Well--I think we all survived the holiday crush, although road conditions did leave a few problems for us. Last weekend (the weekend between Christmas and New Year...) found a major wind/snow storm that caused I-70 to be closed for about 27 hours on Sunday--right when most of the holiday crowds were coming and going! Last night we had anywhere from 1 to 3 feet of snow in parts of western Colorado, so although they didn't have to close the highway completely (the high winds last weekend made avalanches a threat, so they had to clear the chutes before they could let traffic through again), it was slow going down to Denver at times today.
The good news is that this means we have a LOT of snow now! December of 2007 will go into the record books as the 7th snowiest December in history for Summit County (Breckenridge, Keystone, and Copper Mountain). When all was said and done, 126 inches of snow (that's 10-1/2 FEET!) fell in Steamboat during the month of December!
In other words, there should be NO more worries on anyone's part about the quality of skiing this year! Arapahoe Basin is getting ready to open their back bowl expansion (increasing their skiable terrain by 80% this year!), and everyone is reporting EXCELLENT conditions--SO GET OUT HERE AND SKI/SNOWBOARD!
I would have posted some pictures, but we have had so much snow that I just haven't had a chance on the few nicer days to go out and take any. That is not to say that the weather has been horrible, it's just that on the nicer days I have been tied up with the groups that were arriving for the holidays. Hopefully I will get some new shots posted soon.
In the meantime, I guess we can never have too much of a good thing, so please continue to THINK SNOW!
Steve
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