First signs that ski season is near

[Abubob]

NWS officially declares it's too cold to issue freeze/frost warnings.

 

[billski]

Ski house membership, check
Clothing, Good enough
Equipment, check
Ski vouchers, ordered
Heat packs, plenty.
Snow tires, plenty of tread
Sleeping bag for those "emergency" snow situations - came in time for my birthday!

 

[billski]

NWS officially declares it's too cold to issue freeze/frost warnings.

foolish thinking. Well, keep them over in Gray Maine, they'll never know!

Then again the Weather Channel will issue an Armageddon Alert. I'm sure they'll start naming frost events soon.:roll:

 

[bigbog]

Snow tires, plenty of tread..........

ALL new snows for both Xterra(Firestone Winterforce UVs) & FWD Accord(GT Altimax Arctics)..via TireRack. The cheap things I've dealt with last couple winters were not Cooper's best & latest...nor Bridgestone's(1992 stock AT tires:lol:...51K mi)

ski gear......check(...and walkmode downhill boots)
ski clothes...check
skis............have a few+ to demo..

SL: resident $42/Wednesdays
Saddleback: (haven't committed yet)
(watching for vouchers..)

 

[tumbler]

Anyone else have a crap load of acorns? They are literally accumulating in my yard. Sign of a snowy winter, right?

 

[wtcobb]

Started using the wood stove Thursday night. First full frost this morning in Littleton.

 

[deadheadskier]

How's your girlfriend doing wtcobb? I hope much better.

 

[dlague]

Just picked up my son's skis. Just got them mounted. Starting to tune our skis!

 

[steamboat1]

This is a good sign.

 

[Abubob]

This is a good sign.

Is that Cannon? Are they getting ready to ice up the chairs again?

 

[steamboat1]

Is that Cannon? Are they getting ready to ice up the chairs again?

Rime at K.

 

[billski]

Anyone else have a crap load of acorns? They are literally accumulating in my yard. Sign of a snowy winter, right?

Yep. I'm pretty sure the squirrels are throwing them at me.

 

[dlague]

This is a good sign.

Like their quote on their post - "Hope you enjoyed summer. We're preparing to end it."

 

[billski]

Like their quote on their post - "Hope you enjoyed summer. We're preparing to end it."

In software engineering parlance, we have three stages: 1. End of Life, 2. Discontinued, 3. Obsolete.
Thanks to the frost, we have just completed Stage 1.

 

[slatham]

We have winter season forecasts - or fall updates - coming out. All point to a good winter in the NE if not as cold and r@#* free as last winter. Also I'd say that overall confidence is lower than last year (or 2) given El Nino. But it looks to NOT be a typical El Nino year (which are often bad in the NE) due to numerous factors, several of which were in play last year (or 2) and helped with the cold (PDO for instance). Worth a web search for more details.

 

[dlague]

We have winter season forecasts - or fall updates - coming out. All point to a good winter in the NE if not as cold and r@#* free as last winter. Also I'd say that overall confidence is lower than last year (or 2) given El Nino. But it looks to NOT be a typical El Nino year (which are often bad in the NE) due to numerous factors, several of which were in play last year (or 2) and helped with the cold (PDO for instance). Worth a web search for more details.

Should post this in the Winter forecast thread!

 

[Abubob]

Rime at K.

Yeah I really didn't think it was Cannon cause there's no Powerline there. I was trying to make a bad joke. Bomb-o!!

 

[steamboat1]

Is that Cannon? Are they getting ready to ice up the chairs again?

Yeah I really didn't think it was Cannon cause there's no Powerline there. I was trying to make a bad joke. Bomb-o!!

K can be the same too although this wasn't caused by snowmaking

 

[skiNEwhere]

Silvertons annual face shots and base shots pic, taken today, 10/6

 

[deadheadskier]

Ever been? How far of a ride is it from the Aspen or Summit County areas?