Colorado Blog 2019

It was a sunny and mild morning. Temp at 8am was already 28 degrees. It had the makings of a great ski day. We went to Copper Mtn   and all of the weekend warriors had gone home. Lift lines were small so we were able to ski down and right onto the lifts. We stayed in the West Village of the mountain which allowed us to get many runs in. By 1pm, we already skied 2 hours but by 1:30pm, some clouds moved in and the wind picked up. As you looked into the sky, you could see a WAVE cloud which is a stationary cloud which doesn’t move. By the end of the day, because of some of the clouds, it was a spectacular sunset.     It will remain mild and sunny for the next few days. Skiing should remain good.

No additional fell overnight. The morning was cold, near 8 degrees, but sunny. After church, we went to City Market to get our weekend dose of apple turnovers and jelly donuts. Because it was a sunny day and not windy, we took a walk by the lake. There wasn’t anyone on the lake which was a surprise. After a light lunch we went to the Sauce to listen to Leon Littlefedda. He plays from 3pm to 5pm and was very enjoyable. We had our HH drinks and ½ price appetizers. About 6pm we returned home to watch the Oscars. The weather forecast for tomorrow calls for sunny and mild temps. It may be a great skiing day. Yesterday at Copper Mtn we checked out the private skiing lesson prizes. To our SURPRISE, the cost of a private lesson was over $750 for a full day. Tooo pricey for us.

The final totals were about 4-5 inches of power snow. The morning started with cold temps, around 8 degrees, and sunny skies. The only problem was the wind that was blowing about 30MPH. This made the wind chill below zero. This was too cold for us even for a walk around the lake. After lunch, we decided to go to Copper Mtn. to watch all of the weekend warriors skiing. We watched them from Jack’s Bar where Lefty Lucy was playing. It was a fun day of watching people. We saw a bridal party walk by in full dress. We then watched patrons get up on the bar to dance and enjoy a “shot ski”. When we left, a light snow was falling.

We had a little of each today. It was a weird weather day. This morning started under sunny skies and temps around 28 degrees. However, the weather report was still calling a BIG storm. So we went to Keystone to catch the first chair. The snow was good and the trails all groomed. We skied our usual 2 hours and with the Friday crowds starting to show up we went home. But by 2pm, heavy snow started and we had a very quick 3-4 inches. The snow turned the roadways into parking lots and I70 was closed again because of multiple spin outs. As quickly the snow started falling, by 5pm it was only very light snow. So I don’t know if that was the BIG storm that was coming. The roadways were still a mess so we stayed in for the night. Tomorrow morning we will see the storm totals. Whatever the totals it will be great skiing for the vacationers.

While it was zero at 7am, by 9am the temp rose to 20 degrees under partly sunny skies. While crossing the Dillon Dam road, the wind was blowing up the roadway causing blinding conditions. However, once past the up slope, the blowing snow stopped and we continued to Copper Mtn. Along I70, the signs indicated to be aware of a snow storm starting this afternoon and into Friday. By 2pm, it was still only overcast. No snow had started but we finished skiing for the day. After taking a hot shower, we went to the Arapahoe Café for dinner and then to the Dam for drinks. We talked with several locals to find out how many days they skied this week. And only 2 or 3 skied all 4 days. Hoping the weather gets better tomorrow or we get that BIG storm.

At least 3 days in row now where the morning temp was below zero. At 7am, it was -4 degrees under cloudy skies. Even by 10am, it still was only +4 degrees. However, we decided to go to Copper Mtn. The second free parking lot (Alpine 2) was completely empty. This had to be a product of the cold weather. As we started to ski, we noticed that the only skiers out there were snowboarders, people taking lessons with instructors and families with small kids on vacation. What was missing were “older” locals. Again, they were the smart people because of the cold. The temp never got above +9 and with the wind blowing around 20MPH, the wind chill was WAY below ZERO all day. We lasted about 1 hour and returned home. We didn’t even have lunch at the resort.   If it still this cold tomorrow, it will definitely be a gym day.