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Sept 20, 2007 21:06:33 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 21:06:33 GMT -5
DPB- My sister and her husband lived in Truckee for 3 years before moving to Denver. Lived about 5 or so miles from Donner Pass. Awesome area. I learned how to snowboard out there, instead of learning on the east coast (benefit is learning on snow rather than ice, though riding on ice makes you able to ride on near anything). Love the riding up there, except, oddly, Mt. Rose. That just seemed too much a skiers mountain. Sugarbowl, Northstar (for the parks), and obviously Heavenly were my picks. I wish it snowed out here like it did out there.. I spent a year living in South Lake a few years ago, pretty close to Heavenly. It was crazy. Never been to Northstar, but have been to pretty much everywhere else around here. I haven't been to Squaw in years, and have only skied there. The amount of snow in some of these places is unreal.
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Sept 20, 2007 21:08:49 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 21:08:49 GMT -5
I heard all about Montana from my uncle. Sierra snow is wet and heavy, but fun nonetheless because they get 102597 feet per year. Colorado has nice powder, but I hear the best is Big Sky and Utah. I'm making a trip out to Utah this winter. Big Sky is sometime in the future, because well.. I like to party, and I haven't heard too much about resorts/bars/etc up in Montana.. I have some friends in Provo and Salt Lake right now that I plan on crashing and using their women. Of course everything is better than what I have in Jersey. Ice. And more Ice. It provides for some ridiculous riding as far as speeds are concerned, though, but hardly safe, Very monotonous. Never skied or rode in CO. Been to Park City and Snowbird in Utah. Both very nice. Still trying to get to Whistler one of these days.
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Sept 20, 2007 21:20:09 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 21:20:09 GMT -5
They're saying it's supposed to come down to 5,500 here this weekend, so I can imagine how low it'll come down up there. I wonder if they're be enough sticking around to allow an early ski season opening. I'd love for Heavenly to open up now that I can get free rooms 100 yards from the gondola and I don't even have to use my timeshare. Sad, don't look for Heavenly to stray too much from an early October opening (often Veteran's Day weekend). The temps can't be counted on to stay cool enough for the snow to be any good plus it isn't always economically viable to open that early. Also, a lot of the people who work at these places are like migrants, either following the snow (working North America during the winter and South America during our summers) or they have other "outdoor" related jobs during the summer, so they don't start showing up in the area until late October. I know a bunch of guys, for example, that are snowboard or ski instructers during the winter and river guides during the summer. Look for Boreal to open first-they usually do. Take pride in it.
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Sept 20, 2007 23:21:58 GMT -5
Post by NCBulldawg on Sept 20, 2007 23:21:58 GMT -5
WORLD RECORD 24 HR. SNOWFALL Doug Richmond and Jerry Hance ABSTRACT: On December 26th ā 27th, 2003 Bridger Bowl Ski Area located 17 miles north of Bozeman, MT. Received a world record 24 hr. snowfall. This resulted in the decision to not open to the general public on December 27th. Bridger re-opened on December 28th. This presentation will try to cover the variables, factors affecting these decisions and the techniques used by Pro Patrol and management in responding to this amount of new snow in a short time. 1 World Record? Internet Workforce Amount of new snowfall in past 48 hours 2 Good Morning Workforce Highway closed Morning meeting 3 7:00 am Plan Resources available Transportation Avalanche control Routes Future Resources 4 Results from Avalanche Routes North/South Present Factors and Conditions Snowfall/Wind/Temperature Varying snow density layers Human strength Evolving 11:00am Plan Continued snowfall rate of >1ā per hour Inability to run complete Avi routes Special case No public Tomorrow, Today Protection of transportation resources Avalanche reduction routes Patrol team management December 28th Opening Number of public guests Special considerations Lift Openings/Ski Run Openings First aid room 5 Summary Corresponding author address: Doug Richmond Bridger Bowl Ski Area Bozeman, MT (406) 782-5177 279
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Sept 20, 2007 23:26:55 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 23:26:55 GMT -5
Ok, so don't tease-how much?
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Sept 20, 2007 23:31:57 GMT -5
Post by NCBulldawg on Sept 20, 2007 23:31:57 GMT -5
Okay...the one day total was....
Bozeman digs out
By KELLYN BROWN Chronicle Staff
It's possible to get too much of a good thing.
Just ask those who were told the Bridger Bowl ski area would not open on Saturday -- because of snow.
"Be careful what you wish for," said Tim Schwarze, who works in marketing at the ski mountain.
The area reported receiving between 50 and 60 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, and marketing director Doug Wales said crews continued to do avalanche control work as snow continued to fall.
"This very well may be an all-time record (of snowfall in a day)," Wales said. "The rest of the season we'll be off and rocking."
But right now, employees are trying to dig out chairlifts and scrambling to get the mountain open on Sunday.
Skiers should call the resort's snow phone at 586-2389 to see if Bridger opens at all this weekend.
"It's still coming down now," Wales said. "They're calling for another foot of snow."
In the Gallatin Valley, the National Weather Service reported snow depth to be around 12 inches Saturday morning, with eight inches of new snow falling in the last 24 hours.
Unlike Bridger Bowl, that is nowhere near a record.
In 1973, 16.5 inches of snow fell in Bozeman during a 24-hour period.
But the recent heavy snowfall still reminded some locals of the "old days," when it was not uncommon for the area to get dumped on regularly.
