Thread: 11/12 Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread... IT'S BAAAAAAAACK!!!

Squaw tomorrow for a different kind of Blizzard.

Originally Posted by The Dad

I did. It wasn't worth it. The Mighty Weasel appeared to have been groomed well before the freeze, leaving my least favorite snow surface: frozen corduroy, a.k.a. "frord." At least making two turns in the freshly manufactured pow in mid-run brought a smile to my face.

Sorry for you. We skinned up Sugar Bowels to top of Lincoln. They are making snow and hope to have it open by Wednesday. On the way back down, there were pockets of ridiculous, better to stay at home and rub tiger balm on your nuts than ski absolute boilerplate, but damn, the pockets of fun, swishy fresh up to 4" was waaaaaay worth it. So thankful to Sugar Bowl for letting us skin there (instead of pulling an Alpine Meadows!). That barely kept my sanity through this dry patch. I have scheduled a trip to Utah this coming weekend so of course the dump is going to happen here. I hear it might snow there too though so hope you all get some while I'm gone. When I come back, I wanna see some winter going on!

A note to those into backcountry: anywhere the fresh from Sunday landed on old, hard snow from before, especially in shady, north-facing areas where the one inch will likely facet quickly these next few nights...watch out if the next storm comes in too cold. What we really need is a nice bit of rain at the beginning of that storm so everything bonds instead of sandwiching the Sunday cold snow between an old crust and a bunch of Sierra cement. This is less of a problem in areas that have no snow to begin with, but a layer of cold, faceted snow doesn't do a very good job of suddenly supporting a huge, wet load. At least, that's what your mom said.

Be careful out there -Also your mom.

If it comes like needed, that will get crushed pretty quickly. This thing ain't looking particularly cold. More like heavy and solid. Just as we need.

Dumped at KW last night. Could barely make out the ground through the snow.* Conditions were pretty fun there yesterday with cooler temps and the wind blowing. About as good as manmade gets on buckboard. A bit too much wind across Zachs, but there actually were about 50 feet of powder bumps at the top. Anyway.

Anyone thinking of maybe heading up this weekend from the South Bay area. Day trip. Not sure which day yet. Will depend on what falls, how, and when. Don't want to drive up for 6" and 90mph winds, but something different might entice. Headed to KW. Plan inbounds, but can get BC gear at cabin if the chairs don't spin or something.

*at least where they already had manmade.

Thanks to Vets for the BAF deal and my patrol hook-up. Owen and Krystal and I had a great day at Mammoth on Saturday. A bit windy, so O wanted to stay low elevation, but the snow was actually better down there. We had a great time. We usually don't get over there until May, June, July, so it was cool to get over 108 and 120 in Junuary.

It snowed a tiny bit in Yosemite Valley this morning....

Thinking I'll work this weekend so I can take off Mon,Tues, and maybe thursday. If anyone is down to carpool from the 916 area I have alpine/kirkwood/sugar bowl. Any bets on how much terrain this storm will open up?

It's good for a laugh
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Originally Posted by snapt

Thinking I'll work this weekend so I can take off Mon,Tues, and maybe thursday. If anyone is down to carpool from the 916 area I have alpine/kirkwood/sugar bowl. Any bets on how much terrain this storm will open up?

I hope you guys get it up there, as the report from Mammoth Mtn states "little snow accumulation" through Sunday. FML.

Originally Posted by snapt

Thinking I'll work this weekend so I can take off Mon,Tues, and maybe thursday.

I miss that kind of flexibility. Strictly a weekend warrior this year, unless a relative who wants to hold the baby (and does not care about seeing me) comes into town. I'm just stoked it is going to maybe snow a little bit.

Storm clothing check on Friday! Will the lifts run?
Bella is going to try her new boots.
Should be crazy on Saturday.

Let it Snow!
Thanks Mom.

Was at the wood yesterday to get those legs back to ski ready and it was cold, don't think is cracked over 21 and dry, Let the precip come...please

Originally Posted by snapt

Thinking I'll work this weekend so I can take off Mon,Tues, and maybe thursday. If anyone is down to carpool from the 916 area I have alpine/kirkwood/sugar bowl. Any bets on how much terrain this storm will open up?

I'm thinking of riding maybe sunday, definitely monday. If i end up postponing my drive up, i'll pm you.

Sounds good mang.

Originally Posted by lepistoir

I think if powdiction was serious about being real w/x experts, they wouldn't spend all their time showing graphs etc.

The shorthand for 'weather' is written 'wx' NOT w/x, for the record.

About being serious about being a real expert, I am just working on my Ph.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in atmospheric science. For the record, so is Nick (the other forecaster).

Does this disqualify us as being serious about our expertise?

I teach a class in mountain weather at the Lake Tahoe Community College. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone here; it is a cheap and effective way to learn a lot in just a few days. Wait a second, they wouldn't want an expert to teach that, would they?

