Taste of Spring

We’ve had a few beautiful spring days up here lately. The snow is still perfect on the northeast slopes while the south and west slopes are just starting to get that spring feel to them. It looks to be downright warm next week. It looks like we just may get a few days of slushy bumps in this season after…

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Mountain Ops Snowcat

We had a crew from the Mountain Ops departments out skiing & riding on the cat today. With a little fresh snow and some blue skies in the afternoon, everyone seemed to have a great time. We try to do this each spring as a way to say thank you for working so hard all season. Tomorrow, the Guest Services…

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April First Chair

We had a two-day wind closure on the Breezeway lift and a foot of fresh snow just waiting. I was lucky enough to get out early today and enjoy the goods right as we were getting our lifts rolling for the day. On top of that, it was a classic Colorado ski morning with fresh snow and crisp blue skies.…

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Wind & Snow

It was that kind of day. I had a feeling that last night’s storm would over produce and we woke up to 6″ of fresh snow falling overnight. The storm’s momentum continued during the day with several more inches of snow coming down. The wind played its part for the second day in a row with a few more wind…

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Cord

Our slope maintenance team has been working well over a hundred nights in a row grooming the mountain while all of us sleep tight in our beds. We all owe them a huge thank you for coming up night after night and storm after storm. If you see one of these guys as they are headed out of the parking…

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Cold One

It’s been darn cold lately for the end of March. The weather station today at the top of Mirkwood read -5°F at 9am when the lifts started spinning and warmed all the way up to 0°F by 4pm when they closed. Hope everyone was bundled up today! It looks to warm up over the next few days before we get…

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As Promised

Yesterday’s storm day delivered the classic Colorado day today. The skies cleared and the powder snow was just waiting for us. We reported 7″ in the last two days but there was much more than that on our abundant wind-loaded northeast slopes. This spring snow is typically just a bit more dense and with the wind yesterday it created a…

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Blizzard Day

The wind was howling and the snow was coming down. I know that the bluebird-pow day is the quintessential Colorado ski experience. However, there is something about skiing on a storm day where each successive run gets better. Tracks are filled in, the new snow depth grows with each hour and oftentimes the crowds leave early…or maybe it’s just that…

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