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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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