Comments on: Weekend warrior + great video

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:39:30 +0000

Gluten Free Snowboarder – Wolf Creek and the San Juans should do pretty well with around 12″, up to 20″ if things come together. Elsewhere in the Elks (Aspen/CB), things are more scattered/uncertain. I put 4-8″ which could be on the low end, but I don’t want to get too excited too soon. The front range snow looks decent-to-good on Sunday, with up to 10″ in the higher foothills/eastern peaks by Sunday night.

By: Gluten Free Snowboarder

Gluten Free Snowboarder — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:10:58 +0000

Joel – I spend a lot of time looking at forecasts and your accuracy is quickly moving you to the top of the list. That said – any update for this weekend? NWS has a storm warning on for Wolf Creek while CAIC is calling for light amounts down there. Both are calling for a good upslope on the front range and little west of the divide. Your thoughts?

By: Ibclimbin

Ibclimbin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:48:19 +0000

The Flying Spaghetti Monster definitely was on the scene. Hayduke – Thanks for posting and making it entertaining as well as educational.

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:59:28 +0000

Kestrel Dickerson – thanks for the kind words! Have fun and be safe out there!

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:58:51 +0000

Jeff – thanks for the compliment! Your guess of 4-6″ for the Steamboat area this weekend could be about right. I see a few inches Fri night into Saturday, and then another shot of a few inches mostly on Sunday and Sunday evening.

By: Joel Gratz

Joel Gratz — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:57:31 +0000

Matt – I don’t forsee lots of snow for Vail this weekend. Maybe a few inches on Friday night into Saturday, and another few inches on Saturday night through Sunday. I’d say anything that you demo would be fine, but if you are used to race skis, why not try something a little more all mountain? Maybe 85mm under foot? You could still carve, but they would be a little more fun in the choppy snow…

By: big gratz0

big gratz0 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:20:40 +0000

Hello gratz0 –

Thanks for sending some snow East…supposed to get around a foot or so!!

Can’t get there Saturday due to impossible driving conditions but your good old Dad will be there Sunday and Monday to get some of that Eastern Powder. Hope it’s light and fluffy like your snow out West!!

Thnk Sno!!

Love ya – Dad

By: Kestrel Dickerson

Kestrel Dickerson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:58 +0000

Joel,
Awesome site. You’ve been dead on so far this year which is way better than any other source. Nice to see a forecast geared toward back country users. I myself am a snowmobiler, and while you are geared at skiers primarily, your forecasts are the first thing I go to when planning my trips and riding areas. Thanks a lot man, keep up the good work!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:19:35 +0000

1) Great site. Love your forecasts and general “banter”. I would enjoy to see some additional forecasting for Jackson though (as I’m not overly impressed with the forecast up there)

2) Armchair QBing is so so lame. Everyone has their own risk profile/decision making strategies. If you are skiing beyond the ropes, you are under taking a certain amount of risk. No matter what. I think everyone who has skied fun snow (pow) in Colorado has made “questionable” decisions at times and I’m sure the people in this party now recognize their faults. Hind site is always 20/20.

3)Now that you’ve had an additional 24 hours to look at the weather models, what are your thoughts for today through Sunday in the Steamboat area? 4-6″?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:01:55 +0000

Hey, so i’m going to be up at vail this weekend (saturday+sunday), and i just broke my race skis, so i’m looking to demo, but i don’t want to demo race skis if there is going to be lots of snow.
What do you think?