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First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:54 am
by MrBlah
'Tis snowing out side rite now in lovely Golden, Colorado. The first of the season... i got woken up buy snowballs in the face.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:08 pm
by l3eeron
Cant wait to go Snowboarding...
My boss is getting me a season pass to Mtn High!
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:34 pm
by MrBlah
what is mtn High? is it taller than 13,000 feet? the mountains in Colorado have base camps perse of 9,000 ft. and peaks on over 12,000 feet, the ones for snowboarding and skiiing that is.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:20 pm
by Zman
man where I live are lows are in the low 60's we barely ever get snow
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:03 pm
by Red Seal
snowball to the face no i think a spade in the back would be better. (lol jk) i just wish i could see snow longer than a day
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:50 pm
by l3eeron
[quote="MrBlah";p="47000"]
what is mtn High? is it taller than 13,000 feet? the mountains in Colorado have base camps perse of 9,000 ft. and peaks on over 12,000 feet, the ones for snowboarding and skiiing that is.
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Here's the stats for Mtn High
Mountain Statistics
Original Resort Opening: 1941
Elevations
8,200 feet. East Mountain Peak
6,600 feet. East Mountain Base
8,000 feet. West Mountain Peak
7,000 feet. West Mountain Base
7,800 feet. North Mountain Peak
7,200 feet. North Mountain Base
6,000 feet. Wrightwood, CA
Vertical Rise: 1,600 feet
Skiable Terrain: 290 acres
Permit Terrain: 515 acres
Average Annual Snowfall: 144 inches (10yr average)
Average Length of Season: Early November - Late April
Trails: 60
13 Beginner @ 22%
25 Intermediate @ 41%
22 Advanced @ 37%
Snowmaking: Coverage on 75% of the resort
Lifts: 16 Total
2 High Speed Quads
2 Quad Chairlifts
2 Triple Chairlifts
5 Double Chairlifts
3 Handle Tows
2 Moving Carpets
Terrain Features: Located throughout the West Resort.
But Ive been to Breckenridge, home of the highest lift in north america 13,900 feet
Breck's my fave!
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:03 pm
by DeafOfficeWorker
I used to live in Durango, and work at (what was) Purgatory. Then I came back here.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:53 pm
by Bleeding Tomato
[quote="l3eeron";p="47021"]
Breck's my fave![/quote]
We loved it up there too. My wife and I spent a week in June there in a condo. WE actually had snow in June
We loved it too.
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:07 pm
by MrBlah
If you go to A-Basin you can ski on the 4th of July
and yeah... all the good ski resorts in Colorado have higher bases than pretty much all the peaks everywhere else, except probably Alaska, the mountain ranges everywhere else in the US arent tall enough lol.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:23 pm
by l3eeron
Here's a couple shots I got last season
click thumbnails
The hugest boad park Ive seen besides Mammoth's
The base was like 16 foot
The Imperial Lift 13,800 something feet. (The little black square-ish looking thing in the middle of the peak) Pretty much all the snow in this picture is accessable
and this only half the resort! I took this picture out of my hotel window.
Mr. B
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:31 pm
by l3eeron
ok Im bored...
a couple videos of Breck I youtube'd
This one is coming down from the Imperial lift
if you look close the skier on the left eats crap right about -1.12
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http://www.youtube.com/v/IEi62hNRKZ4[/video]
This is just a nice little groomed run
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http://www.youtube.com/v/hqBOPhb88IM[/video]
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:26 am
by Bleeding Tomato
l3eeron was the picture of you taken at Bubba Gumps?
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:43 am
by bonez19
Those videos are increasing my snowboarding fever that has been growing since a few weeks ago. I can't wait to go this year. I'm from Washington and we don't have any places near as big as the ones you guys are talking about. Most of the places around here have a peak elevation of about 6,000ft. Still, I'm just happy to get out. I'm praying for someplace close to open during Thanksgiving break so i can get out asap.
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:56 am
by Morbid
Dang blah i consider colorado slow!
, we had snow a week ago
Re: First snow of the season
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:02 am
by Nanite
When I lived in Colorado Springs Breckenridge was the only place I'd go.
