A-Basin 5/11

mrksn · May 12, 2011

A-Basin 5/11-20

Date(s) Skied: 5/11
Resort or Ski Area: Arapahoe Basin, Summit County, CO
Conditions: Powder/Spring
Trip Report: Skiing here til next Friday, whiteout conditions as light snow fell all day. 10" when I arrived at 11 on top of spring conditions.. knee deep stashes

Round trip air Philly to Denver.. $280

'10-'11 A-Basin Bonus Pass.. $359

Powder day in May.. Priceless

mrksn · May 12, 2011

speden · May 12, 2011

Quite a difference from the east coast.

Looks like you'll be hitting some warmer weather for the rest of your trip.

snoseek · May 12, 2011

Nice! One of my very best days ever in Colorado was in early may at Loveland in 07, very deep and light. That pass is a killer deal. A few years they released the spring version of it for 199. Is Breck still open?

mrksn · May 12, 2011

speden said:
Quite a difference from the east coast.

Looks like you'll be hitting some warmer weather for the rest of your trip.

Yes, we have high of mid 50's beginning tomorrow but I brought my suntan lotion and hawaiian shirt for the beach. :wink:

mrksn · May 12, 2011

snoseek said:
Nice! One of my very best days ever in Colorado was in early may at Loveland in 07, very deep and light. That pass is a killer deal. A few years they released the spring version of it for 199. Is Breck still open?

Loveland closed last Sunday I believe.. they are on my to-ski list, maybe next year. I picked up a couple of hitchhikers skiing loveland pass on the way to a-basin, always nice to lend a helping hand but it was a white knuckle drive towards the top where my rental Ford Focus struggled to move in the slushy road snow.

Breck is closed along with all CO resorts as of last Sunday, its completely dead here in the Keystone/Dillon area. I did think abt Snowbird or Squaw but they only have wknd operations this month, I def lucked out with this last storm.

snoseek · May 12, 2011

mrksn said:
Yes, we have high of mid 50's beginning tomorrow but I brought my suntan lotion and hawaiian shirt for the beach. :wink:

I predict one day of transitional weirdness and then it's gonna be all time! Man I'm so jealous!

jimmywilson69 · May 13, 2011

how did the Pali ski? I was there April 4th and they had received 9' overnight. It was awesome. I lapped the pali until I couldn't ski anymore. Since it was a monday we were parked right on the beach.

Will you be hitting the east wall? I believe it's still open, which is amazing. Unfortunately it wasn't open the day we were there, because of avalanch danger.

bigbog · May 13, 2011

You're just making life in the 65deg range, up here in northern NewEngland(Maine)...so enjoyable mrksn!..:uzi:
Believe it or not there are still many patches of snow in the deeper portions of woods...but only go for ~20' or so...

Next season!

powbmps · May 13, 2011

Unpossible!

Oh man, that shot is nice.

mrksn said:
Powder day in May.. Priceless

mrksn · May 13, 2011

jimmywilson69 said:
how did the Pali ski? I was there April 4th and they had received 9' overnight. It was awesome. I lapped the pali until I couldn't ski anymore. Since it was a monday we were parked right on the beach.

Will you be hitting the east wall? I believe it's still open, which is amazing. Unfortunately it wasn't open the day we were there, because of avalanch danger.

Haven't hit Pali yet but plan to. I did the Pali face once in March and it kicked my butt. I've parked on the beach before, so convenient to ski right out of your trunk to the Pali lift.

I hit the east wall today as they opened it up after two days of snow so got another day of freshies. The traverse was pretty backed up so I only got one run in it.

jimmywilson69 · May 14, 2011

Nice, glad you got to hit the East wall. I've been skunked both times I was out there. when you get over to the Pali, hit the waterfall which I think is also called west alley, good stuff there.

mrksn · May 14, 2011

Date(s) Skied: 5/12
Resort or Ski Area: A-Basin
Conditions: Powder/Spring 6" new
Trip Report: Thursday was a carbon copy of Wednesday as light snow fell all day and visibility was poor. Met a local who I rode with and hit some knee-deep stashes and a face shot!

Date(s) Skied: 5/13
Resort or Ski Area: A-Basin
Conditions: PP/Spring bluebird day 4" new
Trip Report: Friday was great in the morning as I had 3rd chair at the base, 1st Lenawee, 1st Zuma. Hit up the bowl first thing and got some fresh turns in and ripped some groomers. Had 1 run off the cornice but waited too late as it was heavy from the high sun exposure. Back to the front side where they opened the east wall and had 1 run there in about 5" fresh. Got considerably warmer (ppl in t's, shorts, one dude with no shirt at all!) and left at 2. Goggle tan and sunburnt nose achieved in 4 hrs.

My turns on the upper left!

View from Goat Traverse

mrksn · May 14, 2011

bigbog said:
You're just making life in the 65deg range, up here in northern NewEngland(Maine)...so enjoyable mrksn!..:uzi:
Believe it or not there are still many patches of snow in the deeper portions of woods...but only go for ~20' or so...

Next season!

It definitely got above 60 here in the sun today!

Nick · May 16, 2011

Wow that looks beautiful. Love the open terrain. All I see outside is crappy rain.

skiadikt · May 17, 2011

stunned at how much snow there is on the east wall.

jimmywilson69 · May 17, 2011

his last picture is actually in Montezuma bowl and that is the zuma quad lift. I believe those slopes are Max, durannce and griswold in no particular order. They are steep and fun to ski.

jimmywilson69 · May 19, 2011

I saw the basin got another 8" today. Is that 2 May powder days for you?

mrksn · May 19, 2011

Yeah, its been snowing since Wed morning so spring powder was had for the second straight day with more on the way Fri-Sat.. this snow gets heavy in the afternoon but the weather has been pretty crazy. Little squalls followed by abt 15 min of sun then another mini shower then sleet.. I'll have more pics up later

jimmywilson69 · May 20, 2011

I'm jealous...

It looks like there are minimal crowds, which is to be expected on the thrid week of May!

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