Union Bowl from S Chair, Jupiter in close
Sunday morning pow days are trouble when you live in the Front Range. I normally avoid them like the plague but in this case it had been so long since a good stinking pow day that I put into place my stealth plan and scored while the iron was hot. No 3.5 hr traffic for me. Just first chairs up Super Bee and first tracks down Jupiter Bowl.
Jupiter Bowl. Patrol ski cuts, ready for shred
Patrol informed us that the bowl was opening, and we had to follow directed skiing to ease it into operation. All good with me. Slash and burn, slash and burn all the way down.
The storm dropped about 9″ between close of lifts on Saturday and 5am Sunday. It continued to snow all morning, so I am probably going to call it 10″+ new by lift open. HELLZ YEAH. Rode my Gyrator 162 for the first time and it absolutely plowed through all conditions with no chop. Floats like a champ in the deep stuff and never got stuck. Definitely solidified as my double-digit resort pow stick.
Usually on weekends I avoid resorts altogether, but this storm kicked off a major natural avalanche event all throughout Colorado. Not even worth taking chances. Several riders died in a matter of a few days here in Colorado after this storm – both out of bounds and inside the ropes. Not worth taking a chance in the BC right now from my perspective, It will always be there next time. I wore my beacon in bounds on Sunday at Copper.
Great day to stretch the speed limits on an untracked slice of my favorite mountain. Copper Mountain always delivers on a pow day.
