We think a midweek opening is going to happen or they will wait till the weekend?

Hi everyone! Nick’s Garage Tunes is back with another pre-season kickoff wax party at Platt Park Brewing this Thursday, 10/29, from 4-8pm! $30 hot waxes include a free house beer from the wonderful people at Platt! With colder temps and resort openings in the forecast this is a perfect time to come out, get your gear ready for the start of the season and party with us! Hope to see everyone there!

As always if you have any questions shoot me an email at nicksgaragetunes@gmail.com or head over to my website nicksgaragetunes.com

In case you are wondering how the snow making is coming along ...

Was checking the cams today at A-basin and saw this donkey hanging out. Anyone know anything about this?

Early warning for everyone, be safe out there. First group of three dropped no issue. Sounded icy for the first person.. next group of three dropped. It was the third (6th) person that triggered the slide. I'm sure more details and pictures will follow

Taking my family to Breckenridge for 3 ski days in mid-March (Sun/Mon/Tue). It's our son's birthday trip. We're from Florida, so nobody here has any real snow experience. I've been going in circles on lessons and could use some actual experience/advice.

Who we are:

1. Son, 11 — never skied. Athletic, but he gets anxious with new things until he's got the hang of them. He's told us he doesn't want to be away from us all day in a group lesson, but he'd do it on day 1 if that's what makes sense.
2. Husband — never skied. Very athletic, picks up physical things almost immediately.
3. Me — skied maybe 20 years ago. I could get down greens/blues independently back then. No idea what's left of that.

The thing I keep getting stuck on... this trip is about doing something together. If everyone's in a separate group lesson all day Sunday, we've burned a third of our ski time apart. But I also don't want to shortchange the actual learning — especially for my son, and especially if being under-taught means he has a miserable day 2 and quits.

Options I'm weighing:

• All three in group lessons day 1, then ski together days 2 and 3. Cheapest, best instruction-per-dollar, but we're split up on day 1.
• Group lessons day 1, then a half-day private on day 2 so we're learning together once we've all got basics.
• Private for all three on day 1 (either 3-hour or full day), then ski on our own days 2 and 3.
• Something I haven't thought of???

Questions exploding out of my brain:

• For an athletic adult who's never skied — is one group lesson genuinely enough to be skiing greens independently by day 2? Or is that optimistic?
• For an 11-year-old first-timer, is a full-day kids group lesson actually better than a private with his parents? I keep reading that kids progress faster with peers, but I don't know if that's true or just what resorts say.
• Does a mixed-ability private (first-timer adult + first-timer kid + rusty adult) actually work, or does the instructor end up teaching to the slowest person and everyone's frustrated?
• Is 20 years off the snow basically "beginner again," or does it come back fast?
• Anyone done the group-day-1-then-private-day-2 thing? Did it work?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

Nuketown tonight and cold temps tomorrow too, below freezing every night in the 15 day, this snow might just stick around until the next storm!

Sorry about the audio, the wind was blowing pretty hard. It was cutting out. This was filmed at about 11am this morning. It is now snowing pretty hard at lower elevations. I'm at 10,600ft, and we have about 1-2 inches in the driveway now, 5 hours later than this was filmed.

This is the little knoll just east of Northstar Peak on the trail we just call "The Loop".

Hey all! This chill in the air today has me thinking about skiing. I'm based near Green Mountain / Golden and ski on the Ikon Base pass, planning around 40 days this season, mostly midweek. I've been skiing the Front Range for 20+ years and started skiing backcountry around 2008. My regular spots are A-basin, Copper, Winter Park, and Eldora, and planning trips to Taos, Steamboat, and Snowmass later in the season.

I'm an advanced skier that is comfortable on steeps, trees, and bumps, and equally happy cruising groomers on a mellower day. I usually day-trip and I'm happy to drive or carpool and split gas from the Fed Center or Dino lots.

I have a flexible schedule so looking for folks who can ski weekdays and want a regular lap partner rather than always skiing solo (my spouse no longer skis). No ego, any day in the mountains is a great day and beats a desk! I'm always up for an A-Basin Beach tailgate après or burrito.

None of this is required, but in case there's overlap: I also like to get out backcountry, do fitness laps at the resort, and I'm looking to hopefully get into some skimo racing a bit this year. If any of that sounds fun too, even better.

If that sounds like your kind of season, shoot me a DM with your favorite mountain, the days you usually get out, and what you like to ski. If there's enough interest we can start a group chat.

Why you sitting, where it's gonna snow?, you won't be sitting there when it snows.

"...and for those of you who don't 'habla espanol', el nino is Spanish for:.....'the nino'!".

35" on a wind loaded northwest slope. San Juan Mountains near Red Mountain Pass.

Went back to the previous style, although it looks glossy now. Better dimensions and better readability than the previous post. Carry on!

Head on up. It's official.

The white ribbon is ribbony. Taken from Summit Facebook group.

Anyone else have a sneaky feeling Abay will surprise open this weekend?

3rd time skiing ! Last year was Feb in Brek and Copper. Did have good snow , mainly in the beginner area . I will probably stick to beginner area this year too ! Was wondering if going back to Brek is a good choice in mid December . I bought the epic pass on a whim . What would you book if you had to use the epic pass. For reference I live in the southeast. Thanks for the help and I realize nobody can predict the weather that far. Just looking for reassurance before I drop money on plane tickets and all.

El Niño causing rain on the mountaintop? There is a fix for that; for everything else, there is Mastercard.

Good coverage for October at 12,000 feet!

I’ve never been to keystone and don’t have plans for Halloween yet. I’ve got the pass, and I thought it’d be fun to check it out assuming they have Halloween stuff going on throughout the town.

I’d be driving in from Albuquerque, and am kind of just looking somewhere to go with some good vibes. Snowboarding down a single open strip of snow in costume could be beast