Hadn't been to the resort in a few weeks, this is from yesterday. It is just getting dumb at Heave.
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Anyone here do the Gunbarrel 25? Checked it out yesterday, seemed like it'd be pretty fun...

That is obviously shitty too because it prevents people from owning homes who want/could buy a home.

But at the very least those houses are still available to provide shelter to someone. The...

Have to begrudgingly agree with this. Truckee is small enough that people working for Forest Service, Tahoe-Donner Land Trust, or other similar line of work would still not stand a chance against the...

We were driving up Kingsbury this morning to go to Heavenly and just about got ran off the road by three Douglas County Sheriff's coming up behind us. Figured with that level of urgency that it would...

Got up above 8500 ft for the first time in like six weeks yesterday, skied the south face of Slide down into the upper part of Ophir Creek drainage. I was a bit uncertain about chasing solar at that...

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Since the ridiculous skiing access we've had down low is rapidly closing out, figured I'd post a few shots of random lines that were skied from town. A lot of goofy, 600 ft...

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Sun popped out very briefly but it was pretty flat light and windy today. Haven't skied above 7400 ft and haven't drove more than 10 minutes in the last two weeks to ski.

Life is pretty...

Like actually, WTF. And in that zone there are perfectly fine low-angle north facing trees just on the west side of where the report was from. Not to mention that the run-out on the aspect they skied...

That's for sure. Breakable sun crust was already forming on anything with even a hint of southerly aspect. Rain crust below 6800 or so firmed up too so that made for some interesting skiing. Today...

Nice. Pretty cool that y'all were able to find some soft snow.

Have weekend shit to take care of, so yesterday was just a quick skin lap up Boulder at Heavenly, and then a couple laps on the...

Hm, interesting. Also interesting to see that there's apparently corn nearby.

Where to ski, where to ski... sun, wind, and inversions make for tricky conditions, but I like the detective work of...

Snow was still soft in Carson yesterday. East/northeast faces were holding dense snow with nice surface hoar. Skied fast, got lots of turns in. About 1k of descent that was probably the best skiing...

Nice. I haven't been up there in a minute, but it does sound like Virginia City is pretty well buried right now.

Yeah, top couple hundred feet was wind board, but still skiable. Below that it wind effect was variable, some pockets here and there of wind deposited and wind buff. Some wind drifts in trees were...

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Slashing turns while looking down on sleepy Carson. Can't beat it.

Carson City is open game now. Got back this week from visiting family, saw the coverage and figured that Kings Canyon would be good to go. Sure enough there was 2-3 ft of solid snowpack at the...

Finally got internet back online, been off since Sunday. Just in time for it to go out again tomorrow. Perfect.

Anyways, this weekend I figured out why it's called Sierra cement:
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Scratch that, saw spooner opened back up. Must have gotten shit cleared off the road.

Kingsbury was open? Last I saw it was closed two hours ago. I don't think there's a way east out of the basin right now.

50 near Glenbrook had multiple active debris flows last night. Baseball to bowling ball sized boulders funneling down the slope and onto the road in a slush matrix. Took my brain a second to process...

It is puking snow in Carson City right now. I was mentally ready for snow levels to never drop below 7k, so I'm freaking out a bit right now.

Lapped Sky Tavern for 1800k vert before work this morning. A little bit of styrofoam wind board that wanted to flip the uphill ski, but all things considered it was a good morning out. Parking lot...

Waited it out there for a couple hours in the Harrah's. Decided to head home when we saw the California lot was closed, then saw that they were opening stagecoach so head there. An hour of circling...

I rarely hear this talked about in weather circles, but this happens so often in Carson/Gardnerville that there have to be frequent lake effect bands that set up. Maybe too brief to be picked up by...

Hard, blowing snow down in the valley on the east side right now. We were forecasted for rain, storm must be coming in a lot stronger than expected.

Yea that's a fair point about 50. The bottom intersection is an absolute nightmare already, seeing a log truck coming down that grade would be a bit terrifying.

Speaking of lifts not being open, anyone have a clue when the heck they're gonna open up Stagecoach? I can uphill it until then, but it'd be real nice to not have to go to California side.

Yay capitalism? I think it's more yay sovereign rights. Washoe can do whatever they want with their land, and they should.

And the mill is a nice touch to Carson honestly. Gotta keep things...

https://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/observation/2022/dec/2/0922/apron-backside-castle-peak

Y'all see this one from yesterday?

Mount Rose highway was death defying this morning. Just about closed my eyes in the passenger seat going downhill around the DOT shack hairpin turn.

But views were good, and skiing was really good for being so mellow. Saw that a couple people had skied that steep east face off Tamarack, can't say that I would've been doing the same today.

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Collapse was dumb in the mount rose area today. There were a couple that were enough for my stomach to drop. Pit that we dug had the faceted layer at about 40 cm depth to the ground, and it felt like...

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I did manage to practice my tele turns on the Rossi BC 90s though.

Sugar all the way down the whole way out towards Winnemucca Lake on the waxless skis. Gonna be a problem the next storm.

Pho 777 probably has the best pho in Reno, which has surprisingly good Vietnamese food. Plus I think that's pretty close to your hotel. It's quick and sort of divey.

Skied Heavenly today. Surprisingly quiet driving thru South Lake at 9 AM. Upper mountain (off Canyon) was better than expected, good coverage for what was open and not that busy before 11. Ungroomed...

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Skin track along this ridge was slightly above our pay grade. Felt sketchier than it really was, but looking down a steep drop on the other side of the ridge, along...

Little late to check, but anyone been up along relay ridge/peak recently? Aaany skiable snow on any south aspects, I.e skiing down to Ginny lake? Pic from a couple days ago on the avy center looks...

Up off mount rose highway actually, we were accessing one of the peaklets off mount rose from that DOT shack. It was worth it for the ski, wasn't exactly corn (I don't know how much of a refreeze...

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Spring shenanigans were certainly in full effect today.


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Both true. I’m probs just hatin cuz he’s rich, I’d 100% do the same if I could buy a house at the lake. And regarding trails, I think I just need to do some more exploring in summer. Easy to get away...

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In the article, Simmons says "The quality of life is better there, so we can go hiking without bumping into people" in reference to Tahoe. Obviously I know that Tahoe is no LA and quality of life is...

Nice way of putting it. I think we’re getting that wrap around low now. Later than expected but nice to see, hopefully Mount rose/tam stuff is getting a lil bit of bonus tonight. Either way, like you...

Nuking in Carson City right now, what gives? I’m guessing it’s lake effect given how friggin cold it is.Curious to hear tomorrow morning what’s going on at the lake.


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Nope, he had them in ski mode. Not sure if the heel piece might have been set high. And to your earlier post, thanks means a lot. I know he would’ve done the same.


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Thanks everyone, all things considered he's doing good. He got released from Barton yesterday afternoon, obviously got a rod put in for the spiral tib/fib but his other leg they were able to put it...

That's good to hear, I was hoping that'd be the case.

So there were a couple events yesterday in the Hope Valley area and I'm not sure what happened out there today, but the sled trailer may have been for the crew I was with yesterday.

Myself and a...

Thanks all for the obs from the past few days. Much need with conditions as variable as they are.

Was up in tamarack zone on Tuesday or Wednesday, can't remember. Chundery snow skiing directly...