Hats off to the hardworking Telluride Ski Patrol for keeping the slopes safe this weekend. Consider this: a month of sunny skies, warm temperatures and no snow created a very weak underlying layer and this weekend’s foot-plus of new, wet and slabby snow created some very hazardous avalanche conditions.
That’s not all. Reverend Jerry Roberts, our faithful snow forecaster, is calling for perhaps a foot more to fall tonight. So, to the men and women on team red and white, rest up. It looks like you’ve got more work to do—and thanks.