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  1. TahoeBC - there was a temporary error with the...

    TahoeBC - there was a temporary error with the perimeter data shown on CalTopo. I don't know for sure but I believe on the government server we get data from, rather than on our end. Your...
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    CalTopo's first generation of slope angle shading...

    CalTopo's first generation of slope angle shading was released in February 2012 - what feels like an unbelievably long 7 years ago. I think it's an incredibly useful tool for planning purposes, but...
  3. Just sent the following to the Tahoe National...

    Just sent the following to the Tahoe National Forest via their contact form (a phone call would probably be more effective but I want to be able to post the response verbatim rather than...
  4. Anyone know what he's referring to? That...

    Anyone know what he's referring to?

    That letter was pretty heated, and sent directly to Squaw/Alpine, so personally I see a significant difference between pulling his pass and say going after...
  5. Sad cherry atop our rain-on-snow sundae this...

    Sad cherry atop our rain-on-snow sundae this week.

    The abrupt decision followed by radio silence makes it pretty obvious there are external factors in play. As someone with my own half business /...
  6. I'm no fan of KSL, but seriously? They can...

    I'm no fan of KSL, but seriously? They can barely spin any lifts on a busy weekend due to some unspecified reason (but it's probably not limited avalanche control work because they got KT running)...
  7. Sugar Bowl is able to run both Disney and...

    Sugar Bowl is able to run both Disney and Lincoln, but Alpine can't turn a single lift? If you were in the mood to give them the benefit of the doubt, is there something unusual about the wind...
  8. Fair enough, and speaking universally there are...

    Fair enough, and speaking universally there are some counties/states that actually do charge for rescue, although I suspect that's not an actual bill for rescue services, but a citation for illegally...
  9. ^^^ not sure where your info comes from, but...

    ^^^ not sure where your info comes from, but since charging for rescues and closing boundaries due to the potential for rescues are both sore spots for me:

    * People have been winding up in...
  10. 198420 Checked that box two years ago. Edit...

    198420

    Checked that box two years ago.

    Edit to add: part of me feels like an ass for posting any kind of snark so soon after a tragedy like this, but it's hard to silently watch Squaw blatantly...
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    Eastern Sierra Avalanche Fatality

    http://ktla.com/2015/11/23/missing-ucla-students-body-found-buried-under-avalanche-in-john-muir-wilderness/

    Conditions there are very low tide, but the terrain is complex and subject to...
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    Which I don't think most skiers would have a...

    Which I don't think most skiers would have a problem with. But like with Spring Creek, plowing and then gating a road makes ski access more difficult. I think it's completely reasonable to request...
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    LightRanger, did the attached white paper also...

    LightRanger, did the attached white paper also get passed on to you? Can you post it up somewhere?
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    Interesting. No surprise that Wirth disagrees. ...

    Interesting. No surprise that Wirth disagrees. USFS says that it's within the Granite Chief Wilderness, but unless the FS buys the parcel, the act has no effect:
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    I wonder if Squaw will incorporate this into...

    I wonder if Squaw will incorporate this into their village expansion plans. No need to worry about all the day parking we're turning into condos, people can just park at Alpine and ride the gondola...
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    Looks like Squaw and Troy have finally come to...

    Looks like Squaw and Troy have finally come to terms: http://squawalpine.com/gondola
  17. Thread: Canadian Topos

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    Route/Track/Waypoint data uses GPX, but newer...

    Route/Track/Waypoint data uses GPX, but newer Garmins can display basemaps (over a very limited area) using KMZ files.

    I believe the 76 is old enough that it doesn't know how to show KMZ maps -...
  18. Thread: Canadian Topos

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    Is there something specific you're looking for...

    Is there something specific you're looking for beyond what caltopo has? NRCAN puts out several different map layers and as a non-Candian it's hard for me to keep them all straight.

    The NR Canada...
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    From Sugar Bowl on Saturday, it looked bone dry -...

    From Sugar Bowl on Saturday, it looked bone dry - you could probably drive to Rose faster than you could hike to anything worth skiing.

    Shaded north facing trees off the ridge between Sugar Bowl...
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    We switched over at 8800'. On the way out, skied...

    We switched over at 8800'. On the way out, skied a small tongue of snow down Brewer Creek to 8k, but it wouldn't be worth skinning up - all sidehill as it's just on the N facing part of the gully,...
  21. Just got a nice looking, professionally produced...

    Just got a nice looking, professionally produced mini-brochure in the mail today from SOV. Titled "Local Residents Are Speaking Up About The IOV Proposal", it's mostly a repeat of the content on...
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    ^^^ The bigger issue is that I'd be paying at...

    ^^^ The bigger issue is that I'd be paying at least an extra $50/mo for extra capacity that would only get used for viewsheds and the sunlight layer, neither of which see very consistent use.

    This...
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    Sunlight shading and snotel layers are now live....

    Sunlight shading and snotel layers are now live.

    Snotel layer shows all sites that have at least daily snow depth updates; blue sites have wind data and red sites don't. Zoom in a couple levels...
  24. With several days of sunshine between now and...

    With several days of sunshine between now and then, I think the idea's nuts. Don't have beater AT skis so I took my XCD gear up the neighborhood hill in Truckee and scraped a lot of small rocks even...
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    If this tidbit was covered in the news before, I...

    If this tidbit was covered in the news before, I missed it. http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/northshore/8627463-113/squaw-model-scale-valley
  26. In an effort to keep this on track, is there...

