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Vail’s Sun-up bowl, Vail ski conditions

Chris Ratzlaff — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:08:19 +0000

The skiing has been fantastic and more snow is coming this weekend on Sunday. Vail has a great base and the temps are staying cold making for some nice and dry snow.

Vail’s ski run ” Cow’s Face” is in the background

Skiing Headwall in Sun up Bowl

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Vail snow report and Antlers at Vail ski conditions, March 29

Chris Ratzlaff — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:56:15 +0000

Sunshine baby ! Wonderful snow and warm temps today. I only had an hour and a half for skiing so I stuck to the front side of Vail mountain. Groomers were great and the bumps on the top 1/2 of the mountain were still soft. I would assume that the Back Bowls were good after Noon with good corn skiing. Enjoy the pics…. Chris R.

Sarah at the top at Eagle’s nest

Vail groomers from Chair # 3

The grooming train

Gore Range from the Pride chairlift

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Vail grooming, Vail ski conditions March 1, reported by Antlers at Vail hotel

Chris Ratzlaff — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:53:14 +0000

Here are the Vail ski conditions and Vail snow report for March 1st as reported by the Antles at Vail hotel: Light snow, staying cold, 1-2 inches of new snow. A few icy patches here and there but the snow is still soft, even in Vail’s Back Bowls. Sunny skies and warm weather is predicted for this coming Tuesday and Wednesday before we get more snow again. It is now March so get ready to bust out the sunscreen every other day between the snow. Picture below is from the top of Chair 2 looking towards Gore Range and Chair #4. Around 10 Vail groomers came by real quick. Chris R.

Everyone out of the way !

Vail grooming operations in progress, one expensive cat

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Vail ski conditions from the Antlers at Vail condos, February 19

Chris Ratzlaff — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:46:39 +0000

Here is the Vail ski condition report from the Antlers at Vail condos for February 19th. The skiing is GREAT! Although we had been short on snow for the early ski season, the last two weeks have been really good. Another 5 inches of snow reported today. As I was heading up the Born Free Express lift I was having my doubts on the 5 inches, as it only looked like 3 inches down here in Lionshead. Well, there was plenty up high. Most of my runs were done in Game Creek Bowl ( see the Vail ski area map ). It started snowing pretty good again around 3pm this Friday afternoon. Chris R.

Some powder in Game Creek Bowl

More storm clouds rolling in from the West

A look back at some powder turns

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Vail snow report and vail ski conditions Feb 16

Chris Ratzlaff — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:12:50 +0000

Another 5 inches of snow today. It is soooooo soft out there. Still snowing lightly although they are calling for clearing skies by this afternoon. Another storm predicted Wednesday night. Now, you have all probably heard that parts of Colorado are a bit below average for snow this season. And yes, this includes Vail at the moment. If you are driving up from Denver, it can be very scary. We made the trip from Denver early this morning (but still got on the lifts by 11:45). There isn’t much snow along the road until you get to the top of Vail Pass. Even near Copper mountain there wasn’t much there. Thankfully the Vail Valley has been blessed as we seem to be getting the majority of the snow out of these recent systems. So far this season Vail has had 172 inches. Keystone 92 inches. Go figure.

Pictures from today (Tuesday) around 1pm

Sort of boring pictures but I was skiing by myself

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Vail ski and snow conditions February 14

Chris Ratzlaff — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:29:46 +0000

9 inches of new snow today and 14 inches in the last two days. It is still snowing outside as of Sunday mid-day. Things are soft up there (at least that is what the guests are saying). Some of us hope to get up late this afternoon to make some runs, take some pictures and get you an updated report.

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Vail snow and ski conditions February 8

Chris Ratzlaff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:59 +0000

Some of us locals can get pretty lazy mid-season and we can go a week without skiing. Yeah, I know……… But it was good to get out there again. Still no super huge dumps, but every three days or so we get another 3 inches or something. Just enough to keep things soft and keep the skiing good. The sun came out today and we had a trace of new snow. Multiple runs in China Bowl. If you stuck to the west facing slopes in China, the powder was still pretty soft. Some misc. pictures using the camera phone below. They groomed Headwall and Emperor’s choice in the back, which is where we spent most of the day. I went skiing with Marilyn Levey from New York. She took one of those Her Turn workshops through Vail this past weekend and raved about how great it was. Check it out the link for more information. Until next time… Chris R.

Riding up Chair 17 after doing headwall

Buffalo’s, the best place to meet up with people and adjust your ski boots

I thought I had more pictures, sorry………

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Midweek Visit to Vail Mountain

Chris Ratzlaff — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:51 +0000

Since I had been feeling better I took to the slopes February 2nd Tuesday morning. Wow, was I reminded of how great it is to be on Vail Mountain when there are no crowds! The Gondola, Game Creek, Chair 5, Chair 11 and Chair 4; no lines! It was heaven for those who have only hours before they have to work. My runs were in the glistening sun and as though I was all alone; it was one of my favorite days on the mountain. I hope your upcoming days here in Vail mirror my Tuesday morning and if you haven’t booked your accommodations here at the Antlers at Vail, well we’re here waiting

Going up Game Creek Express

Taking in the sights on Lion's Way

Happy, happy, happy

~ Aisha

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Vail ski conditions February 1

Chris Ratzlaff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:08:59 +0000

Vail ski conditions February 1st: Vail ski area reported 3 inches of new snow today. It was sort of a surprise as down here at the base there was just a dusting of snow. When this happens we figure there is only 3 inches up at the very top. Well…. even at the base of the Avanti lift there was 3 inches and at the top there was 4-5 inches in places. It was a very dry snow so it won’t last very long, but for at least the next two days things have softened up for us. This was our chance today to get into the Back Bowls again and to get over to Blue Sky Basin.

Walter from Florida, Herbert and Krizsta Kafka from Vienna and Sarah from Italy, skiing Northwoods

Skiing down West Poppy Fields heading for Blue Sky Basin

It was actually a bit cold out there today. But warm weather is coming this Tuesday – Thursday

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Vail ski conditions January 22 and 23 and 24 and the 25th

Chris Ratzlaff — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:00:33 +0000

Update: January 25, 10 more inches of snow reported at 6am. They say we’ve received 30 inches of snow over the last 7 days. Check out the Vail Cam for a look.

Update: January 24, 9 more inches of snow reported at 6am. It has been snowing hard all morning. Finally some serious powder !

Update: January 23, 4 more inches of snow reported, snowing pretty good outside.

January 22, Vail ski conditions are certainly getting freshened up this week . We had 5 inches a few days ago and then a few inches each of the last couple of days. We are still looking and hoping for that big dump this weekend and we’ll certainly keep you up to speed. Here are some pictures from Wednesday when they reported 5 inches. It was 5 inches up on the upper 1/2 of the mountain but more like 2-3 inches from Chair 2 on down. Here we are on Northwoods. It was lightly snowing Friday mid-day when this was posted.

Chris R.

Top of Chair 2 on Wednesday. The Groomers were GOOD

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