If you are serious about learning about how the world works, you are going see a whole lot of graphs, equations, and other things that ACTUALLY MATTER, not worthless blather about processes that are not comprehended. Such is evidenced all too often with these 'other sites' with egregious errors regarding the physics of atmospheric dynamics. I don't claim to be an expert in condensed matter physics or immunohistochemistry therefore I do not have blogs about such disciplines.

But alas, the world continues to plummet into a tumultuous disarray of stupidity. Please, waste your time on other sites and don't bog down our little server, we won't mind a bit.

heading north again tomorrow while things fill in. prolly back late friday night or saturday evening. any takers??

nom nom nom.



you bastard.

Originally Posted by powdork

heading north again tomorrow while things fill in. prolly back late friday night or saturday evening. any takers??

Nice...my buddy and I are going to head up to Bachelor on either Thursday or Sunday for a couple of days.

planning to head north Thu as well

I've got a question for the south lake peeps. Does anyone have any ideas for cheap lodging in/around SLC on relatively short notice? A buddy & I are coming up next thursday to for an AVI 1 course and need a place for 3 nights. The cheapest I've found so far is the Motel 6 on Lake Tahoe Blvd. Is this the best I'm gonna be able to do? Any tips and/or tricks would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by skier666

Just did a week in Telluride. Low tide in Colorado but better than Tahoe so I made the most out of it...groomers, backcountry, and heli to GNAR.

Yellow mountain into Ophir through Fatwah Couloir....

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Some variable, some pow...

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Heli ride to Gnar couloir at Silverton

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First group down for the year. Can't believe they let me ski this...haha

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Now waiting for snow in CA

Just got back from silverton, holy crap that place would rool of it had snow! Oh, shit wait, they just got it. Poop on my timing!

okbye


okbye

not sure how much the 6 is but i think you can find cheaper along highway 50 more towards stateline. i would think in the $30-35 range at least for thursday.

Originally Posted by 213

The shorthand for 'weather' is written 'wx' NOT w/x, for the record.

About being serious about being a real expert, I am just working on my Ph.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in atmospheric science. For the record, so is Nick (the other forecaster).

Does this disqualify us as being serious about our expertise?

I teach a class in mountain weather at the Lake Tahoe Community College. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone here; it is a cheap and effective way to learn a lot in just a few days. Wait a second, they wouldn't want an expert to teach that, would they?

If you are serious about learning about how the world works, you are going see a whole lot of graphs, equations, and other things that ACTUALLY MATTER, not worthless blather about processes that are not comprehended. Such is evidenced all too often with these 'other sites' with egregious errors regarding the physics of atmospheric dynamics. I don't claim to be an expert in condensed matter physics or immunohistochemistry therefore I do not have blogs about such disciplines.

But alas, the world continues to plummet into a tumultuous disarray of stupidity. Please, waste your time on other sites and don't bog down our little server, we won't mind a bit.

Can you do that again, but in hip hop patois?

Originally Posted by The Dad

Can you do that again, but in hip hop patois?

Thank you for prompting the need for a google search at such an early hour, and thusly bringing me to a reminder of how the Wikipedia Black-out can greatly impact my daily life. Merriam-Webster's hits must be going through the roof, today!

Originally Posted by 213

The shorthand for 'weather' is written 'wx' NOT w/x, for the record.

About being serious about being a real expert, I am just working on my Ph.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in atmospheric science. For the record, so is Nick (the other forecaster).

Does this disqualify us as being serious about our expertise?

I teach a class in mountain weather at the Lake Tahoe Community College. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone here; it is a cheap and effective way to learn a lot in just a few days. Wait a second, they wouldn't want an expert to teach that, would they?

If you are serious about learning about how the world works, you are going see a whole lot of graphs, equations, and other things that ACTUALLY MATTER, not worthless blather about processes that are not comprehended. Such is evidenced all too often with these 'other sites' with egregious errors regarding the physics of atmospheric dynamics. I don't claim to be an expert in condensed matter physics or immunohistochemistry therefore I do not have blogs about such disciplines.

But alas, the world continues to plummet into a tumultuous disarray of stupidity. Please, waste your time on other sites and don't bog down our little server, we won't mind a bit.

FYI - We our subscribers to the schools
should be
We are subscribers to the schools

Originally Posted by Hoss Worthington

I've got a question for the south lake peeps. Does anyone have any ideas for cheap lodging in/around SLC on relatively short notice? A buddy & I are coming up next thursday to for an AVI 1 course and need a place for 3 nights. The cheapest I've found so far is the Motel 6 on Lake Tahoe Blvd. Is this the best I'm gonna be able to do? Any tips and/or tricks would be appreciated.

Priceline/Hotwire?

Originally Posted by Hoss Worthington

I've got a question for the south lake peeps. Does anyone have any ideas for cheap lodging in/around SLC on relatively short notice? A buddy & I are coming up next thursday to for an AVI 1 course and need a place for 3 nights. The cheapest I've found so far is the Motel 6 on Lake Tahoe Blvd. Is this the best I'm gonna be able to do? Any tips and/or tricks would be appreciated.

The free breakfast is awesome and the rooms are nice:

http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwest...W-_-CA-_-05348