Dude: "It's the first time patrol will be integrated."
Me: "So like a patroller from Alpine can go over to Squaw?"
Him: "Yeah."
Me: "Ok. But if you're familiar with a mountain and have been...

Ran into the dude who created that video clip for Squaw at June Lake Brewing yesterday (Saturday). He was definitely drinking the koolaid.

Dooks, obvious skiable patches close to the road on both...

Not sure.

The Forest Service Schedule of Proposed Actions says, "Caltrans proposes to install three new GazEx exploders at Carson Spur. State Route 88 is a major trans-Sierra transportation...

CalTrans apparently installing GazEx exploders on the Spur. So that's cool. Surprised they haven't done it already, but better late than never.

Goddamn we're some serious fucking dorks. :biggrin:

Word. I think it's new thread time. Dookey and Vets, go ski on this shit so we can make it official.

Gerome,

Keep an eye on Craigslist too. I'm sort of in the market for used skate gear as well, and was idly browsing CL last season and saw stuff for decent deals.

Sports Basement's used gear...

Probably because KSL is an actual bag of dicks.

Going to need pics of wife.

(Place is slipping.)

Sugar Bowl was tits.

Pretty entertaining light show on the West Slope around 8pm. Most lightning I've seen in CA maybe ever? Definitely for this time of year.

They could also just not hassle uphillers post-closure. As it was prior to 2012-2013 or so.

The clip where the skier was (somewhat predictably) hit by his own sluff and did a nice little cartwheel mid-line? :smile:

She was crushing it when I skied through one of her lines on Saturday.

Not at Alpine though.

On a related note...



spnce, do those count as events? Because they sound fucking fun and...

^^^ Word. Ed's photos are the best things on the internet right now. Even better than porn and the CalTrans Quickmap on a storm day.

Coworker showed me video from HW yesterday. Looked great.

Pretty sure we have Waze and Google Nav to thank for the closure between Soda and the Kingvale Maintenance Station that's been popping up...

In the meantime, despite freeway closure, a certain other resort has their two most important lifts spinning...

Bigass headlamp helps with that line.

This letter was sent vis a vis the TNF winter travel management process, but explains a bit more...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hp11f11fatlehzb/NFA%20Letter%20to%20TNF.pdf?dl=0

Apparently it was CHP on the north side of the EB closure. And a flatbed with a bunch of skier cars on it. Thanks for the info.

Until legit lots are built (and plowed), I bet this happens again...

Anybody get their car towed from 89 on West Shore recently?

TBF, I don't recall OL running all the time pre-KSL. But that's just an aside.

Yeah, that sucks...
https://www.facebook.com/CHPPlacerville/videos/1916220355278158/

431 closed with 20 feet of debris on it per NDOT.

Saw Alder Creek was backed up on Waze earlier. Was wondering what was up with that. Derp. I miss the old days before ubiquitous GPS.

Crossed over to the wrong side of the crest. I'd guess skied off the left side of the ridge while heading down to Wolverine Bowl, or went too far skier's right while heading over High Traverse and...

Was curious how the snow was riding.

Friend of a friend's Wrangler just got smoked by a mud/rock/tree slide on 50. Passengers and dog ok.

80WB at Baxter right now...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4VmxokUcAA4hkp.jpg:large

49 as well in a number of places between Nevada City and 89 due to flooding, mudslide(s), and parts of the road crumbling away.

For slides? I can't remember anything similar.

In addition to the closure at Baxter, looks like 88 is closed between Woodfords and Picketts due to a mud/rockslide. And then there's a powerline down on Squaw Valley Road with people driving on it?...

Gotcha. So often I park at Judah and don't pay that much attention to it. Honestly, it's really only in the last few years during the drought that I've been riding it more when they've been closing...

Interesting. How often is the Sugar Bowl gondola on wind hold but Disney is still running?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTLEhBA5Jt/

teledad? jskier?

Indeed. A loss. I suspect that's not the last we've seen of the site's proprietor though.

It's snow water content. So it appears to me that the steep dropoff(s) are showing the snow reaching its saturation point and then the decreases in content are runoff.

Mere settlement would show...

Thanks Bob. Dude was an inspiration for sure.

Here's his SmugMug page:
https://macbethgraphics.smugmug.com/BACKCOUNTRY-SKIING

(Seriously guys, if you haven't seen his stuff, it's sweet.)

PMed ya.

If anybody needs a full-face, I've got one for you for free (pick up in Truckee sometime in the next month when I'm around, or other arrangement). This thing takes up too much space. Rights reserved...

Bet that was a nice wake-up call. Glad you're ok. Wonder if any POV footage of this exists...?

I loaded a chairlift at 9:07 a.m. this morning. Just saying. 😉

It was deep. I heart Protests.

Good 18" in Tahoe Donner since about 4pm. Power went out at 845 or so. Rallying out in the morning should be interesting.

I'm unaware of any cat track at any Vail resort that takes the kind of skill and crazy intimate terrain knowledge that grooming that track takes. Like knowing where cliff edges are when you can't...

I agree with your conclusion there, but it doesn't follow from the "two people" comment. Talk to a Squaw cat driver about grooming that road sometime.

They do. But, yeah, I dunno about that.

If the report in the morning looks reasonable, I'll likely be up there with you. And 20 million others. Been years since I've seen freeway backups like that...

Excellent accompaniment choice. Probably my favorite tune to ski to. Was listening to it while making first tracks down Lower Beaver at Alpine a few years back. Probably still remember it due to the...

Well...




...apparently there are now. :fmicon:

^^^ It's not California, much less the Tahoe area.

Also, expensive-ass flights for expensive-ass weekend warriors doesn't mix with Kelly Cordes.

Mount Price.

Buddies sent a photo of a wide open shoulder with just a couple of other vehicles at 10am.

I'm pretty sure my brother said he hit 90-something on a sled across one of the Squaw lots at night when he lived in the old ghetto employee housing circa 2008-2009 ish.

Here's an interesting one...
https://twitter.com/washoecounty/status/819237016919371776