It's Dumping in Colorado
The mountains and ski resorts are getting dumped on right now. Here in Denver, we have about 3-4 inches and it's still snowing. It started yesterday and it's cold (14°F) right now. Check out this ski report for Vail Resorts this morning.
Vail (www.vail.com) Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C Surface Conditions: Powder Snowfall in last 24 hours: 10in. Snowfall in last 7 days: 34in. Mid-Mountain Base: 28in. Percent of Terrain Open: 15% Beaver Creek (www.beavercreek.com) Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C Surface Conditions: Powder Snowfall in last 24 hours: 11in. Snowfall in last 7 days: 38in. Mid-Mountain Base: 39in. Percent of Terrain Open: 22% Keystone (www.keystoneresort.com) Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C Surface Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder Snowfall in last 24 hours: 4in. Snowfall in last 7 days: 13in. Mid-Mountain Base: 28in. Percent of Terrain Open: 13% Breckenridge (www.breckenridge.com) Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C Surface Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder Snowfall in last 24 hours: 3in. Snowfall in last 7 days: 17in. Mid-Mountain Base: 22in. Percent of Terrain Open: 14%
You can see that 1) there's not much terrain open and 2) it's fricken cold up there. Raible Designs has a "9-inch rule", which means if it snows 9 inches or more, all employees get the day off to go skiing. I think I'll wait until January to make this a mandatory rule.
Looks like the commute should be fun this morning. Days like today make it nice to have a 20-step commute (40 with a stop at the coffee pot).