Tag: joel gratz
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The smackdown of snow: Who’s best, Utah or Colorado? | Vince Bzdek
It’s been a glorious week of snowfall in the land of champagne powder. The first storm last Monday dropped 5-10 inches on the northern and central mountains, and 10-20+ in the southern mountains. The second storm on Wednesday sprinkled double digits on top of that, and a third storm on Friday was icing on the…
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December comes with the blues as Colorado ski areas wait for snow
To Jeff Hanle, it didn’t feel like the first day of December. “Sunny and warm,” reported the spokesman for Aspen Snowmass. “If it wasn’t ski season, I’d say it’s really nice out.” It hasn’t felt like ski season. The calendar turned to December, and Fred Klaas was just one ski area operator wondering when his…
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Early forecast for powder in Colorado a ‘toss-up’ to trusted meteorologist
Ask Joel Gratz for Colorado skiing advice approaching a La Niña winter, and he might suggest looking abroad. “Maybe a trip to the north and northwest should be floating around,” he says. That’s because the sport’s go-to, Boulder-based meteorologist behind OpenSnow.com feels better about that region’s powder chances in La Niña seasons. These are seasons…
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Colorado’s uncertain ski season could have an unusually late start
In what promises to be a most unusual ski season in Colorado due to COVID-19, it might also be an unusually late kickoff. In a call Thursday, representatives at Arapahoe Basin and Loveland — the two ski areas historically vying for opening day bragging rights — expressed cautious optimism in running lifts by the end…