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Eclipse Snow Park?

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traylortrash
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What's the deal with Eclipse Snow Park?
Apr 20 2008 11:12PM
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C_Ewart
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What's the Eclipse Snow Park?

    Do you perhaps mean, Echo?
Apr 21 2008 3:46AM
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Ryanvdonk
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not open to public, mostly just shoots and friends as of now.  people in the area wont let them get lifts, so thats the reason.  http://www.eclipsesnow.com
Apr 21 2008 11:53AM
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traylortrash
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Oh ok thanks.  do think it will open w/ lifts anytime soon?  or anytime at all?
Apr 21 2008 5:15PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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probably not, if the town doesn't accept it then it doesn't happpen, if you really want it, get 300 people to move to Alice and shift the town meetings.
Apr 21 2008 10:29PM
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Ski303
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It says they have 2 lifts?


Year round would be so fucking sick.  A lift ran year round resort would be awesome.  They would make bank over summer rather than winter.  If thats where the old St. Mary's used to be, the road up their is damn treacherous in the winter / no parking.  1.2k Vertical for being just passed Idaho Springs is sick!
Apr 22 2008 12:03AM
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Ryanvdonk
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the two lifts are planned as of now, and i wouldn't exactly say the "old st mary's," just were there used to be a lift back in the day, as st. marys alice hasn't exactly moved. i dont know if they'd be able to be open year round either, but definitely longer than anyone else.
Sep 7 2008 1:24AM
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Valind
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i was up at st marys last thursday.  took these.  there right near the main road.
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Sep 7 2008 10:47PM
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Reed.
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They want to be open only in the summer, who knows if itll ever happen. 
Sep 8 2008 12:15AM
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cashdebt
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a summer park would be sick. they could have some kind of COC or momentum type thing going down up there. is the glacier still there and skiable right now
Sep 8 2008 1:04AM
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Mike.Records
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talked to a local when i was up there the other day. he said it is going to be a minimum of three years right now, i guess the biggest hurdle is that if they open the ski area would be responcible for upgrading the road which is obvously really expensive
Sep 10 2008 2:08AM
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Valind
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Sep 10 2008 2:31AM
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Mike.Records
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those pictures are not from this year are they? i was pretty sure there was more snow than that. there was a lot of snow up there this weekend. maybe like 3/4 of a mile, but very suncupped, some rails at the top. sick!
Sep 11 2008 2:37PM
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Reed.
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even if those pics are from this summer, there's still a huge vien running way up from that point, with a pretty perfect slope for a rail line.  Also, when you groom daily, it helps pack and preserve the snow much longer.  There's definitely enough snow there for a summer to last through august, just a matter of getting a lift, a decent road, and the money to back all that up.
Sep 11 2008 8:53PM
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Valind
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ye those pics are from last thursday.  a week ago today.  Thats just the start of it.  It still goes way back into the mountain.  Bad weather came in and I didnt want to chance going all the way up.  but yea, its from this season.  a week ago.
Sep 12 2008 12:34AM
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Ryanvdonk
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anyone know which mountain is behind it if you hike to the top?
Sep 12 2008 3:17AM
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OneLove_skier
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Whats the other glacier by Breck called again
Oct 1 2008 8:49PM
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cashdebt
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its called the 4th of july glacier
Oct 3 2008 4:04PM
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Ryanvdonk
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that's not a glacier...it's just 4th of july bowl, if you've been up there you'd see what i mean.
Oct 3 2008 4:29PM
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