come to think of it: I don’t think these kids knew how to snowboard either. The small mountain nuances are simply unforgettable.