2009 and 2010 Long Range Weather Forecast from the Farmers' Almanac.
Southwestern U.S. Weather
December 2009 20th-23rd. Showery. 24th-27th. Fair, dry, and very chilly at Christmas
. 28th-31st. Dry and turning chilly.
January 2010 1st-3rd. Fair, cold. Brisk dry for Tournament of Roses Parade. 4th-7th. Milder, then some rain/snow. 8th-11th. Becoming stormy California east. 12th-15th. Fair, cold. 16th-19th. Showers along Pacific Coast. Otherwise, clearing, windy. 20th-23rd. Milder; few showers. 24th-27th. Stormy Utah, 5"-10" possible. Fair elsewhere. 28th-31st. Fair, then showers.
February 2010 1st-3rd. Light snow Utah, then clearing. Pleasant elsewhere. 4th-7th. Windy and showery. 8th-11th. Clearing, colder. 12th-15th. Fair, then showers spread east from Pacific Coast. 16th-19th. Turning stormy California east.
Forecasts for the entire year are available in the current edition of the Farmers' Almanac, sold in many retail stores across the US. You can also conveniently order a copy from our online store.
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BOTTOM LINE
Danger by aspect and elevation on slopes approaching 35° or steeper.
DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS STILL EXIST. The avalanche danger remains CONSIDERABLE on mid and upper elevation northwest through east facing slopes approaching 35 degrees or steeper, where people can trigger avalanches to the ground. These are unmanageable conditions -Difficult to forecast, dangerous to ski or slope cut, and not going away anytime soon.
Watch for recent wind slabs and pillows on north through east aspects, as these may be sitting right on top of a trigger point for a deep slab avalanche. Avoid the steep terrain, where it is very difficult to tell the difference between stable and unstable slopes. With daytime heating, the avalanche danger will rise to MODERATE on the steep, sunny slopes.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
Despite the winds from last night cold air still remains in mountain valleys and lower elevations reading in the teens. Temperatures at mid and upper elevations are in the mid 20’s. Winds picked up last night for several hours from the southwest, averaging in the 20’s with gusts above 40 at ridge tops. Snow surfaces on north aspects are mostly recycled powder with any surface hoar that may have survived the overnight winds. South aspects still sport stout crusts that will likely soften through the day.
RECENT ACTIVITY
Only one new slide was reported from yesterday, which likely took out old tracks. This was in north facing Upper Days fork around 10,200’ and was triggered by a cornice drop, 40’ wide, 2.5’ deep and running 150’. Minor collapsing was also reported yesterday.
THREAT #1
WHERE
PROBABILITY
SIZE
TREND
Over the next 24 hours.
The main concern for today remains at the deep buried layer of weak facets overlaid by a one meter or so strengthening slab. Reflected by the danger rating, this problem continues to persist. Chances are one can trigger one of these hidden dragons with no sign of cracking, collapsing or other sign of instability. Ski or sled tracks offer little measure of reliable information. Furthermore, few - prudently - have pushed the envelope in steep radical northerly terrain. The lack of activity may also reflect this fact.
Those that have pushed into the steeper terrain have a significant amount of experience and looking at what terrain has released adn what has not. Where are the old crowns and flanks? How much of the faceted snow remains? Is there a new slab above this - or not? One must put the work into these decisions...
THREAT #2
WHERE
PROBABILITY
SIZE
TREND
Over the next 24 hours.
Well, it was looking like things were going to get a little bit less sensitive today, however, the winds from last night have put a stop to that. Winds drifts are expected to have formed on north through east aspects. These do not only pose a problem in their own right, but more importantly, have likely added weight to sensitive trigger points for the persistent slab issue. The new drifts are likely to be very sensitive on the steeper slopes and most pronounced in the upper elevation north through east facing slopes. Remotely triggered drifts are possible, as they were likely drifted on some exceedingly weak faceted snow and/or surface hoar.
THREAT #3
WHERE
PROBABILITY
SIZE
TREND
Over the next 10 hours.
The third issue for the day is wet avalanches. With partly cloudy skies the sun has a good chance to warm the snow surface producing small but heavy wet slides.
MOUNTAIN WEATHER
Clear skies should give way to increasing clouds in the afternoon ahead of tomorrow's storm. Winds today will be west to southwesterly in the 15-20mph range. 8000' and 10,000' temps will rise to 40 and the upper 20's, respectively. The broad, moist Pacific storm will start to produce snow tomorrrow morning, with snow continuing throughout the day. 8-14" expected in favored areas. A ridge develops for the latter part of the week.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Dawn Patrol Forecast Hotline, updated by 05:30: call 888-999-4019, option 8,
Daily observations are frequently posted by 10 pm each evening.
