Preview of Chair 9
Hi Folks,
As many of you know, Chair 9 at Telluride Ski Resort is considered "Unmatched in North America" for big, long, steep, advanced runs. As you can see, the sky was getting dark with the approaching snow storm this afternoon:
I wanted to go check out how the conditions were looking in the Chair 9 pod today so I grabbed Jeff Proteau, VP - Mountain Operations plus some local 2 plankers from the Telluride Daily Planet to do a little product evaluation (PE) today. Here's a picture of Reilly Caps, Jeff Proteau, Matt Beaudin, and Nick Wolcott:
Here's Matt and Jeff tearing it up:
Your's truly with Matt looking on. The light was flat but the snow was sweet:
Patrol has been dealing with some avalanche activity in the pod:
Jeff was lovin' it:
Matt wanted to throw himself off these cliffs but had to restrain himself until we open:
We're not going to open the Chair 9 pod for the public until we get another good snowstorm, patrol does it's work, grooming does it's work, and the snow cures a bit. I want to make sure it's really good and stays that way - this is the way to go. It should be soon with this good initial base coverage and the weather forecast.
The NOAA weather forecast says:
...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BEGIN TONIGHT AND INCREASE ON THURSDAY...
FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER STORM THAT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO
THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
We received two big snow storms over the last two weekends. Let's make this weekend three in a row!
Feel free to post a comment, we love to hear from you! - Dave