Last Year Was Really, Really Good in the Sierra: A Memorial
So far, the 2017–2018 season is butt. Sure, I’ve skied a lot and had fun, but I can pretty much count the number of snowflakes that have fallen in the Sierra on one hand. So, like Al Bundy, I’m going to live in the past. Specifically, I’m going eulogize last season, starting with November 2016 and ending in June 2017. Updates to follow.
November
November was good as far as Novembers usually go. Pow was skied.
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Skier: whatsupdoc
Bases were harmed.
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But things were good for a normally ho-hum month.
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Photo: whatsupdoc
December
December was also excellent. Tours were done.
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Skier: whatsupdoc
whatupdoc and I did a 6,000’ Tahoe descent in which the middle 4,000’ was breakable crust.
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There was even a not-quite-ripe-yet tour in the Eastern Sierra.
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Rider: BGnight