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The information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
I will update this forecast tomorrow morning. Thanks for calling.
This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
This advisory provided by the USDA Forest Service, in partnership with:
Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Salt Lake County and the friends of the La Sal Avalanche Center.
ALTA -- A 4-year-old girl fell off a ski lift at Alta ski resort Saturday.
The girl was riding the Sunnyside lift at the resort around 4:30 p.m. when he fell 30 to 40 feet.
She suffered a significant loss of consciousness and stopped breathing. When ski patrol arrived they gave her rescue breaths until she was breathing again.
The girl was transported to Primary Children's Medical Center by helicopter in critical condition, though she had regained conscious before being transported.
The girl is now in serious condition. She was riding on the lift with an adult at the time that she fell.
Monetary donations to the Angel Tree can be made through the 2News contact Jessica Taylor at Cyrus Credit Union at (801)260-7600 ext. 5946 or even better would be a check written out to "The Angel Tree Program". Checks can be delivered to the warehouse located at 1025 South 700 West in Salt Lake City.
To pick up an angel tree child, please come this weekend: Saturday: drop offs only-from 9am-2pm and the warehouse will be open to collect from 2pm-6pm and Sunday: from 9am-10pm.
Merry Christmas to Darren & Scott! iPod Giveaway Winners!
by i360 Fam on December 19, 2009
Merry Christmas to Darren and Scott!!
We’ve got an iPod and an i360 with your name on it! Shoot an email to info@ithreesixty.com and we’ll send that right over. Ho Ho Ho.
We’re pretty tired from being Santa here at i360. It’s been a great year, lots of great experiences and lots of new friends. We wish you all the best this Holiday Season and look forward to a great 2010.
Keep your eyes peeled there are some great new products we’ll be changing your life with this year!
POWDR CORP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES ITS ACQUISITION OF
COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT IN COLORADO
PARK CITY, UT— December 18, 2009—Powdr Corp, a leading mountain resort owner and operator in North America, today announced that it has successfully closed on its acquisition of Copper Mountain Resort from Intrawest.
“We appreciate the hard work put forth to finalize this acquisition,” said John Cumming, chief executive officer at Powdr Corp. “We are thrilled to work with the experienced team in place at Copper Mountain and grateful for the opportunity to expand the Powdr family into Colorado.”
This winter there will be no impacts on the guest experience at Copper Mountain. Powdr Corp will work together with Intrawest to ensure that all of the multi-mountain season pass products, vacation reservations and joint marketing initiatives will be honored for the 2009-2010 winter season. This includes the Rocky Mountain Super Pass suite of products that provide skiers and riders with access to Copper Mountain, Steamboat Resort and Winter Park Resort. Vacation packages and season passes for all three mountains will continue to be available at www.skicolorado.com
“We are excited to join Powdr Corp’s family of resorts,” said Gary Rodgers, president and general manager at Copper Mountain. “The emphasis they place on the on-mountain experience allows us to solidify our place as Summit County’s favorite resort for skiing and riding.”
About Copper Mountain Resort
Copper Mountain is easily accessible and only 75 miles from Denver with 2,465 acres of world-class terrain and a pedestrian village that feels less complicated. Copper’s guests enjoy steps away lodging, après entertainment, naturally divided terrain, exciting events and a playful, knowledgeable staff. Begin your Copper experience with the online videos and photo galleries at www.coppercolorado.com
About Powdr Corp Powdr Corp is one of the leading mountain resort owners and operators in the United States. Headquartered in Park City, Utah, Powdr Corp currently owns and operates eight ski and snowboard resorts including Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah, Killington Resort and Pico Resort in Killington, Vermont, Mt. Bachelor in Bend, Oregon, Boreal Resort and Soda Springs Resort, both in Donner Summit, California, Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and the newly acquired Copper Mountain Resort, in Summit County, Colorado. Powdr Corp also operates Gorgoza Park, a lift-served tubing park, in Park City, Utah. For additional information, please visit www.powdr.com
DVD’s will go on sale early October. Also make sure to mark your calendars for October 9th for an online premiere and live chat with Todd! Check back for more details and teaser below.
The Todd Richards movie what’s the title? Me, myself and I, basically because it’s a self-centered movie, centered around me—Me, Myself and I.
Would you say it’s pretty evenly split between snowboarding, history, and interviews? What can we expect to be watching? Yeah there is a snowboard section back from when I was filming with Mouse, Dawger, and Fall Line, all that old stuff is in there. There are a lot of interviews—it’s a kind of a biography about myself and coming up in the sport. It’s not by any means the next People movie. But if you’re taking the time to watch this you probably will all ready know that. If you’re into getting a history lesson and being entertained at the same time, this is the movie for you. If you came to watch snow porn then maybe just skip the snow and just watch porn because you’ll get a way better pay off.
