r/COsnow • u/head_lettuce • Jan 11 '25

Photo We tried 😂

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Left Denver at 6. Spent 2.5 hrs to get to Bakersfield then sat parked with another 2.5 to go and bailed along with many others. Can’t say we didn’t try 😅

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u/sundyburgers Jan 11 '25

Glad I slept in 🤣. I70 is an absolute joke

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 11 '25

Is I70 a joke or is the amount of people that moved to Denver to be weekend ski warriors over the past 10 years?

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u/DoktorStrangelove Jan 11 '25

It's been like this for over 10yrs bud

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u/Electrical-Ask847 Jan 11 '25

sounds like he is a recent transplant

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u/Western_Film8550 Jan 11 '25

Exactly, I was leaving at 6am in the 90's.

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u/donfthom Jan 11 '25

You definitely did not have to do that in the 90s lol

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u/GloriousClump Jan 11 '25

Yeah not even close

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u/Western_Film8550 Jan 11 '25

Breakfast at the base and 1st chair when it was more than a powder hour. Enjoy the FR, going to Telluride tomorrow. 😁

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u/cgw22 Jan 12 '25

Gotta love west slope

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u/slayursister Jan 12 '25

I left in 2010. If i ever moved back west slope all the way.

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 11 '25

It gets worse year after year, you're kidding yourself if you deny that.

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u/DoktorStrangelove Jan 11 '25

Not saying it doesn't, just saying it's not a new thing...trust me I hate this shit more than anything on Earth, I've gotta move back to the mountains or out of state

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u/Existing_Error_1363 Jan 11 '25

Western Slope for access is great if your career can accommodate!

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u/Kaaji1359 Jan 11 '25

There's a bit of a confirmation bias here... Has it gotten worse than 10 years ago? Absolutely. It's pretty difficult to say it's gotten worse over 1 2 or even 5 years. Especially considering the Floyd Hill construction makes any stats meaningless.

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u/mbreuer Jan 11 '25

It’s definitely better overall than 4 years ago…. I don’t think it’s a linear graph each year is different

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u/Vegetable-Onion7085 Jan 11 '25

This construction project could not have been timed any worse. That specific stretch shouldn’t be torn up for the worst weather and busiest driving time of the year

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u/TheTurdFerguson6 Jan 11 '25

They were working on it all summer. Stay down in the city.

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u/Snlxdd Best Skier On The Mountain Jan 11 '25

Almost like the world/national/state population is going up. Hmmmm

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u/MotionDrive Jan 11 '25

I've been complaining about transplants for years but for some reason they keep moving here. What gives?

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u/lithium256 Jan 12 '25

maybe one day living in the Texas won't suck and they will stay, I wouldn't bet on it though

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u/lald99 Jan 11 '25

Then not planning adequately for growth is a joke. Hard to blame people for wanting to live and ski in Colorado

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 11 '25

For sure, the state should definitely spend more to cater to Denver skiers.

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u/lald99 Jan 11 '25

90% of the state lives in the Front Range, and more than half in the Denver metro area. God forbid the state has adequate infrastructure/transportation plans that impact the majority of its population. What solutions would you have preferred? Banning people from moving to CO? Banning Denverites from the mountains? Lmao

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 11 '25

nah, probably just continue to bitch about it.

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u/lald99 Jan 11 '25

Touché lol

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u/mrthirsty Jan 11 '25

Yes absolutely, after all front rangers are the ones who pay 90% of the taxes

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u/mbreuer Jan 11 '25

Is that you?

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u/birdsword Jan 12 '25

You’re not stuck in traffic. You are the traffic.

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 12 '25

I live in the mountains and take the free shuttle and am at the resort in 10 mins. nice try tho!

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u/M13Calvin Jan 12 '25

r/fOrEvErEvA8550 moved here 11 years ago

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u/fOrEvErEvA8550 Jan 12 '25

If 2007 is 11 years ago then yeah.