Cold weather sends some skiers to the lodge

COPPER MOUNTAIN - Skiers and snowboarders who spent the day outside Saturday will likely need to warm up by the fire after an arctic cold put the whole state into a deep freeze.

Inside Jack's Bar at Copper Mountain, bartender Carol Jedd had a line of customers, all before noon, due to the weather outside.

"It's going to be a great day for us bartenders," said Jedd.

After nearly a month straight of snow in the mountains around Summit County, ski areas like Copper have seen a lot of snow. Copper Mountain spokesperson Lauren Pelletreau says they reached 100 inches by Dec. 20.

"We reported our 100th inch of snow on the season today," said Pelletreau.

It's great for skiing, but the weather has now brought bitter cold temperatures this weekend.

Around the resort, you can see steaming, heated sidewalks; normally completely clear, some now have ice built up on them.

You wish

Lomborg’s dangerously wrong public pronouncements on climate change are sadly still getting some pick up in the mainstream media but the sun is clearly setting on his celebrity status.