I heard the new owners just make you shovel now.

Guess there hasn't been enough people skiing it this season.

Generally speaking, the people complaining the loudest are also from the bay area.

I'm hearing that it's all just a KSL conspiracy to drum up support for the gondola.

DUI suspect shot and killed by CHP between Alpine and Squaw following a car chase this morning. 89 closed indefinitely between the resorts.
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Well, size does matter

I was using wikipedia (the gold standard of accurate internet sources) which gave me 4000 sq. ft. for squaw. I then rounded to get half. Whatever, kirkwood is a good deal smaller than squaw, point...

I'm not at all out to defend KSL. That facebook post was a dumb move. I also heard about the massive traffic jam caused by their snowplow at 830 am on a powder day. I've seen plenty of other...

Which vail resort is opening terrain equivalent to Silverado a day or two after a 7 foot snowstorm? Serious question.

Do you think mass outcry to get stuff open faster after (or during) storms is going to make things safer for patrollers?

Thank you, Joe. SIP.

Sorry, busy digging.

196841

Can confirm ongoing full retard at the base of squaw.

Remote data via the Reno NWS website:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/remotedata/

196696

Damn

Wow danger rating of 6 out of 5 does seem extreme.

196678

Yeah that's still cool.

PSA: throwing snowballs at the liftie bc you're mad he can't open the Funi yet makes you a bad guy

^ Should see rounding setup if we get more snow, right? Unless it gets unusually cold, a good meter of consolidated snowpack should be enough to keep that temp gradient below 10*C/m, and we're not...

New squallywood chapter on Tram Face just dropped. Is it just me, or am I sensing an air of "fuck you KSL" with this move.

http://squallywood.com/tram-face/

^^ Check out ASI (http://alpineskills.com/) right in truckee. Been around for like 30 years so they've got it figured out pretty well. Took avy 1 with them last year and it was solid.