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Rain Rain Rain

[floridaskier]

About time for a little more snow in Utah too

[Skiing#1]

Little snow here in Utah??? Well, there was no snow in the valley, just very little rain. Park City recieved zero. Brighton/Alta recieved two inches of new snow, not much. Brain Head recieved 12 inches of new snow and it opens now.

[skisox34]

Here in VT we are into the 6" of snow and then an inch of rain cycle. The only good thing is we will have a nice solid base...

[vons]

28" IN THE LAST 72 HERE AT COPPER

[powhoundAK]

Here in AK we have 212" so far with a base of 105". It finally stopped snowing, we recieved 117" in this storm cycle!!! Off to a GREAT start!!!

[mikest2]

powhoundAK, on Dec 1 2008, 09:28 AM, said:

Here in AK we have 212" so far with a base of 105". It finally stopped snowing, we recieved 117" in this storm cycle!!! Off to a GREAT start!!!

Dang !! You got winter !

[Kicking Horse]

The Big Burn was sch to opening on Sunday the 30th. however Due to high winds the lift never opened. And it also blew some of the snow off. So as of right now the Burn is not running. Just the Village Express, Skycab, Elk Camp Gondi, Meadows Quad, and the carpets.

[SkiBachelor]

Winter Park Resort still hasn't opened up any additional terrain and I'm not sure why.

[Lift Kid]

mjturley34, on Dec 2 2008, 10:11 PM, said:

I heard that since the economy is so bad that winter had been called off until next year or until congress can authorize a bailout ?

I think the ski industry would be a better recipient than the auto companies who are going to keep us in an energy crisis.

[CH3skier]

mjturley34, on Dec 2 2008, 09:11 PM, said:

I heard that since the economy is so bad that winter had been called off until next year or until congress can authorize a bailout ?

Good one!! Maybe the Yellowstone club and Tamarak could change their business entity to a bank, and ask for some bailout money!!

[Allan]

mikest2, on Dec 1 2008, 08:20 PM, said:

Dang !! You got winter !

Boy we certainly don't....

[mikest2]

Allan, on Dec 2 2008, 09:11 PM, said:

Boy we certainly don't....

We got teased with another inch last nite, and big winds today.

[boardski]

SkiBachelor, on Dec 2 2008, 09:03 PM, said:

Winter Park Resort still hasn't opened up any additional terrain and I'm not sure why.

I E-mailed Winter Park to inquire/ complain about the lack of terrain open and was told that it is just very difficult to predict snow conditions and they are not certain when more terrain will open.
My theory is they are waiting until 12/26 to open the remaining terrain for the season to cut costs but I hope I am wrong. I have seen MJ open in previous seasons with the base depth they are reporting now. Copper is following another annoying practice of opening terrain for the weekends and closing it down and having minimal terrain open for people who ski during the week when it is not crowded. These early season limited terrain opening games are very annoying. I'm not sure if it is economically driven or what is going on. Hopefully things will change starting this weekend now that the forcast looks more favorable for skiing.

On the other side of the spectrum, Loveland now has lifts 1,2,3,4,6,7 open to the public (only 2 lifts remain closed) with tons of terrain open including expert terrain. This will bring a well-deserved boost to an under-rated ski resort's business! A Loveland season pass would have been a good investment this year.

[Kicking Horse]

In the case of Snowmass, there is not enough snow to even think about opening more up. However it's suppose to snow up there tonight and tomorrow. So let's pray. Last I heard we need 3 to 4 feet before the rest of the mountain opens up. :)

[Kicking Horse]

The Big Burn has opened up with 1 run. :)

[liftmech]

boardski, on Dec 3 2008, 08:14 PM, said:

Copper is following another annoying practice of opening terrain for the weekends and closing it down and having minimal terrain open for people who ski during the week when it is not crowded. These early season limited terrain opening games are very annoying. I'm not sure if it is economically driven or what is going on. Hopefully things will change starting this weekend now that the forcast looks more favorable for skiing.

You have to keep in mind the variability of snow this time of year. Some of the runs that were open one day were skied down to weeds and rocks by the next The storm on Saturday/Sunday gave us a bunch of snow, sure, but the winds then moved it around to where it wasn't feasible to open new terrain. After it all settled out the past two days, we've been able to open more runs and lifts (Timberline today, the Bee tomorrow, not sure what's next but I'd anticipate more).

[NoPainNoJane]

boardski, on Dec 3 2008, 08:14 PM, said:

I E-mailed Winter Park to inquire/ complain about the lack of terrain open and was told that it is just very difficult to predict snow conditions and they are not certain when more terrain will open.
My theory is they are waiting until 12/26 to open the remaining terrain for the season to cut costs but I hope I am wrong. I have seen MJ open in previous seasons with the base depth they are reporting now. Copper is following another annoying practice of opening terrain for the weekends and closing it down and having minimal terrain open for people who ski during the week when it is not crowded. These early season limited terrain opening games are very annoying. I'm not sure if it is economically driven or what is going on. Hopefully things will change starting this weekend now that the forcast looks more favorable for skiing.

On the other side of the spectrum, Loveland now has lifts 1,2,3,4,6,7 open to the public (only 2 lifts remain closed) with tons of terrain open including expert terrain. This will bring a well-deserved boost to an under-rated ski resort's business! A Loveland season pass would have been a good investment this year.

WP has announced that they will have top to bottom access w/ Eskimo & Zephyr at noon tomorrow.

[boardski]

liftmech, on Dec 4 2008, 10:44 AM, said:

You have to keep in mind the variability of snow this time of year. Some of the runs that were open one day were skied down to weeds and rocks by the next The storm on Saturday/Sunday gave us a bunch of snow, sure, but the winds then moved it around to where it wasn't feasible to open new terrain. After it all settled out the past two days, we've been able to open more runs and lifts (Timberline today, the Bee tomorrow, not sure what's next but I'd anticipate more).

It is good Copper is opening more terrain. Most of my irritation has lied with Winter Park's terrain opening games. I was just disappointed because I have skied/ ridden at Copper every Monday during November and have been looking forward to hitting the expert terrain off the Excellerator lift. I thought Copper might be following the same limited mountain openings pattern as Winter Park due to some unknown economic reason since they are operated by the same company. I should have known better, while I love to ski at Winter Park (when Mary Jane is open), Copper seems to be a much better run ski area than Winter Park. Thank you for the update.

Incidentally, lift 8 at Loveland was scheduled to open at noon today, that leaves only 1 lift not yet operating.
Sounds like winter is finally starting. Better late than never although these warm crappy Novembers are getting old. Hopefully Utah and other areas still awaiting snow will receive it soon.