Rabbit Ears and Buffalo Pass
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BOOSTBONER
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How much snow did they get in the ears and buff pass??? Ski resort has had 11inches in the past 48 so there has got to be more up on buff and the ears!!!
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BOOSTBONER
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Steamboat-RN
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Glad you enjoyed yourself but let me give a more realistic assesment.
The stake at the tower only shows barely 4 feet. Down from a high of nearly 6 feet just last wednesday. Setting up as a decent base. Most of the well known areas are extremely tracked up and trenched. The southern exposures are shrinking fast with rocks and stumps beginning to show through. Only the eastern sheltered parks and chutes are holding any "pow" over a foot or so.
The parking lot at dry lake was full and the overflow on the road was almost full for most of the day. The F.S. was there checking passes and regs. The club was there marking trail from the Muddy Creek side and worked their way down to Rocky Flats. They marked trails in North Routt on Sunday. The trail down to Grizzly is in need of grooming. Unless you enjoy big whoops. Reports from friends said that Sunday was more of the same. Warm and sunny today in town did not help matters any.
Bottom line... Good base but we need snow! Explore the north and east faces and chutes on the Walden side for the best chance at "pow".
For those of you heading up to RE/Buff pass this weekend. We are having a little gas/fuel war in Kremmling now, thanks to the new Kum and Go! So when you get here just check out who is the lowest and take your business there. When I left this morning diesel was at 3.36/gallon which is about 40 cents cheaper than it was last week.
If these stations start to realize that people are chasing gas prices, they will start to battle harder. Benefiting all of us, especially the sledders with diesels!
BTW, Kum and Go is real nice and they have a big selection, bigger than any other station in town!
Cheers and see ya on the hill!
If these stations start to realize that people are chasing gas prices, they will start to battle harder. Benefiting all of us, especially the sledders with diesels!
BTW, Kum and Go is real nice and they have a big selection, bigger than any other station in town!
Cheers and see ya on the hill!
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black swan
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I just got asked why I hadn't been giving daily reports lately. Well, I haven't been doing it because it hasn't been snowing. Snotel at the Tower site says that the base has settled down to 39"
It snowed about 3" on top yesterday and it is dumping right now. I can give a more accurate assessment on accumulation tonight when I drive home. Local weather report says that we can hope for up to 2'
Let's hope!
It snowed about 3" on top yesterday and it is dumping right now. I can give a more accurate assessment on accumulation tonight when I drive home. Local weather report says that we can hope for up to 2'
Let's hope!
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The ski report says 9" on top! I saw at least 6" at the Dumont Lot this morning at 6am. I would be willing to bet that it does get deeper the further North you go. Buff Pass should be getting hammered.
It is snowing very hard right now and we can only hope that it keeps up till early tomorrow morning! Keep dancing, folks!
The ski report says 9" on top! I saw at least 6" at the Dumont Lot this morning at 6am. I would be willing to bet that it does get deeper the further North you go. Buff Pass should be getting hammered.
It is snowing very hard right now and we can only hope that it keeps up till early tomorrow morning! Keep dancing, folks!
Good snow up there today. There are still some bare/unprotected areas, we hit a few stumps, and some rocks, not enough to do damage but danger is still out there. The the trees away from the wind there is good depth. Good riding today! had a blast!
Ok, so I hope this post is not meaningless w/o pics but here we go...
We spent Sunday (23rd) and Monday (24th) riding between Rabbit Ears and Buff Pass. We were in a snow storm all day on Sat, nearly a white out. And Sunday it cleared up a bit but still a tad overcast. We were the first ones on the trail (from steamboat pass to buffalo) on Monday morning and our tracks from the night before were coverd by 8-10 inches
There is some UNREAL snow back there. Constant powder flowing over the hood. Untouched fields of DEEP snow. It was probably some of the deepest snow I have been in in quite some time. My guess is there was 3, 4 feet of "champagne" fluff ontop of a couple foot base. I hated having to turn around and head home...it was the kind of snow you see in the videos and think "where in the H E L L is that at?"
WOT all day long...I would drive 16 hours for the weekend I just had!
We spent Sunday (23rd) and Monday (24th) riding between Rabbit Ears and Buff Pass. We were in a snow storm all day on Sat, nearly a white out. And Sunday it cleared up a bit but still a tad overcast. We were the first ones on the trail (from steamboat pass to buffalo) on Monday morning and our tracks from the night before were coverd by 8-10 inches
There is some UNREAL snow back there. Constant powder flowing over the hood. Untouched fields of DEEP snow. It was probably some of the deepest snow I have been in in quite some time. My guess is there was 3, 4 feet of "champagne" fluff ontop of a couple foot base. I hated having to turn around and head home...it was the kind of snow you see in the videos and think "where in the H E L L is that at?"
WOT all day long...I would drive 16 hours for the weekend I just had!
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rkymtnman
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Sweet - glad everything worked out for you guys. We were up at the Tower on Saturday and it was unreal - if there was less wind, it would have been *perfect*. Still plenty more in the forecast. I agree completely - I'd have driven 16 hours for the day we had on Saturday - easy 3' of fresh - good thing it isn't quit that far
Yesterday afternoon I noticed that the area to the right of the small climbing hill that sits to the left hand side of the Ears had slid. Just curious if anybody knew anything about it and I hope that nobody was caught in it!
You could see the slide area really good from the Dumont parking area.
You could see the slide area really good from the Dumont parking area.
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afipunkrocks
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"The Steamboat zone saw a big month for snowfall in December. With that of course we can expect avalanche activity. Yesterday another soft slab, possibly hard slab, was reported about a half mile WNW of Rabbit Ears Peak and was seen from near the east summit of the pass. It was estimated at 4 feet deep, by 150 feet wide and ran at least 300 vertical, estimated to have run early afternoon. Likely it was triggered by wet roller balls off the higher cliffs. There were no tracks within a half mile of the slide, so likely a natural." - CAIC
http://avalanche.state.co.us/Forecasts/Steamboat/
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