We enjoyed the local media’s characterization of the multi-car pileups that closed I-70 yesterday: “A winter storm is being blamed,” or, “Snow in high country causes pileups on I-70.” No. Dumbasses cause these pileups, often dragging non-dumbasses into the quagmire they created.
Yes, snow is an obvious factor, but the more important factor is the dufus behind the wheel who’s not paying attention while they follow the vehicle in front of them too closely.
You may say we’re being curmudgeons and that stuff happens sometimes; nothing you can do about it. But we say that we see it all the time, and more frequently as the years tick by and more dufuses from states that shall remain nameless pour into Colorado.
Our point? Practice courtesy, slow down, leave a safe following distance, and do the right thing! End of sermon, and now to the Colorado Snow Report….
Yesterday we mentioned the “perfect storm,” defining “perfect” as consistent. In other words, a “perfect storm” brings lots of snow to Colorado’s mountains and distributes it evenly. You might say the “perfect storm” in Colorado is socialist, if socialism actually worked for human beings, which it does not, and rarely shows up in the snow totals.
This morning, however, is a bit different. Free-market, freedom-loving capitalists can high-five their statist, re-distributionist fellow man for a day of snow equality on the slopes.
The following two-day totals across Colorado varied less than usual, and our top-five snow-getters are: Breckenridge, Loveland, Eldora, Aspen Highlands and a tie between Monarch and Steamboat.
The roads are looking good this morning with sunny skies in the forecast all the way through Friday, when the next system is expected to hit Colorado’s mountains, after which snow will be likely all weekend long. The only thing to look out for until Friday, weather wise, is wind, which is supposed to whip around pretty good ahead of the next system.
Look for an updated terrain report tomorrow morning, as well as special event previews all week. In the meantime, here are the 24-hour and 48-hour snow totals from Colorado’s ski areas…
Arapahoe Basin: 4”, 9”
Aspen Highlands: 6”, 14”
Aspen Mountain: 5”, 8”
Beaver Creek: 3”, 9”
Breckenridge: 8”, 17”
Buttermilk: 3”, 6”
Copper Mountain: 5”, 12”
Crested Butte: 11”, 11”
Durango Mountain Resort: 2”, 7”
Eldora: 10”, 14”
Keystone: 4”, 9”
Loveland: 4 1/2”, 14 1/2”
Monarch: 7”, 13”
Powderhorn: 4”, 9”
Ski Cooper: 6”, 12”
Ski Granby Ranch: 1”, 3”
Snowmass: 6”, 11”
Steamboat: 5”, 13”
Sunlight: 2”, 7”
Telluride: 2”, 7”
Vail: 5”, 10”
Winter Park: 4”, 8 1/2”
Wolf Creek: 3", 7”
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