"I think the last time this happened was Christmas in '96," Robb Branson, a manager at Ace Hardware Owenhouse, said. "The following day, we had record snow thrower sales."
He said it's too early to tell if the recent snowfall would have the same effect because "people are still trying to dig out to come down here."
Other local businesses reported a steady stream of customers throughout the day.
A manager at Bob Ward Sporting Goods Center acknowledged that his store was not "busting at the seams" with shoppers, but said several people were braving the weather to take advantage of after-Christmas sales.
"We're still doing pretty well," Stan Fisher said. "People are still coming in."
To do so, motorists had to maneuver some treacherous roads.
The Department of Transportation called employees in off vacation to deal with the snowpacked highways, said Margaret McCoy, who works at the DOT's Bozeman office.
"I've been swamped all day," McCoy said.
The snow was so deep, several buses and tractor trailers got stuck driving up on-ramps to Interstate 90.
"All our plows are out doing the main roads," McCoy said. "The ramps are secondary."
Robin Whalin made it to the Gallatin Valley from Rapid City, S.D., to ski the area mountains. He didn't seem too upset the heavy snowfall delayed hitting the slopes a bit.
"I started skiing here in '72," Whalin said. "This is like Bozeman was 25 years ago."
The lower part of Big Sky Mountain Resort opened on time Saturday morning. But -- like Bridger -- ski patrollers were doing avalanche control, said Dax Schieffer, a spokesperson at the resort.
Also, authorities are asking snowmobilers to be extra cautious the next couple days because of the high risk of a backcountry avalanche.
"Just let people know where you're going," said Chris Kent, a member of Gallatin County Search and Rescue. "And let them know when you're coming back."
He also suggested snowmobilers wear transceivers, so it is easier to locate individuals in case of an avalanche.
Roads around Bozeman are expected to remain snowpacked and icy for some time, according to the DOT, and poor visibility due to blowing snow was reported in the area.
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Sept 20, 2007 23:35:02 GMT -5
Post by NCBulldawg on Sept 20, 2007 23:35:02 GMT -5
Will that do, dpb? It was incredible. I just wish i had a picture of a guy up to his beard, buried, with the lift chair bottom not visible, it was classic, but so far no go.
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Sept 20, 2007 23:40:58 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 23:40:58 GMT -5
Nice. The year I lived in South Lake Tahoe I came down here (Reno) one weekend to stay with my GF (who I now live with). When I left SLT on Friday there was no snow on my driveway. We got two feet down here. When I got back up to my house on Tuesday morning the snow on my driveway was up to my armpits (I am 6' 7"). Where it had drifted up against the garage door it was 8 or 9 feet high. Took me 2 hours to get my car in the garage. I still have the pics somewhere. If I find them I'll post.
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Sept 20, 2007 23:48:42 GMT -5
Post by NCBulldawg on Sept 20, 2007 23:48:42 GMT -5
You have to love it, don't you. I can't ski those conditions but it sure was beautiful and incredible and found myself dumbfounded by the overall amount. I am familiar with the dumps you get up there in Tahoe area, especially when they line up one after another. Back in the early 80's, my friends, I couldn't go, would have to slide down a snow chute they had to carve out to get to their chalet. The snow had piled up like 11 feet or some gawd-awful amount, and this was at Mammoth! Don't think that is going to happen here in Charlotte....woe is me! Well, enjoy the Fall and Winter. Let's hope you get a bit of Fall before the whiteout up in the mountains.
Time for bed, as a golf game is in my future with a few gamecocks, and no, not that Gamecock, tomorrow at 2 in Columbia on what was once the University Course, but is now, of course, being developed with about 10, 000 homes. Ok, I exaggerated.
Good luck this weekend, may UCLA bounce back from whatever that was last Saturday.
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Sept 20, 2007 23:54:34 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 20, 2007 23:54:34 GMT -5
The first year I lived in Big Bear Lake was the El Nino year of 97-98. El NInio tends to drag the storm track down into Socal and leaves it there. It started snowing in October-finally stopped around Father's Day. There were a few houses that I showed that year by entering through balcony doors on second floors.
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Sept 21, 2007 0:12:23 GMT -5
Post by NCBulldawg on Sept 21, 2007 0:12:23 GMT -5
Yessir, remarkable in all its glory. Though I am a Leo and am ruled by the sun, so it says, I do love the olitude, peacefulness and eerily quiet of a fresh snow day in Winter. Cross country skiing up Mill Creek in Paradise Valley, when you are 37 and are "dating" a 22 year old and are both healthy at the time. life was great. Doing my best to head back that direction, but will be just as happywith an older woman into the saem thing. But, well, if it happens again, I will ponder the situation on a csae by case study.
Time to call it dpb, enjoy the PT or MT of the evenng! Can't quite rember where you are in relation to time zones, though I'm fairly sure it is PT. Again...good night!
NC
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Sept 21, 2007 0:14:48 GMT -5
Post by dpb13 on Sept 21, 2007 0:14:48 GMT -5
Night. Have fun playing golf tomorrow. I really need to learn how to golf at some point. Catch you later.
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Sept 21, 2007 10:25:45 GMT -5
Post by Life's too short. on Sept 21, 2007 10:25:45 GMT -5
Some of you guys are probably too young to remember it, but I was up at my family's place in Homewood the week we were hit so hard that avalanches took out Alpine Meadows over the hill from us and killed a number of people in the lodge and on the road into the resort. That's the most snow I've ever seen in that short a period.
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