SNOW DAY! lets drive up to the ski resorts and take advantag... oh, nevermind

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/07/2020 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

this bodes poorly for traffic. If the HWY 6 pass (which goes over Loveland) is closed, t he Eisenhower /Johnson tunnels will have to close once every hour to allow hazardous materials through. It’s ALWAYS a massive nightmare. Closing for a short time every hour usually results in hours of backups.

DISCUSSION (19)

HammerheadFistpunch > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:09

yup, both canyons are closed today.

benjrblant > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:12

Vail pass is currently closed too.

‘but bruh, how are we gonna shredd that gnar pow pow?!’

smobgirl > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:15

I thought I saw on Twitter somewhere that the tunnel is also closed to all traffic?

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:15

Just hike up the mountain lol

MonkeePuzzle > benjrblant
02/07/2020 at 12:15

my brother/sister in law live and work in Vail, so I’m up there pretty regularly.

The potholes on Vail pass this past year have been a monumental hazard in even the tiniest bit of bad weather.

Saw a car or two off to the side after one potholed sweeping high speed downhill left turn every time I went by.

benjrblant > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:17

I thought they were worse than I remembered.

Wish I had some fam up in the mountains.

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden
02/07/2020 at 12:19

I rode a lift with an elderly gent who told me about training on Loveland pass during ww2. Said they’d hike up twice a day and ski down. Which I cannot imagine doing ins heavy woolen ww2 era winter weather clothing and full packs/gear

Nothing > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:22

Well duh, just take 285 through Fairplay. Never any traffic, and definitely won’t be sketchy at all.

MonkeePuzzle > Nothing
02/07/2020 at 12:24

a younger me loaded up (overloaded) a friend’s explorer a few times to take the back route to the resorts. Takes longer, but when i-70 is closed you can get some epic fresh snow and nearly empty slopes as a reward

Ash78, voting early and often > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:30

Mmmm, moe’s BBQ.

I mean, I have one 5 minutes away, but I’m still amazed they blew up in CO....just because they wanted to.

Nothing > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:32

My younger years, I had to volunteer three months each year to work an off hours shift. I’d do that every Jan, Feb, March....work midnights, Sat-Tues, go up after work on Tuesday , come back down on Saturday. A bunch of us rented a condo for ski season every year.

MonkeePuzzle > Ash78, voting early and often
02/07/2020 at 12:34

smoked wings, and that weird white sauce, good stuff

MonkeePuzzle > Nothing
02/07/2020 at 12:36

in my teen years I lives in Evergreen, and worked as the Breeze ski rental in Dumont/Downiville. Work the morning rental shift, board all day at loveland, then work the evening rental returns shift. Slept so many times in the parking lot :D
thank goodness for the Subaru Loyale wagon being long enough to sleep in

Ash78, voting early and often > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:44

It took me a while to get used to white sauce, but I use it almost all the time now. I hate the oversweetened stuff.

dumpsterfire! > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:48

Yeah I drove Vail pass last weekend and couldn't believe how deep the pavement ruts were in spots, and that was a clear day where I could see.

Nom De Plume > For Sweden
02/07/2020 at 12:58

A+

Earn your turns. Almost as if you on the other side of the ocean understood how innately satisfying it is laugh at the current corporate atmosphere pervading over these resorts.

Future next gen S2000 owner > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 12:59

I worked the evening shift at ManorVail Lodge in Vail while in college. Ski from opening till 2 ish. Start my 3-11 shift. That was an epic winter too. We got 100 inches between 12/1-12/25. So much snow.

The Snowman > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 18:43

LCC in salt lake(Snowbird/Alta) has been closed for two days and interlodged the whole time. I have a couple friends that are “ trapped” up there.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MonkeePuzzle
02/08/2020 at 10:32

Did you see traffic on 70 the Sunday that the x-games finished? Backed up past Dillon from Georgetown ! Not sure if that’s normal but holy hell.