    In an effort to keep this on track, is there actually any possibility of existing OSV closures being revised as part of a new overall management plan? Or is it simply going to be a look at...
  27. ^^^ Bit of a non answer. BTW, when I'm out 3-pin...

    ^^^ Bit of a non answer. BTW, when I'm out 3-pin gear, I hate all those snowmobiles in Martis, Castle Valley, Deep+Pole Creeks, the south side of 431, sugar pine point . . . X-C skiers probably have...
  28. Kidwoo, you said much of what I wanted to say but...

    Kidwoo, you said much of what I wanted to say but better. Not that it really matters in terms of the USFS and their settlement, but I'd really like to know where in norcal people actually feel there...
  29. I think "600,000 square feet of commercial space...

    I think "600,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 4,000 residential units" is a little different than just clearing some runs and putting up a few lifts.

    While I'm not an expert on...
  30. Do you really not understand that this is exactly...

    Do you really not understand that this is exactly what makes snowmobilers so concerned? There are well-organized groups out there with a hard-on for kicking snowmobiles out the forest. They know...
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    As stated before, there are a number of...

    As stated before, there are a number of mega-money projects around here that have been successfully scaled back or scrapped due essentially grassroots movements. Granted, none of them had an...
  32. No ash, but I don't think your lungs would thank...

    No ash, but I don't think your lungs would thank you. When it was just the American fire, things were clear in the morning until the smoke blew in around 1-2pm. With the addition of the Rim fire,...
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    ^^^^ I'm sure sediment control is...

    ^^^^



    I'm sure sediment control is important, but it seems like this has become the go-to tool for large development companies to bludgeon their way through local concerns and other...
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    Photography is one of the uses I'm hoping to...

    Photography is one of the uses I'm hoping to cover. This will be a dynamic layer similar to the DEM Shading and Viewshed Analysis layers currently on caltopo. Having someone enter an arbitrary date...
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    I can't tell if you're intentionally being dense...

    I can't tell if you're intentionally being dense in order to provoke me or if you really don't understand what I'm trying to do. It feels like the former, which is too bad since your other posts at...
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    I thought it would be it clear that I'm...

    I thought it would be it clear that I'm explicitly not trying to do science. Because yes, not only would the end product would be horribly inaccurate, people would be left guessing at where and why...
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    I haven't made any claims, bold or otherwise,...

    I haven't made any claims, bold or otherwise, because I haven't built anything. I'm throwing ideas out and looking for feedback. And I never stated that I was trying to perfectly model solar...
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    Please tell me if I'm overlooking something: ...

    Please tell me if I'm overlooking something:

    * When developing the "view from here" feature, I wrote code to compute the dot product between an arbitrary vector and a slope's normal vector. In...
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    Thanks. I really want to take a crack at...

    Thanks. I really want to take a crack at integrating SNOTEL data for the western states this fall, which gives me snowpack information but mostly no wind. It looks like the COOP data referenced by...
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    The problem with wind speed/direction, and NOAA...

    The problem with wind speed/direction, and NOAA data in general, is that a lot of it is fragmented by region. For Tahoe, the Reno office has a nice page dedicated to ridgetop weather stations, but I...
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    Hey Jonathan - I raced for you back in 98-02 (was...

    Hey Jonathan - I raced for you back in 98-02 (was responsible for the team's food too). Small world, which is part of my problem. Although I initially built it as a tool for SAR without any...
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    Harpo, could you get water from Brewer Creek or...

    Harpo, could you get water from Brewer Creek or did you have to melt snow? Climbing advisory says the creek isn't open yet at 10k, but I don't think it's been updated in a while.
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    I don't really see the problem there. Some of...

    I don't really see the problem there. Some of the second homeowners like to complain about not having a voice on new parcel fees, but that's the same as it ever was. Landlords in SF don't get a say...
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    Making enough money to turn lifts isn't an issue....

    Making enough money to turn lifts isn't an issue. Even if any and all future development were immediately banned, it's not like Squaw would just go bankrupt and cease to exist. Someone with an...
  45. Thread: Sonora Pass

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    Tried coming up directly from the pass yesterday....

    Tried coming up directly from the pass yesterday. The traverse along the ridge near 10,800' is melted out and there would have been a *lot* of hiking. Right now I think blue canyon is the way to go.
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    I transcribed the avy crown and burial locations...

    I transcribed the avy crown and burial locations from the CAIC map (fig 8) to a map with slope angle shading, as best I could. The red dot marks my best guess at the clump of trees, based on the...
  47. While I don't know the specifics here, it really...

    While I don't know the specifics here, it really bugs me when people place ambiguous trespassing signage near a public easement, when they actually only own the land on either side. I'm sure they...
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    This is wild conjecture . . . I don't use a...

    This is wild conjecture . . .

    I don't use a beacon with a mark/flag feature, but in training on multiple burials with people that do, I've run into occasional compatibility issues. They seem more...
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    Only $100 if you're a member . . ....

    Only $100 if you're a member . . . http://www.mountwashington.org/events/ascents2013/



    Serious mistakes were made, no one died, hopefully lessons were learned. Most people would be content to...
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    While I don't know the details, this blows me...

    While I don't know the details, this blows me away. Accidents happen, despite our best efforts at mitigating the risk. When they're caused by "failures to meet standards for safe operations",...
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