{"id":803892,"date":"2020-02-06T10:29:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378562"},"modified":"2020-02-06T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:29:08","slug":"weather-concerns-cancel-qualifiers-adjust-dew-tour-competition-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/weather-concerns-cancel-qualifiers-adjust-dew-tour-competition-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather concerns cancel qualifiers, adjust Dew Tour competition schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/DewWeather-SDN-020720-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/figure>\n<p>Skiers and snowboarders across Summit County are elated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/powerful-storm-to-bring-1-to-2-feet-of-snow\/\">this week\u2019s storm<\/a>, which could be the strongest yet this season to hit local ski areas. But Thursday\u2019s gusty and snowy conditions significantly altered the start of Dew Tour at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Though the 16 men\u2019s freeskiers slated to compete in Thursday morning\u2019s qualifying round took to the slopestyle course briefly for practice, Dew Tour ultimately canceled the qualifier due to weather concerns. Dew Tour also canceled the 10:30 a.m. men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle qualifier, which had already been moved up a day due to Friday\u2019s forecast of blowing snow \u2014 the worst conditions for a slopestyle contest.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Dew Tour is still planning to run the snowboard and freeski team challenge competitions, including slopestyle, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Dew Tour, however, qualified that those competitions are subject to change pending the afternoon\u2019s weather.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/opensnow.com\/dailysnow\/copper\">OpenSnow.com\u2019s Copper Mountain forecast<\/a>, which was updated at 7 a.m. Thursday, a storm total of 10-20 inches is \u201cvery likely\u201d through Friday night. OpenSnow founder Joel Gratz wrote up to 6 inches of snow is expected Thursday followed by heavy snowfall Thursday night through Friday midday, accumulating in the double digits. Then Friday afternoon through Friday night, Gratz expects an additional 2-6 inches or more. Gratz expects the snow to end by Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing of this snow will lead to powder on Thursday, Friday and likely Saturday morning, as well,\u201d Gratz wrote. \u201cEven with this amazing forecast, there are a few downsides to keep in mind: Temperatures will warm through Friday, so the snow could become thicker and denser. Winds will be strong on Friday which will also create dense snow and could delay some lifts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Saturday, Gratz forecasts a dry period before more snow Saturday night and Sunday with at least a few inches of accumulation.<\/p>\n<p>For a full breakdown of Thursday\u2019s Dew Tour schedule, including live streams and feature stories, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DewTourDay1\">bit.ly\/DewTourDay1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/weather-concerns-cancel-qualifiers-adjust-dew-tour-competition-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skiers and snowboarders across Summit County are elated for this week\u2019s storm, which could be the strongest yet this season to hit local ski areas. But Thursday\u2019s gusty and snowy conditions significantly altered the start of Dew Tour at Copper Mountain Resort. Though the 16 men\u2019s freeskiers slated to compete in Thursday morning\u2019s qualifying round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 13:04:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}