this time last year I had ridden my mtb on the Frisco peninsula trails 3-4x already, and I was only 8 days away from my first ride on the lower flume trails here in Breck. Not so this year.
Below is an excerpt from the CAIC website-
Mountain Weather and Avalanche Forecast for the Vail and Summit County Zone
Forecast Issued on 5/7/2008 2:37:32 PM
Forecaster: Spencer Logan
Weather Synopsis
Will winter ever give up in the northern mountains? They are in for another round of spring snow tonight and Thursday. With total snow accumulations of more than 6 inches possible, it's more than dust on crust. Mashed potatoes? Cream cheese frosting?
Wednesday afternoon the warm temperatures will drive another round of convective storms. The showers will get a boost this evening as a shallow trough pushes in from the west. There will be snow along a cold front associated with the trough. The San Juans will see a dusting of snow, the central mountains a good period of snow overnight, and the northern mountains over 12 hours of light snow. Light snow continues in the north until mid-afternoon Thursday, when convection kicks off another round of showers statewide. Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees cooler Thursday than on Wednesday, and mostly cloudy skies will reduce the impact of the sun on the snow. A weak ridge forms late Thursday night, but it only lasts through Friday. A pair of fronts mean another round of snow Friday night into Saturday.
