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zeke.obliqueCopper > wp
SavageBiffIs the tucker mountain cat skiing
1-avy territory?
2-hikeable or skins and touring?
ericformanI’ve skied ~15 days at WP this year, exclusively on the Jane side. Weekend lines have become terrible, weekday are *fine* depending on if pony / iron horse are running. The pano line is always long if the snow is decent in my experience. They have gotten more snow I think than copper but the best terrain (cirque, chutes, most of eagle wind) isn’t open. It’s a lot of tight terrain, rock drops into moguls, some good tree skiing, but not much room for big turns. The groomers are packed cause there arnt that many.
No intel on copper. May try and go next week
Do you have arapahoe basin access? It’s empty during the week and they have tons of steeps, chutes, and big alpine terrain. Low snow year so there are rocks, but they kind of leave it up to you to not wreck your skis instead of closing everything. The Pali chair there is better than any winter park stuff.
berthoud pass is great for tours. Most of it is pretty high risk avy terrain, someone died there already this year. But the parts that arnt are super obvious and pretty fun. People build little jumps on a lot of the low angle stuff so at least there’s some spice on the way down.
SavageBiffYes I could go to a basin, temps and slightly less snow made me consider otherwise tho.
as far as touring, looking lowest risk or not going as I will be alone, I’ve considered hiring a guide for the purpose of digging me out and expanding my experience but I’ll have my wife and kids so my buds aren’t coming and I don’t allow them to tour. I always meet people on mountain but idk about asking/trusting a stranger to risk their life for me, strangers are bad, unless they have candy
ericformanAh fair. Abasin has a lot of high elevation north facing steeps so even if it’s not a pow day the skiing can still rule. Cold windy days are hard though because it’s almost all above tree line. The steep gullies there are essentially avy controlled backcountry. A very mellow tour you can just lap is east side at the top of berthoud pass.
DayManAbasin is firing right now!! Skied it on Monday and got my ass fully puckered on the steep gullies - everything is super soft right now and the coverage is finally solid. I could lap Pali all day and never get bored
SavageBiffWhich has better coverage rn, and which generally has less people/shorter lines during the week? Also, other less known ski resorts or light tours , cat skiing nearby ? Heading somewhere next week or week after once I check weather reports.
SavageBiffThis is sounding good
anyone know of pet friendly lodging? I’ve been navigating sites for hours and a lot of lodges leave it out of description and most say some rooms available “call”, then I call and had to leave #for callback
RIP_leos_shackCoverage is about the same at either area. WP has gotten more snow, but they need more to cover up the rocks. Copper seems to manage crowds better though. As long as you stay away from Flyer, you shouldn't have to wait more than a couple minutes mid week. I wouldn't trust any of the backcountry from either resort. Copper has some tasty looking lines behind Tucker and Spaulding bowl, but it's perfect avalanche terrain.
HAMNATIONhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/993775/dirty
HAMNATIONPeep the giant slide at the end of this footie stay out of there fo sho kids
SavageBiffThat a back bowl at copper? Looks dope, committing tomorrow probably a basin idk..
CLQAbasin has the steeps. I don’t ski copper often but do they have any nice sustained steeps?
SavageBiffHow longs the hike up the east wall? Skins and touring bindings or boot pack?
SavageBiffHow longs the hike up the east wall? Skins and touring bindings or boot pack?
SavageBiffHmmm... maybe I should watch weather and try and arrive before/during/after some snow...really don’t wanna miss that view from the top of the east wall, nor the ride down shit, wonder if big sky doing any better, hard to tell from the internet
skeirmanIf you wanna ski bumps and trees, Winter Park is skiing good right now. If you want more open lines and varied terrain, Copper might by the choice. If you want to get rowdy on steep stuff, go to Abasin, but you're for sure gonna clip rocks.
DolansLebensraumDude coppers tree runs are incredible. Theres glades and open powder fields above and below the tree line all over the mountain. Union meadows is like n64 smash bros; you simply cant get tired of it. Its literally like a mile wide and you can always find fresh pow.
DolansLebensraumA crowded day at breck can be 30-45 min lift line
a crowded day at copper is at max like 5 min lift line.
breck is a great mountain but so is copper. If you want to find fresh powder a week after the last dump then go to copper.
ive never been to winter park but its a decent mountain from what ive heard.
DayManCopper’s park is so much fun but for anything other than park its ass
similar coverage at both places, mary jane is real fun right now
Municipal007go to vail it’s the best resort in Colorado
DolansLebensraumVails nice but its not a very pretty resort. The elevation isnt high enough for good spring skiing and the lower aspen dominated area of the mountain is straight up ugly.
DolansLebensraumwhat did you not like about copper?
the tree runs are the best of any resort ive ever been to. Bc of the high elevation the trees are perfectly spaced all over the mountain.
the bowls are great and theres 14ers all around to make it feel extra epic.
when the snow is good copper is literally a candyflipping fucking orgy.
SavageBiffBest pot shop in Dillon co ?
skeirmanLOL at ya'll saying Copper is only good for park. You don't know how to ski the mountain at all.
ericformanLikely Not bad. The 2 main choke points for CO front range are when i70 turns into 2 lanes before Idaho springs and the Eisenhower tunnel. You’ll be past both. There’s no big passes (vail pass would be after copper) and the backside of Loveland pass is really easy as far as these things go. Obviously if it’s nuking and you don’t have a decent vehicle it’s gonna suck. Copper would be easier in that case as it’s all i70.
and as everyone said: little bit of everything and a typical resort feel go copper
serious steeps with rocks still lurking and a remote / local feel go abasin
larilinesignThere's Eldora over there. Haven't been this year, but usually their park is really fun.
SavageBiffHow longs the hike up the east wall? Skins and touring bindings or boot pack?
CLQIt’s a real short 5-10 minute boot pack
ericformanHave you gone yet? Need that trip report. Was at a basin this afternoon and it was fire. Probably will be a bit crusty tomorrow with the warm sunny weather. Also there are a shit ton of rocks, good for the soul bad for the bases. So much stuff to jump off of tho and that north facing terrain off the pali is skiing real nice.
skeirmanDid you hit Gauthier?
DayManI will give you $1000 if you can get to any of the East wall lines in 5-10 minutes
CLQYou better be a man of your word unlike that dog fart guy.
