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Breckenridge's snowless year circa the 80's? OLDER MEMBERS HELP

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Bushdid9_11
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What year was breck open for a total of like 3 days? Anyone got stories/ anecdotes?
Nov 13 2019 11:21AM
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Biffbarf
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Bushdid9_11What year was breck open for a total of like 3 days? Anyone got stories/ anecdotes?


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2012/04/05/ski-season-of-1976-77-remains-worst-on-record-in-colorado/amp/

Def not old enough for any of this but here's what I remember reading
Nov 13 2019 12:58PM
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SkiBum.
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I think it was late 70s. Maybe 77/78 I could be mistaken. It was just as bad Utah. This was pre snowmaking at pretty much everywhere. Major snowmaking investments and really inventing modern snowmaking happened right after this winter.
Nov 13 2019 1:06PM
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SFBv420.0
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my old man ended up with a 2 bedroom condo on the park meadows golf course in pc after that winter
for less than I'm paying for my 4 runner
and are $700,000 now
Nov 14 2019 6:04AM
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