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[mcski]

Any intel on lifts at Pali or AM closing early today? Got an alert that the mtns were closing but didn’t seem to be out into full effect. Got mixed reports on the alleged closures today

[Gerome]

Yesterday was my favorite ski day of the season so far, with some of the best snow and weather conditions this weekend warrior experienced this year.







Also here to say thanks to getting killer deals on skis from skier666 and bindings from Tahoearmada.

[old goat]

It sure got a lot warmer in the last few hours. The dump overnight and this morning was cold enough to quick freeze most of Donner Lake but there's a very light rain at the moment. Supposedly colder tomorrow. Let's hope. Enough of this base building. I'm all for instant gratification.

[El Chupacabra]

The snow felt a lot lighter this morning here at 5900' on the Reno side of Mt Rose highway. Just spent several hours clearing, and it's settled into a heavy paste. Temps have been around 28-30* all day, but I think the pavement was warm underneath, as it's pretty icy now.

Around a foot here so far.

[Jack Burton]

mcski, KT closed at noon, dogger & resort by 1.

[dookeyXXX]

Yesterday was my favorite ski day of the season so far, with some of the best snow and weather conditions this weekend warrior experienced this year.

I am here to co-sign this post.
Yesterday (Sat) was indeed some mas bueno schussing.
I taught a bunch of 6-10 y/o’s how to farm a run so we could get multiple laps of fresh tracks.
Also educated them on face shots.
Smiles and tired legs were the order of the day.

Conversely today, while the crowds were super sparse, the snow was more in the Sierra Cement viscosity range.

[TurxSki]

...Around a foot here so far.

We got about the same down here in CC



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[bongora3]

Northstar was great today - refills all day long, snow even stopped a bit at the end of the day to actually take advantage of all the fresh stuff

[powdork]

Any intel on lifts at Pali or AM closing early today? Got an alert that the mtns were closing but didn’t seem to be out into full effect. Got mixed reports on the alleged closures today

Did AM close? I talked to folks that skied there until 3 or so and said there were a couple lifts open. could have been Kangaroo for all I know.
Also right around noon I was in counterweight gullyish I think when there was a patroller giving a very soft closure notice about control work apparently in the our father zone which was about the closest I've ever been to a blast while skiing. There was zero keeping me from skiing into or under the area.
And fun fact about my broken binding is that it wasn't 100% stuck in ski mode. It would go insta-tele after a few hard turns with no warning which was super fun in the icy chutes that had all slid to the hard layer.
Alpenglow threw on a Tecton heelpiece for $75 so i'm good to go tomorrow. If anyone needs one they have another single Tecton heelpiece now.

[powdork]

My main point being I think the rising temps had as much to do with closures as the wind, given recent events.

[Thesystemsplit]

Saturday was good.


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[janky]

Nice. Those your turns? Saturday was the best powder day I've had this year. That snow was cold and incredible.

Saturday was good.


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[mcski]

Did AM close?.

A friend of mine got an employee alert that both mountains were shutting down around noon but seems like someone was just quick on the send button. I think the temps were def the reasoning as well given the fluff underneath and recent events

[Ottime]

Quick look at the cams this morning. Roundhouse is ski right on. Cornice is a full coral. When did KW become the crowded resort? I know this is just a glimpse, but Alpine might be full on country club as the mountain opens. Not that KW will feel crowded once 10 opens.

Have fun out there folks. Looks like a fun day.

[Gerome]

I am here to co-sign this post.
Yesterday (Sat) was indeed some mas bueno schussing.
I taught a bunch of 6-10 y/o’s how to farm a run so we could get multiple laps of fresh tracks.
Also educated them on face shots.
Smiles and tired legs were the order of the day.

Conversely today, while the crowds were super sparse, the snow was more in the Sierra Cement viscosity range.

My Saturday was similar to yours. I’m tail gunner coach for a bunch of 7 and 8 year old kids. My favorite part was that we went started by hiking to ski Broken Arrow on a suggestion from one of the girls on the team that the snow was really good there, which it was great..

[SnowMachine]

A friend of mine got an employee alert that both mountains were shutting down around noon but seems like someone was just quick on the send button. I think the temps were def the reasoning as well given the fluff underneath and recent events

Yup, got the same alert, but Rounhouse was still loading when I left at 3. They were doing control work out at the road all afternoon. Intermittent closures.

Yesterday was a fake out. I was hoping for storm day refills. Got Sierra Cement instead. My bad for not getting there earlier.

[TahoeBC]

I’d characterize the skiing at Kirkwood today as better than staying at home.

One from Saturday


Friday


Thursday

[old goat]

Hah--snow the last two days seems to be making people reminisce about Saturday, me included. Skiing wasn't bad this morning, unless you got off the beaten path and broke through the surface wind slab--then, well you know.

[BiggC]

75 skied nice all day, lower mountain snow made for a good workout.

Thought I lucked out with an untracked on Powerline face but it was wind buff over a thin rain crust.

Got in line for Siberia at 12:40, saw the announcement that would open at 12:50. I was in position for second chair, then they called it off around 1:30. So many people being whiny shits to ski patrol.

Overall it was a good day, but if you couldn’t make it out today you didn’t miss much.

[SnowMachine]

My out-of-town buddies are trying to talk me into going to Rose tomorrow morning. I'm not sure I can say no, but I'm not amped, either.

It snowed most of the day, but the roads were wet when I got home at 9pm. Just a few degrees too warm.

[old goat]

I can't imagine not skiing with friends from out of town because the snow quality wasn't good enough.

[Thesystemsplit]

Nice. Those your turns? Saturday was the best powder day I've had this year. That snow was cold and incredible.

Yes sir! I also got a clean line into broken glass that morning.

[meepmoop24]

I can't imagine not skiing with friends from out of town because the snow quality wasn't good enough.

+1

It also snowed 3 feet at Rose in the past 3 days. I was out there yesterday afternoon and there were still some good stashes to be found.

[Ottime]

I love skiing with friends, especially in sub par conditions. It's when its going off, I have a hard time hanging with friends who maybe don't like to ski fast, or blind, or in steeps... Seems like after the last few days, the next few look awfully well lined up for skiing with friends from out of town. But then again, I'm on day 14 for the season, so I ski whenever I can.

[skier666]

As Gerome and everyone stated...Saturday was so damn good. With 80 closed Friday night, I decided to roll 50 to 89 over Emerald Bay...5.5 hours from SF to Olympic Valley leaving at 6:45pm but was so worth it.

Youngest skied pow with his team and finished with Tower 16. My daughter skied well at on her Big Mountain comp run and good old dad scored with his reverse mountain mentality. Two great laps on KT and then with Headwall and Sibo still on hold, I opted to see what Poulsen's was looking like under Red Dog. Its now like 9:45am and literally one track down the lookers left side as you ride the chair. With a closure from the top all the way to Dogleg due world cup snowmaking continuing, I sweep around the patrol shack near resort chair and begin lap after lap of untracked top to bottom by going further skiers left (even under lower Far East was magical as you couldn't get there unless you traversed back to Red Dog after the Red Dog spines under the lift.) Nobody caught on until around 11:45am and being tired, I decided to roll some lifts to check the icy steeps of Light Towers. Left at 2:45pm and home in 3 hours to beat the storm. Cleaning out the ski gear closet and garage on Sunday was not so much fun but someone has to do it.

Some photos here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2_gp8Zr..._web_copy_link

Still working on video but here's one from the previous weekend:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C24Wa..._web_copy_link

Yew!