Navigating the Chaos: The White Ribbon of Death You either love it or hate it. The snowy strip of snowsport survivalism. The pitiful path of piss-drunk plankers. The frozen freeway of flailing fools. The White Ribbon of Death! Some see it as a trap to be avoided at all costs. Some see it as a chaotic opportunity to start their season before most others. In my opinion, the […] Jon Roubik | November 1, 2024 2 Comments
What’s the Angle? Know Before You Go As winter returns and the excitement for skiing and riding powder begins to ramp back up, it’s important to remember that avalanche conditions are doing the same as well. Avalanche conditions occur due to several factors, including recent weather, snowfall, temperature fluctuation, wind speed/direction, slope pitch, slope aspect (or orientation), underlying terrain, and cumulative snowpack conditions. When the right, or should we […] Avalanche Jon Roubik | December 14, 2021 0 Comments
Don’t Get Run Over by a Reindeer and Avoid These 16 Other Common Winter Injuries This time of the year when the snow is steadily falling, us humans tend to start doing a bit more falling of our own. This trend even increases right around the holidays. Our minds are on lists and shopping, and cooking and decorating, traveling and far from where they should be to keep ourselves safe. Winter is full of added […] Laughs Jon Roubik | January 10, 2020 0 Comments
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Arapahoe Basin, CO Report: Winter Conditions on the East Wall * Report from April 7, 2019. Following an excellent March that brought 60″ of new snow, conditions at Arapahoe Basin are looking good. Continuing the above average trend the area has seen for the entire season, Arapahoe Basin is currently at 127% percent of average annual snowfall to-date. All ski area zones remain open and with a 70″ base, continuing to […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | April 12, 2019 0 Comments
CDOT Unveils Plan for Vehicle Conveyor on EB I-70 at Eisenhower Tunnel CDOT unveiled their intention to move forward with a newly proposed plan to help relieve congestion of weekend traffic around the I-70 corridor. The plan includes installation of a vehicular conveyor in the right lane on eastbound I-70 in the final four-mile approach to the tunnel. This stretch of highway is notorious for major backups due to ill-equipped motorists attempting […] Industry News Jon Roubik | April 1, 2019 8 Comments
Jake Phelps, Editor of Thrasher Magazine, Passes Away News broke this evening that universally-loved skateboard legend and Editor of Thrasher Magazine, Jake Phelps, has passed away. Tony Vitello, the owner of Thrasher Magazine, has issued the following statement: Jake Phelps was 100% skateboarder, but that label sells him way too short, because beyond his enormous influence in our world, he was truly an individual beyond this world. When loved ones […] Industry News Jon Roubik | March 14, 2019 1 Comment
Telluride, CO Report: Not a Flake Out of Place * Report from 3/9 and 3/10. Telluride, Colorado has been having an exceptional season. Since ramping up in January, the snowfall has taken little time to slow down, as evidenced by historical avalanche conditions throughout the state. A monumental run of storms dropped 52″ in the first 10-days of March. To put that into perspective, that’s about 1/6th of the average […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | March 12, 2019 0 Comments
Developer Receives Approval for Road on Public Land at Wolf Creek It’s the classic story of Quaint Ski Area Community Battles Out-of-Town, Billionaire Developer. In an effort to maintain identity, character and protect the natural surroundings, concerned environmentalists have been going to great lengths to maintain what makes Wolf Creek Ski Area special in the first place. For years there has been a looming threat that a rich Texan will move in […] Industry News Jon Roubik | March 8, 2019 1 Comment
Aspen Snowmass, CO Report: Party in the Whiteroom Report from March 3rd, 2019. With forecasts hinting that the storm of the season was possibly about to descend on Colorado, the gears of the hype machine started to turn. Moisture was abundant, but the certainty of timing and location of heaviest storm cells was moderate at best. Fortunately for anyone hoping to find themselves in the right spot, this wasn’t much […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | March 6, 2019 0 Comments
Crowds are the Constant in Colorado Colorado was pretty Coloradical until it became Crowdarado. Whether you like to admit it or not, the reality is the Centennial State is becoming increasingly more crowded and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down. Between 2010 and July 2017, the population in Denver and its suburbs increased by an average of nearly 51,000 annually. What we’ve been experiencing is significant […] Featured Article Jon Roubik | February 28, 2019 4 Comments
Breckenridge, CO Report: Sunny With a Side of Stashes We’d made it from Monarch back to Park County, but were still dealing with car trouble from the day before. Our friend Nikki came through huge and drove a new alternator over Hoosier pass from Silverthorne. After spending the morning getting it replaced and enjoying a stout in the sun, our battery was staying charged and we were back on […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 26, 2019 0 Comments
Monarch, CO Conditions Report: Caught in the Clouds *Report from Feb. 23, 2019. My alternator inconveniently died en route to Telluride, about a mile from the summit of Monarch Pass Friday night. My heart sank right along with my voltage gauge. The roads were an icy mess; cars were flipped, in ditches, spun out everywhere. A lot of people needed help that night, and so it wasn’t going […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 24, 2019 0 Comments
Snowbird, UT Conditions Report: The Bird is Getting Absurd (Amounts of Snow!) *Report from Monday 2/18/19. Our plans for first tram for Saturday’s 12″ powder day were derailed due to a closure on I-80 Friday night. We quickly adjusted, pointed north and grabbed first tram at Jackson Hole Saturday. Following an outstanding day in the Tetons, we got back on track and down to Utah. The first half of February brought some […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 22, 2019 0 Comments
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Crested Butte, CO Report: Bluebird Before the Snow With a 58″ base, Crested Butte is sitting right about at 100% of average annual snowpack to-date. The recent snowfall was enough to open some additional terrain that’d been waiting for a deeper base. Related: Crested Butte, CO Opens Famed ‘Extreme Limits’ Terrain | Unlike Any Other Inbounds Terrain Sunday lived up to its name, providing endless rays to offset […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
North America’s Highest Restaurant Opens at Arapahoe Basin Arapahoe Basin has announced the grand opening of America’s highest restaurant. The new Il Rufigio at Snow Plume, which sits at 12,456′, first opened its door to the public on January 19th, 2019. Il Rifugio, or The Shelter, in Italian is located at the top of Lenawee Mountain Lift, where it shares a building with the ski patrol hut. The […] Industry News Jon Roubik | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
Two Bodies Recovered from Grand Mesa Lake, CO after Sno-Cat Falls Through Ice The Delta County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the bodies of two men have been recovered from Island Lake near Grand Mesa, Colorado. One of these men has been identified as 30-year old, Ryan Wells. Also 30 years of age, Richard Colton, was reported missing by the Delta County Sheriff’s Office. However, the identity of the second man has yet to be […] Industry News Jon Roubik | February 6, 2019 0 Comments
Copper Mountain, CO Report: Transitioning into a Stormy Pattern Sunday was one of those days that transitioned the entire spectrum of conditions at Copper Mountain, CO. The day started out warm, but breezy with nearly bluebird skies. Mild temperatures, as has been the story over the last few days, continued with the freezing point already reached before the sun even came over the ridge. Despite those recent warm temperatures and lack […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 6, 2019 0 Comments