The Guns are on...

[marcski]

At A-Basin in Colorado:

http://www.arapahoebasin.com/images/9_25_07_snow.jpg

 

[rob56789]

wow i didn't realize they started making snow so early in colorado when do they usually open?

 

[marcski]

A-Basin and Loveland are usually the first resorts in the nation to open.

Loveland also started the guns last night.

http://www.skiloveland.com/snowmaking/

http://www.skiloveland.com/themountain/photoslivecams/photos__live_cams.aspx

 

[skiadikt]

it's gotta be nice to have a base elevation of 11000 ft.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Guns & Altitude

it's gotta be nice to have a base elevation of 11000 ft.

The altitude is great for the snow making, but sure sets those "flatlanders" to huffin and puffin when they fly in!

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

A-Basin and Loveland are usually the first resorts in the nation to open.

Loveland also started the guns last night.

http://www.skiloveland.com/snowmaking/

http://www.skiloveland.com/themountain/photoslivecams/photos__live_cams.aspx

it's gotta be nice to have a base elevation of 11000 ft.

True dat, but did you ever notice when you pass Loveland I-87 seems to keep ascending?

It seems like Breck, Copper, A-basin, etc. all should have higher base elevation.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

True dat, but did you ever notice when you pass Loveland I-87 seems to keep ascending?

It seems like Breck, Copper, A-basin, etc. all should have higher base elevation.

Huh? You pass Loveland, you enter the Eisenhower Tunnel. That tunnel crosses UNDER the Continental Divide. From there you go down, down, down...Dillon & Silverthorne next exit on I-70.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Huh? You pass Loveland, you enter the Eisenhower Tunnel. That tunnel crosses UNDER the Continental Divide. From there you go down, down, down...Dillon & Silverthorne next exit on I-70.

Really? My bad. I've done it 5 times too. It always seemed to me when we drove back from the Breck area to ski Loveland or MJ we where going down. I have a terrible sense for direction, so like I said my bad.

 

[kingslug]

Maybe I'll start the season there. Got a few days of vacation left over.

 

[snowman]

I'm not sure about A basin, But Loveland seems to be getting somewhere! >>>>

http://www.skiloveland.com/snowmaking/snowmakingphotos.aspx

 

[twinplanx]

Hey nice link those shots show some nice time elapsed progress.

 

[Marc]

I don't know about anyone else, but that gets me sexually aroused.

 

[Grassi21]

I don't know about anyone else, but that gets me sexually aroused.

check it out...

www.namsla.com.edu.org

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

The altitude is great for the snow making, but sure sets those "flatlanders" to huffin and puffin when they fly in!

Taos, Ski Apache and Ski Santa Fe usually get me going at 10,000' @ the base. I can only imagine how much more that would suck out of me. At least in NM and Salt Lake UT you can ski high and sleep low. I find that that's a big help for someone like me from Sea Level.

Nice to see some action. I'll be happier when it's in our neighborhood.

 

[marcski]

Taos, Ski Apache and Ski Santa Fe usually get me going at 10,000' @ the base. I can only imagine how much more that would suck out of me. At least in NM and Salt Lake UT you can ski high and sleep low. I find that that's a big help for someone like me from Sea Level.

Nice to see some action. I'll be happier when it's in our neighborhood.

You're better off sleeping high too..After a day or 2, the skiing wont' feel so high. (as in altitude, you guys...)Skiing always makes me feel high)

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Jackson Hole treats me right since the base and town is around 6k and the summit is a little over 10k..I hiked Mount Umcompadre in the San Juans a few years back and that was my one and only time above 14k and that was rough..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I don't know about anyone else, but that gets me sexually aroused.

Same here I feel like I took a Cialis/Viagra speedball...I need to see a Dr..:dunce:

 

[bvibert]

Same here I feel like I took a Cialis/Viagra speedball...I need to see a Dr..:dunce:

Or a hooker...

 

[Marc]

check it out...

www.namsla.com.edu.org

See now you've got the right idea.

 

[snowman]

http://www.skiloveland.com/snowmaking/snowmakingphotos.aspx

Check out todays new pics....they look like they're good to go! Serious ski porn....

They probably have a bit more work to do at the base if it's anything like years past. Gotta love the circa 1985 3000 cfm-of-air-is-the-only-way-to-make-snow-at-36F gun at the top