Over the last few seasons, we have seen a significant increase in uphill travel here at the ski area. For many, it is more about the up than the down! With this in mind, we have made some updates to our uphill policy this year. To start with, it will be an Uphill Pass instead of an Uphill Access paper…
We had another small round of Helicopter work today up here on the mountain. Xcel Energy contracted with a crew to fly in a replacement pole for the Whitepine power line. This line crosses US 50 near the Waterdog Lakes Trailhead. It then travels up the Waterdog drainage and over the Continental Divide near the summit of No Name Peak.…
These big fellas were on the move after Friday’s snowstorm. It’s good to know that we have this kind of healthy wildlife up here on the pass. As a CSU alum…it’s even better!
We received a nice blanket of snow last night! It actually caught us a bit by surprise as this last wave overproduced as it moved through. It looks to stay sunny over the weekend and into next week with a chance for some more snowy weather later in the month. Not enough to ski on yet but definitely building the…
This week has brought on a significant change in our weather. Cooler temps and a few inches of snow have reminded us that we are not too far away from our favorite season…winter! We look to have a bit more snow on tap for today and tomorrow. After that, we return to a drier pattern with some more chances of…
Always something impressive to take in on the way up the pass.
Here is a view from above looking over the expanded Paradise Lot. You can really see the scale of the improvement from this perspective with the main lot in view for comparison. The Paradise Lot basically doubled in size going from approximately 1.81 acres to 3.66. As mentioned earlier, this should really help reduce those pinch points on peak days…
While we only had a dusting on the board the other day, we now have a light blanket of snow on the mountain. While most of this won’t stick around, it sure didn’t take long to get another reminder that winter is on the way.
That’s how long it has been between snowfall on the pass. As mentioned in an earlier post, we picked up a dusting in late June and now have another in late September. It won’t be long now before it actually starts sticking around.
