Thunder Mountain Lodge Conditions

[Kieper]

Woke up to 18 inches of dense snow this morning, expecting much more!

 

[DDECKER]

avy danger?!

 

[jrizman]

HIGH
http://avalanche.state.co.us

 

[Adobe-Al]

Is your Webcam snowed in?

 

[Kieper]

Power, Web, and Phone Down for 12 hours

The webcam should be back online after the outage. Storm total of 30 inches, and the first half was in credibly dense/high moisture content....Just what we needed. Still snowing and 15 degrees now. Pictured is my car and cleaning vehicle, which was totally clean before this storm. I suspect the Avy Danger is much much lower than the rest of the Rocky Mountains because all of our snow melted from that random Early September storm, which left that terrible weak/rotten layer on the bottom of the snow pack everywhere else. Ride here stay alive...Thanks

 

[Red Mtn]

Looks Good! We had a big dump down south here too. Have you been out? The road up the Mesa is listed as closed on the CDOT website.

 

[scottbilt95]

mesa avy conditions

for 12/17/16:

http://avalanche.state.co.us/forecasts/backcountry-avalanche/grand-mesa/

 

[black swan]

game on!

great storm delivered 30-48" of heavy pow on the GM.

Now that the sun came out, it should base up nicely!...

here's a few shots from yesterday.

Ian

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R.Smith

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[AndrettiDog]

That's awesome Jeff. I can't wait to get up there with the group!

 

[Adobe-Al]

great storm delivered 30-48" of heavy pow on the GM.

Now that the sun came out, it should base up nicely!...

here's a few shots from yesterday.

Ian

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R.Smith

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Wow! Looks good, any rock taps? We are staying up there after Christmas. Looks like I can bring the snowbikes this year! Might break my golden rule on the GM (never go crazy until Mid-January). I bought a lot of a-arms learning that rule

 

[Kieper]

20 inches and counting fast...

Great base and 20" of fluff on top at the moment. openings Jan 2...

 

[tomcatvail]

Depending on what happens snow wise next weekend we may come out again next week for a few days and stay at the lodge. Is the Gas up and running Jeff? This time we will rememeber oil haha.

 

[Kieper]

29 inch total from this one.

Gas is up and running. Since Dec 16 we have had 69 inches of snow! Kind of a stuck fest for most guys today, but some sun this week should help them. 850 shreds

 

[tomcatvail]

Jeff, you need to dig bruce lee out! We keep an eye on the cam so we know when to come back.
T

 

[Adobe-Al]

Bruce Lee needs to pull his Avy Bag cord. This storm cycle is crazy!

 

[Covelli44]

I'm headed up there tomorrow. CDOT shows 65 closed from an avy that happened just north of you yesterday. Any truth to that?

 

[Adobe-Al]

I think this means it is game on for the GM! And by this weekend they should have a couple more feet. Bruce might need a snorkel. Not sure about the Avy on 65, we rode down south last weekend. We are riding the GM this weekend.

 

[Kieper]

71 inches since January 3, still snowing hard

Still snowing hard, super fluffy this time around. The base is in. Jenkins/Duffy clinic this weekend, sold out. Openings start monday. Thanks

 

[samiams2]

Thanks for the killer week Jeff! TML is the real deal! Jeff and Jess treated us so good and the snow was awesome all week....and then Friday it dumped 36"+....most ridiculous day of powder we've had in years. Submarined all day long! It's righteous on the mesa right now!

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[Kieper]

Another 30 inches or so and counting

The snow is deep, real deep. Looks like another storm hits tomorrow night. I'll be guiding all week. Thanks