Tag: opensnow
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What could El Niño mean for Colorado skiing? Go-to meteorologist weighs in
Colorado meteorologist Joel Gratz offers one guarantee for the winter. “It’s gonna snow,” he says. How much? That’s the question Gratz inevitably is asked ahead of every ski season. The Boulder resident is the sporting world’s go-to weather watcher, the co-founder and CEO of OpenSnow, the source offering powder hounds the daily forecasts they need.…
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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…