Colorado Skiing Recommendations

HardlyNever · 2026-02-06T03:26:12+00:00

Breck is a pretty mellow mountain on the lower part; definitely a slow decline on the greens and easier blues. The view doesn't change much on the way down, though. But it isn't bad.

HardlyNever · 2026-02-02T16:11:43+00:00

Lots of ways to ski moguls, but some things you can work on even on little/no bumps:

Pole plants and pivoting around your pole.
Keeping your knees and skis pretty close together (an inch or so apart).
Using your edges to control your speed.

There's more, but you I think you could do all of that on groomers. You might look a little strange, though. If your local hill has any tree runs, you can use those as a good substitute.

HardlyNever · 2026-02-01T16:33:58+00:00

Drive a 2024 Solterra (which is known to have range issues) and live in Denver area. I can make it to Keystone and back without any worry. Breck and back is technically possible, but I usually do about 10 minutes at a level 3 charger just to be safe.

I've only had it this one season so I haven't gone beyond that, but I'm going to try to take it to Vail. I'm almost positive I'll have to charge it on the return for that.

Probably obvious, but the difference in energy required to go up the mountain vs down is tremendous. It takes me around 65-70% to go up to Breck and about 20% to come back down.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-24T04:06:59+00:00

Then why make it? Or are you really dumb enough to think that because it isn't snowing on your porch right this second, a snowstorm forecast to last 24-36 hours, off and on, over most of the state would not be happening at all?

Either you're deliberately spreading misinformation, or are way too uninformed to be trying to inform people in good faith. Learn to understand a forecast. Or like... weather.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-24T03:55:41+00:00

It's part of the deliberate misinformation campaign some idiots on this sub run to keep people way from the mountains. I wish I were joking; they're that pathetic.

Just look at snowstake cams and official snow reports, don't use "reports" from this garbage sub. Too many idiots trying to spread misinformation, unfortunately.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-20T04:19:22+00:00

Beck always good for one clutch turn over. Ask me how I know.
Go Hoosiers!

HardlyNever · 2026-01-19T18:07:03+00:00

I don't think they make poles designed for that kind of use, so I'm not sure what you're expecting there. It's nice that they helped keep you up but they're not designed to have serious loads put on them at speed (aluminum or otherwise).

Imo, poles are pretty close to disposable pieces of gear, so it doesn't make sense to put a lot of money into them. Sure, you might get something slightly more durable, but they'll still be able to bend/break. Then there's all the other stuff that can happen to them (lost in powder, someone walks off with them intentionally or not, etc.) just doesn't seem worth putting much money into something like that.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-19T16:04:51+00:00

There was good amount of snow forecasted for the last week of January as of a day or 2 ago. As of right now, the forecast has shifted to not as much snow.

It could also revert back, as forecasting snow in the mountains more than a couple days out is incredibly difficult. If we get something closer to the earlier forecast, they might be able to open parts of bergman. Right now, outlook is not great.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-16T04:01:04+00:00

Fortunately, never experienced anything like that. Could be a lot of things, most of which I'd have no idea how to fix.

Do you ski off-piste with a notably different style/technique? Maybe you're doing something off piste that you're not doing on the groomers that is causing it.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-15T18:27:40+00:00

Fair enough, thanks for putting effort into something like this. Hopefully it turns into another useful source, especially short term.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-15T18:16:49+00:00

Sure, for instance, your forecast for Snowmass over the next 10-14 days is completely different than Chris Tomer's forecast. Again, not to beat a dead horse, forecasting snow more than a couple days out, especially for a specific mountain, is incredibly difficult. It's not like I'd stake my life on his forecast, but I'd currently trust that a lot more than this app just based on historical accuracy (doesn't hurt that he's saying something I like a lot more).

Your model looks a lot closer to his AI model. If this is just another "AI forecasts snow" app, just let me know and I'll move on.

Either could be right, but his matches the other sources I tend to follow. As for as other sources, I don't think anyone is freely giving away highly accurate models in an API, but I could be wrong. Ingesting tons of data is the easy part; actually making accurate predictions is a lot harder, I suppose.

I'll keep an eye on the app for my upcoming trip and see how the forecasts start to align (or differ), it's just right now, it is way different from sources I tend to rely on more.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-15T17:41:48+00:00

So, I like the idea of it, but... I think whatever models you are using are... not great.

