Almost 16 Feet Of Snow So Far This Winter In Steamboat Springs, Colorado

9 Responses to Almost 16 Feet Of Snow So Far This Winter In Steamboat Springs, Colorado

1. Billy N.Z. says:

   January 11, 2014 at 5:08 am

   I can see the steam coming off their skis.

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2. Steve Keohane says:

   January 11, 2014 at 6:29 am

   That’s quite a bit. Wolf Creek is only 145″ so far, they average 480″ annually.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     January 11, 2014 at 12:22 pm

     Most of their snow normally comes February-April

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3. theyouk says:

   January 11, 2014 at 12:58 pm

   This is so tragic. Only 16 feet of champagne powder for the aspen glades of Twilight…so sad.

   I lived in a coal-heated house in Steamboat during most of the El Nino winter of 1987. We didn’t get any substantial snow until the end of the season–while Mammoth got crushed. It was a horrible avalanche season in CO. Now I live in northern CA and we are staring at a drought. El Nino, please pay us a visit again. (And Jerry Brown, if you absolutely must spend our money on big-ticket items, you may want yo ditch high speed rail in favor of desalination plants for SoCal).

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4. gator69 says:

   January 11, 2014 at 2:09 pm

   Have you tried skiing in 16 feet of snow? 😉

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   • Minicapt says:

     January 13, 2014 at 5:29 am

     With proper skies, you should be able to stay on top.

     Cheers

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     • gator69 says:

       January 13, 2014 at 2:22 pm

       Yeah, but the boat keeps getting stuck! 😉

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5. Billy Liar says:

   January 11, 2014 at 7:26 pm

   University of Colorado-Boulder geography professor Mark Williams said Monday that the resorts should be in fairly good shape the next 25 years, but after that there will be less snowpack — or no snow at all — at the base areas, and the season will be shorter because snow will accumulate later and melt earlier.

   http://snobear.colorado.edu/Markw/mark.html

   Looks like he’ll be safely retired before anything bad happens.

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6. Ben says:

   January 13, 2014 at 6:47 pm

   RE: “Climate change may force skiers uphill”

   No skier is forced uphill. We get in the ski-lift voluntarily.

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