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Eldo Ice

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Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735
EDJ Johnson · · Eldorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 110

yup! There was a thick hose coming out of the rotwand gully too. One of these days somebody will mix it up...

Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735

I took the pic at 8:00 am and it was 14 degrees f. When I got home from work by 4:30 pm it was all gone! That wall was even more plastered a few years ago when we had about 4 feet of snow over a few days around x-mas. That was the year we finally got to ski the scree gullies off the railroad tracks and Eric and Brad skied some rad stuff off the Fowler trail next to the Bastille. Ski Eldo!

Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735
It's in again, Black Walk ice, 2/27/15.
Eldo ice at 9:00am 0 degrees F.
We've had 48 inches of snow in 7 days and more on the way ! Ski Eldo is happening again, you can ski some scree and talus and not die.... Maybe!
Mike McHugh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 420

Steve:

Why are you pulling this cruel hoax? The park has 2 inches of windblown snow, there are rattlesnakes and tourists everywhere, and the mountain lions are very randy.

Oh, and when it warms up, the climbing here sucks. Friggin' chosspile.

Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735

Mike , not to worry ...the road thru town is impassable to all but residents! As a side note the mud slide above town has been skied so much it's bumped out! Now puke?

Frosty Weller · · Colorado · Joined Mar 2004 · Points: 1,145
Steve Sangdahl wrote:Mike , not to worry ...the road thru town is impassable to all but residents! As a side note the mud slide above town has been skied so much it's bumped out! Now puke?
We want Eldo ski pictures please, or it aint happening! ;-)
EDJ Johnson · · Eldorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 110

With a little go it for mixed with a bit of caution much good powder skiing can be had at this time in eldo. I recommend rock skis and north faces(skin tack up rattle snake gulch). Come get the rare Eldo face shots! The plow job on the road and parking is awesome, Go Mike!

Mike McHugh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 420
Steve Sangdahl wrote:Mike , not to worry ...the road thru town is impassable
Fixed that for ya. That road + lift kit and/or skidsteer has effectively interchanged my ascending colon and frontal lobes.
Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735

Mike, how did you fix the numerous Sink holes at the entrance to town ..... We like our sink holes it keeps the punters out.
Frosty , our lawyers have advised us not to take incrimanating photos of our activities!

Mike McHugh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 420

Fixed your sentence, not the road - there's no way I'd try to fix that cattywampus. I bet Don is about to bottom out his Toyota on those things, and that's saying something.

Don Ferris III · · Boulder, CO · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 186

TRD wont bottom out Mike.

Mike McHugh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 420
Don Ferris wrote:TRD wont bottom out Mike.
Ugh - sorry. Bad attempt at absurd humor about horrible potholes.
Mike McHugh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 420

Sorry for a minor thread hijack, Steve:

Just so everybody knows, the dirt road between the pavement end and the park is privately held. I've heard plenty of climbers grouse that the park should fix it, but I'd bet you don't want some well-meaning government employees "fixing" your property either.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the potholes, but I am a very big fan of the people, kids, and dogs that live in Eldo. If the road slows down some people in a hurry to get to the park or buy water, and reduces the risk of a tragedy, it's worth it.

And with that, I'll go back to MP lurking until 2016 or 2017.

Ski on, ladies and gentlemen, ski on.

Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735

Mike, I've heard climbers complaining about the condition of the road thru town also , my usually response is "You call yourself a climber? " Once again to be clear the road thru town is privately owned and the park has no maintenance agreement or any right to maintain it. Everybody in town drives that road every day without a problem. We like the way it is just fine. Hell I've seen porche 911,s get up the damn road no problem.
Now back to our regularly scheduled crap ......ice and snow. The skiing was great today in Eldo.
Now really puke.

Kyle P · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 5

Took the old lady's family out to snowshoe in eldo today. I ran into Steve and partner (i think?) after one of their laps. It's real. Super jealous. Nice work gents, respect. Ski eldo.

Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735
Black walk 2/28/15
This was the ice yesterday at about 1:00 pm . No sun today so it's still in ,temps didn't get above 20 f
I'll try and post a pic of it today. From my house it looks bigger than yesterday! Pull down!!!!
EDJ Johnson · · Eldorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 110

it is fatter for sure this evening. if it holds on through the warm day tomorrow it will really get cold again by tues and wed. Should stay solid then. I figure you could find a fair number of bolts to use, maybe not a total death mission. In other news the skiing is still good, not blower anymore but super fun in a scrapy ski your back yard kinda way. At least one new descent was logged during this cycle on which a real live sluff ran for several hundred feet.

topher donahue · · Nederland, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 210

Nothin' like a bunch of front range rock climbers forecastin' ice climbin' and skiin'. It looks to me like one swing and all the ice climbing and skiing will all fall into the valley, landing in EDJ's kitchen, maybe even bursting the bubble. Besides, the road is so terrible, there's no way I'm going climbing in there. Also, getting to the first stick in mountain boots should be world-class insecurity. Maybe with Tommy's Dawn Wall send insecurity will be cool again and we could apply to ACE for some winter security...

mike schlauch · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2004 · Points: 250
Steve Sangdahl · · eldo sprngs, co · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 735
Black Walk ice 3/1/15 at 5:00pm.
Still standing! The amazing thing is that is almost touching the ground at the saddle. Low angle terrain to that first stick and then all hell breaks loose!
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Colorado
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