Having just missed the brunt of the most recent storm to march across Colorado, the local snowpack is starting to show some signs of age. Modest quantities over the last week, totaling16" at the Alpine resort elevations, have kept the surface fresh, but deeper layers...
The winter sun has started to add a thin crisp patina to south facing aspects as well as in old tracks. The old tracks have micro-aspects that face south, and thus are subject to melting from exposure to direct solar rays, while neighboring snow remains a powdery...
Surface snow quality is surprisingly consistent in the Fraser Valley, considering the vast variability in temperature and wind that we've seen over the progression of the development of the current snowpack. Depths in the Winter Park environs are averaging closer to...
There is no shortage of snow in Colorado this January. But the kaleidoscope of conditions continues to add variety within the snowpack. Warmth early in the week brought rain and graupel high up into the Colorado valley, and with colder temperatures following, there is...
Fresh powder!!! and lots of it! ...falling down and falling sideways... with more in the forecast, came during the first week of the year. The blessings of winter moisture did not come without a bit of a harsh edge, as swirling gusts closed lifts, obscured roads and...
The New Year greets us with plenty of white on the ground, but the snow is beginning to feel a bit on the stale side, as since the last snowfall of any significance, it has been warmed over by the sun, and hammered into short sheets of starchy wind-slab by the howling...
Recent weather patterns have made it hard to know from day to day what to expect out in the Grand backcountry. On any given outing within the last week you might experience frigid, finger-biting cold, lift-stopping winds, or seemingly tropical warmth. Nevertheless, as...
The Deadhorse loop is now clear of trees and in good shape overall! Ski it before the next Wind event! Warm temperatures have stiffened and added some weight to the powder, as well as having created some crust on south-facing, exposed aspects, but the good news is...
We are set up for an excellent Nordic Holiday Ski Season. The late, but generous fall snows have left a solid blanket of snow over the Fraser and Colorado River valleys with depths ranging from teens to 30" and more at higher elevations below tree-line. We are...
Ullr has been kind to us here in the upper Fraser Valley, bringing a wave of storms with additional doses of light fluffy powder that is expected to continue for the remainder of the week. Wild fluctuations in temperature and strong winds early in the week have...