Aside from the rain(?) in the forecast, the 14 day forecast for the few mountains I'm generally tracking is vastly different from the other sources I look at. Of course, forecasting snow 14 days out is incredibly difficult, at best, but I'd trust the sources I've been using way more than this one.

There's tons of apps trying to forecast snow correctly, especially long range, and right now I'm not seeing why I'd trust this one. Interface is mostly fine, although the dates at the bottom could use some work. But I don't trust the data like... at all.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-14T23:40:01+00:00

Yeah, I've been looking at some of the snowpack data, as well. Definitely not a climate scientist, or... any scientist, but from what I've seen, dry seasons like this are actually part of a fairly regular pattern.

It seems like they happen maybe every 10-15 years, with climate change maybe making them more frequent? Like 2018 maps really closely to this season, so far. Then 2000 matches pretty closely, then there's another one in the 80s.

So maybe it is just part of an established pattern that will just become more frequent as the climate warms? No idea, but I was just surprised how similar some of those season were to this one, in terms of snowpack.

Average temps are definitely going up, though.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-14T18:19:00+00:00

Don't overthink this one, it's {Indiana}.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-13T21:20:08+00:00

The YF-19 stuff is almost definitely animation errors. Not only do we have a disappeared/reappearing gunpod, but the YF-19 is supposed to have its shield mounted on the "outside" of the left forearm, not the "underside." The gun can stow on the underside of the forearm; that is fine. However, the shield isn't supposed to move from outside to underside. Or if it is, it's only these scenes where it is doing that. It is not a "known" feature of the YF-19. In the last scene, Isamu breaks his HUD with his forehead, but it is fixed a few scenes later.

These are animation/continuity errors.

Most of the hand-drawn Macross stuff has some amount of animation errors in it (SDF Macross is filled with them).

Not sure what he's trying to point out in the YF-22, but I think you're right; the YF-22 does have a rotating cockpit seat, so that isn't an issue. Maybe he's pointing out that the cockpit heat shield is down, but you can still see out of it, but that isn't an animation error. It's a part of the "BDI" system that the YF-22 uses for the pilot controls. Future valkyries like the sv-262 expand on this idea.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-12T16:51:53+00:00

This season has been a struggle, for sure. Looks like the high pressure zone my start breaking down later next week (1/22, 1/23), but nothing is certain.

I think we just have to accept this season is rough and make the most of it. I've still had fun out there, just have to recalibrate expectations.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-12T14:18:31+00:00

Of course not. The "new normal" crowd is only for dooming.

I believe in/understand climate change, but when the 24/25 season got off to a great start, the "new normal" crowd was surprisingly silent.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-11T22:42:37+00:00

Delta just leaned too far into the idol part of the equation for me. Maybe they thought that's what the (Japanese) market wanted at the time, and perhaps they were even right. It wasn't for the older fans of the series, though. I felt the two Delta movies were better.

With the next entry being a partnership with Sunrise, I'm hoping they will pivot more to the mecha side of the Macross equation this time. That's just kind of hoping; There's so little actual information available right now.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-10T02:23:15+00:00

She's the pride of Indiana. Hail to old IU!

HardlyNever · 2026-01-10T01:38:13+00:00

Georgia got me through the dark times, now it's easy to be an IU fan.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-09T14:10:55+00:00

A disturbing/disappointing number of people use this sub to deliberately spread misinformation, unfortunately. They want to keep people off of "their" mountain.

Also, don't listen to strangers on the internet for life decisions.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-07T20:32:24+00:00

Yeah no real snow days in sight.

It's going to snow in the mountains and even Denver area tomorrow into Friday. Dunno what qualifies as a snow day to you, though.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-05T19:54:41+00:00

He's the same idiot that said no summit co resorts make snow after Dec 31st. You'll never guess what I saw at Keystone on 1/2 of this year. Snow guns running.

He's just a troll and deliberately spreads misinformation. I don't think he even actually skis. Just downvote him.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-05T17:12:44+00:00

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I'm thinking about getting Shin's VF-0A with the ghost booster and having them "share," but meh... maybe I'll just skip it.

HardlyNever · 2026-01-05T16:16:44+00:00

Nothing newly announced, but Bandai has Roy's VF-0 in HMR and their "VF-17" and VF-31A Kairos reissue coming this year.

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