You also have a book, is the movie anything like it? Well considering it’s based on my life there’re some similar stories in there, but it’s not based off P3 [his book] by any means. It’s not a scene-by-scene reenactment at all. A lot of interviews and insight from different people throughout the industry, it’s pretty much a roast. I get roasted a lot by people, which is cool. A lot of awkward stuff about my child hood and shit like that
So a lot of stories about you. Is the story of you shitting your pants in there? I think I eluded to the shit your pants story. But no, I didn’t recreate it because that would be awkward. God I should of recreated shitting my pants … I’m not afraid to shit my pants on television though. Although back then it was probably only a couple hundred of people, but now I could shit my pants in front of millions of people!
Are you hosting the Olympics, you could do it on there? I am, Vancouver 2010. (long pause) Sure …. if I could get an energy drink to sponsor me shitting my pants on TV I would do that for sure. I would probably get a huge contract to do it. Or better, ex-lax… I would shit my pants on live TV at the Olympics if I could get a huge check from ex-lax. If you could work on that for me …
Chris Wellhausen Photo
All right, back to the movie. Do you think kids are going to wonder why a snowboarding newscaster has a movie about his life? So I’m a snowboarding newscaster? (Laughs) Well it’s an educational thing… I guess that’s a good point. Maybe people will want to know what’s up with the beginning of the sport because there is a lot of that stuff in there. A lot of the movie relates to me in when I was nerd and runt growing up. It doesn’t matter to snowboarding guys that I’m a snowboard newscaster, it’s more about if I could pull myself out of the East Coast and the situation I was in, anybody could. It’s more about that than it is ‘Snowboarding’s Howard Cosell has a movie made about him.’ My life is way more interesting than a snowboarding newscaster … come on.
Austin Smith seems to believe that this movie might be similar to Benjamin Button? Have you heard anything about why you might be similar to that guy? Well Matty Ryan calls me the snowboarding Benjamin button.
Because you seem to only get better with age? That’s cool. I like that, yeah … I’m like a fine wine although much like a fine wine if you leave me in the heat or sun I go bad very quickly (laughs).
So this explains why your Quiksilver team manager Brian Craighill says you’re able to maintain that fourteen year old attitude at all times? I just try and not get caught up with hating everything … like he does (joking). If you base your life on what would fit into these jeans I’m wearing right now you will get very sour very quickly. If you roll with an elitist attitude then you will never relate to anybody. Not saying Craighill does that (laughs) just anybody in general.
Back on subject, how long were you working on this movie for? It’s been in the works for about two years. Compiling footage and doing interviews takes a lot of time and the director Josh Landan is the person that needs to get that credit because I’m the worst at getting that crap done. I can set up interviews and convince my friends to sit down for them, but ultimately Josh has to go there and listen to them blabber on about me for hours. Whether it’s them ripping on me, or whatever it’s still time consuming. I literally don’t even want to see the movie before the premiere. That way when it’s over I can just be like “that’s a bunch of lies, I didn’t say any of that stuff.”
Anything else you want to say? It’s funny, just go and see it. If That’s It That’s All is in the upper right, we’re like in the bottom left corner at the bottom of the page. Josh also did the Tara Dakides movie, which is probably a more dramatic version. Mine would be the comedy. There is a lot of self-deprecating humor, a lot of people rag on me in the interviews. It’s pretty cool you know, a lot of history.
When is the release date? The DVD release date will be towards the end of September beginning of October depending on when all that duplication stuff is done. The premiere though is the 21st of September at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas.
So what’s next for Todd Richards? Toddcast stuff! There’s the whole Toddcast thing on the Quiksilver web site. It’s just getting bigger and gaining momentum—hopefully that parlays into something else. I’ve got a couple things going on with some cable network stuff, then the Olympics and of course Omatic is in there. I’m getting tired just thinking about it. It’s fun, I’m just keeping the dream alive.
Sponsors for the movie? Quiksilver, Nixon, and DC—those are the people that are bringing you this movie, oh and ex-lax…hopefully. If we can get every one to take ex-lax and get them to simultaneously shit their pants while pounding energy drinks. We would be dealing with an energetic explosive of diarrhea. That could even be an X Games event.
Where can I go pick up a copy? Your finer snowboard stores. VAS is distributing it, go to their web site. Probably Wal-mart, K-mart … anything with a mart at the end.
Southwestern U.S. Weather 
