Mountain snowmobiling is a very athletic pursuit.

RIP:
Brian Gimbert '23
Joe Zuiches '17
Bill Foster '12
Andrew Entin '09
Andrew Miller '01

These are from memory, hopefully there haven't been more! :frown:

Pretty sure it's the LTBMU and not the Tahoe NF. Anyway, maybe you should contact Mike Vandeman for his help?

Black Diamond sponsored Winter Wildlands Alliance for a long time, and also had a "we support the Winter Wildlands" essay written by David Page on their website for several years. Winter Wildlands is...

Back in the day, none of the beacon reps even tried selling to powersports dealers. BCA broke that mold, but the others are still more focused on selling to someone else. Some beacon manufacturers...

I doubt they want to help developers who repackage their info.

It means the course follows the guidelines from the American Avalanche Association. This addresses the OP's original question - that the course is recognized and compatible with other courses being...

We just got back from an e-bike trip to the TCT and found this trip report helpful. Thanks Climber!

Friends who are local patrollers say they do communicate with SAC, but it's not a morning priority and their information is not for the public.

Europe's piste/off-piste treatment of avalanches is...

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Read the scale and explain why "High" isn't justified given current conditions.

Pat is still the best around!

Anyone know if Hole in the Ground is still clear?

The problems are related to the supply chain, not a design change.

Weirdos can never seem to get their sunscreen fully rubbed in.

I can't imagine avalanche closures ever happening. If they did, it would also imply "safe" when they don't close. I doubt FS lawyers would agree to that.

Wilderness designations are as much a political tool as a land management tool, and the lines do get drawn in strange places. There's at least one road still in use in Desolation (to the spillway at...

LTBMU is its own forest, just like the others. It was formed later than the others, so absorbed some of the neighboring forests. Old maps and a poor choice of names ("Management Unit") make it...

Why not?

Correct - coolant right below the t-slot channels. Get a few of the square head bolts that Polaris uses to mount the seat bracket. If you regularly need to remove whatever you're mounting, use the...

Must be a regional thing. Around here they're mostly athletic.

Between the 800 and the 850, they do feel different but they're each perfectly capable. The 800 is at the end of it's product lifecycle and all the kinks are pretty much worked out. The 850 is still...

I strongly disagree with this. In certain cases, concentrated use as "sacrifice areas" works ok, but in others, concentrated use = trashed. Dispersed use is generally less impactful.



This...

Yeah, I didn't even check your location - funny how similar terrain can look throughout the Great Basin and beyond.

Pinenuts, right off Sunrise Pass Rd? I guess lots of rocky drainages look like that, but it sure looks familiar.

The Rubies are hardly a model of good land use planning. Bummer the snowmobilers poach as much as they do, but it has more to do with the poor management decisions than anything else. The wilderness...

Other variables - like instructors, fellow students, venue, and conditions - add up to make a bigger difference than Canadian vs. U.S. systems.

Getting people to submit anti-access form letters does.

A year in to the TBA's existence and they still weren't talking about closing terrain to snowmobilers:...

I don't really see it that way. You were claiming issues with snowmobiling due to pollution and user conflict. What was accomplished was that people made the valid point that driving around to...

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Yeah, but all that means is that the US collectively drives a lot more than it flies. It doesn't mean that for an individual's choices, flying has a smaller footprint than driving.

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From the above link:

Either the 5 day Alpine Skills Course (ASC) or the 10 day Rock Guide Course (RGC)

The 10-day Ski Guide Course (SGC)

The 10-day Advanced Ski Guide Course and Aspirant...

Good thing he wasn't wearing his beacon in his boots then. I guess in his socks would have been ok - or at least as good as his pants, which ended up in the same place.

It's an '18 250SX setup like an XC

Waiting for the heat and smoke to pass, with a fresh top end and plastics:
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Are those grey? Hard to tell. I have an XL Chemical in grey, used but still in decent shape, that I'd trade.

While a bike shop probably won't be able to help if the female threads are stripped, a good machinist might be able to. Especially if it's a machinist who works on moto suspension.

Not just AIARE - any avalanche course provider following the guidelines of the AAA.

For that price, you should be able to get a low mileage Axys.

http://www.tahoesierrasnowmobiling.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Tahoe-Meadows-Motorized-Closure-Map.pdf

So give them a little spot N of the hwy that starts where the kids play and aims right for...

Seems like kinda bad timing for weather: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.30986805200047&lon=-122.31056948199972#.WDEADPkrLIU

Sweet!

According to Coop, Kirkwood is closed today. If your backup plan is the Carson Pass backcountry, please be safe!

P.O.W. athletes on a mission: http://www.outsideonline.com/1970051/ultimate-weekend-escape

Yes

"Meyer, along with a few committed locals and friends in the Tahoe area, founded a fledgling backcountry organization whose mission is to be “the voice for the human-powered winter backcountry...

Which makes it easy for me to be a supporter of the Access Fund :biggrin: