24 Apr 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

April News

We wanted to connect with you and say thanks for allowing us to entertain you once again. When we could operate this year, it was a ton of fun and we enjoyed all of your company in the backcountry heaven that is Buffalo Pass and the Steamboat Powdercats experience.

As you know, this was our most challenging season. Winter showed up late and left early.

22 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.23.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

20 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.20.12 – 3″ new

Oh how nice it is to get some more snow. Sure it’s not a foot, but you know what, at this point we’ll take the 3″ today and 3″ yesterday and run with it!

Two cats out today enjoying cold temps and new layer of fresh on the terrain. Check out the slideshow images by Beuford and see that if you are in town now, you need to call us and get on a cat trip tomorrow. Space available all week.

19 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

Marmot Powder Day

A crew from our partners at Marmot came out today and guess what, it snowed! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. After a two week hiatus, Mother Nature kicked down at just the right time to get these Marmot and Backcountry.com executives in on some much needed powder therapy.

We’ve been working with Marmot as our jacket, pack and gear provider for now our 3rd season. Our guides sport the Marmot jackets (Troll Wall Jacket) in style and love the quality and durability that the jacket provides. Check it out on the Marmot website here.

With the snow returning to our lives, we will be running all week. For those interested, give us a call and get up here as the groups will be small and the skiing will be fine once again.

Slideshow images by Beuford

13 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

Snow-Trainers

We had a full load here today, a kick ass group of 3 for 2 days and then a super crew of rippers from Snow Trainers (www.snowtrainers.com). These guys offer fantastic courses in ski and snowboard instructor training in Colorado, Japan and New Zealand. It was a blast of a day and always good to play with solid crews and amazing people.

Thanks for coming folks!

Slideshow images by Kent

12 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, Featured, 0 Comments

Powder Skiing Videos – most recent

Here are some of the powder skiing videos that our guide Pete Scully has put together from our powder skiing trips this season. As you know, we offer a powder ski video service to our guests but this is as an additional service. Pete sometimes will take the camera out while he is guiding and then edits them down for us to show thru these powder skiing videos exactly how our trips are running.

12 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 1 Comments

3.12.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

11 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.11.12

Yes, as you can see, face shots can still happen after a week of hot, hot weather and endless blue skies. Buff Pass still keeps giving the goods.

Keep your sunscreen close by as the weather looks like more of the same this week and now a hint of storm coming this weekend, possibly Monday/Tuesday. Please, please make this a reality. Skiing and riding is a blast of course no matter the weather, but new snow and fields of refreshed powder are what we do best.

10 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.10.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

09 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.9.12 – TGIF Party

For their annual retreat, we had a local investment group rock it with us once again. Now going on their 6th year this crew spoils their cohorts, close friends and family with a rippen day cat skiing. Why not right?

We really appreciate thet opportunity to help the group out in bonding and getting much needed on snow time.

We really appreciate thet opportunity to help the group out in bonding and getting much needed on snow time.

More sunshine, of course today. We were down to t-shirts and shells and skied south around noon, but mostly north facing softies.

08 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

The Sunscreen Chronicles – March snow update

It’s looking more and more like the annual thaw we get in Northern Colorado has set in for awhile.

Unlike last year where we already had a 114″ base and a series of every other day storms lined up, this year similar to most, we now have a 7-10 day heat wave and bluebird conditions scheduled over the next week.

So for all those powderhounds who are soon to be getting after it, here and elsewhere in Colorado, bring on the sunsreen and shades and don’t wear to many layers as it’s going to be hot.

07 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.7.12 – Living the dream!

It’s a pleasure doing what we do here at Steamboat Powdercats. We have it so good. The experience that is SPC is a daily reminder of how special life is and how fortunate we are to have our family of guests and guides enjoying the beautiful powder fields on Buffalo Pass.

06 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 2 Comments

3.6.12

Slideshow Images by Beuford

05 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.5.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

04 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.4.12 – and then the clouds parted

If you like wintry weather, which we all do of course, its been a great run here in Northwest Colorado for the past month. Seems like weeks since we’ve seen enough sunshine to keep us from skiing our southern aspects. February was a deep month for us here in Steamboat with nearly 100-inches falling and providing ample snow for us to get deep in it.

03 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

Powder Day – 8″ new

It was the super fluff today. A bit of wind toasted it in certain areas but it was the cold that kept it light and dry and off the charts. This made for some of the lightest, dryest snow of the season.

We didn’t even really expect this storm so it was a gift from the powder gods.

02 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

Powder Day 4.5″ New

Another blast of weather overnight and it snowed all day. We had 4.5″ at the cabin when lunch lady arrived. As the day progresses, it only got deeper and lighter.

Slideshow images by Beuford

01 Mar 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

3.1.12

Today was one of those special days when we are reminded that life is too short and experiences like powder days with family and friends need to happen more often. Things just clicked today and new friends were made and old bonds reconnected.

29 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 3 Comments

2.29.12

Celebrating the best of Steamboat. We had 3 groups out there but one was hosted for the top employees from the Steamboat Ski Area as an incentive trip for them kicking ass this year. Our partnership with Ski Corp has been very helpful f

28 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

Powder Day 4″ and dumping

The snow didn’t start until around 6:30 am but then it stormed most of the day, refreshing the terrain and providing an outstanding skiing and riding experience. Winds were still significant but nothing like that of Sunday’s mayhem.

27 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.27.12

We are in between storms at the moment. The big windy that blew us up on Sunday has mostly passed by and another blast looks to be arriving tomorrow. The wind storm on Sunday did some incredible work on the terrain and the guides had to work overtime to keep everyone out of the scour. All reports were encouraging and another day goes by in full success.

26 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.26.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

25 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.25.12

One word for today – WIND! After a mild morning of blue skies and pow, the wind picked up and raged with sustained force and pulsing gusts. Reports from monitoring sites up on Buff registered 70+ mph gusts. Wow it was windy.

24 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.24.12 – Bluebird Powder Day

With 2 1/2 new inches of light snow at our cabin, conditions freshened up tremendously in the terrain. Around 11:00am, the clouds dissapeared and it was a stellar, bluebird powder day. What a blast on the Pass we had with our 3 groups.

24 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, Featured, 0 Comments

Extended Season – Discounted Rates

Due to the 6-week delay to our opening, we have now extended our season until the end of April. We are hoping that late March and April will be the new December and January for us. We initially were scheduled to close the 8th but will now be open till the 30th of April. Let’s hope the trend of winter weather continues for us and provides a deep late season and additional powder days for all of us.

23 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.23.12

Slideshow images by Beuford

22 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.22.12

This evolved overnight. The wind picked up and a bit of heat provided some unconsolidated snow to our zones. The slideshow images Kent posted tells the story. Compare this to the day prior. It’s always a game when backcountry skiing. Looks like next storm coming in this Saturday. We’ll see what happens.

21 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 1 Comments

Amazing Powder Day

Words can’t explain the adventures we had today on Buffalo Pass. Check out Beuford’s slideshow. Get ready for tomorrow people as the snow hasn’t stopped!

20 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, Featured, 0 Comments

Presidents Powder Day – 19″ new

Oh my, what a holiday! After waking up and calling into the Ski Area and hearing their record breaking 27″ report, you can only imagine how excited we were to get up on Buffalo Pass to test the goods.

19 Feb 2012, Posted by Master of Chaos in Blog, 0 Comments

2.19.12

Slideshow images by Beuford