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02-28-2024, 02:06 PM
Thread: Ukraine
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Trolls gonna troll. Didn't you watch the Tucker...
Trolls gonna troll.
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02-09-2024, 01:49 PM
Thread: Ortovox/Arcteryx LiTRIC Airbags
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I got my hands on the new dead bird LiTRIC 40L...
I got my hands on the new dead bird LiTRIC 40L pack through SAR. We ordered maybe 12 or 15 for people of various sizes (5'2" to 6'8").
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02-07-2024, 09:07 PM
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Wind refill definitely working on the other side...
Wind refill definitely working on the other side of B2B. So much so I set off some spooky avalanches in the secret extra steeps of KT. Less avy prone wind loading spots skied delightfully.
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01-17-2024, 07:44 PM
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Word on the street was KT was too icy....
Word on the street was KT was too icy. Uppermountain closed above the funi, I did get off piste to the right below hogs back. Rained at least that high. 1/2" zipper crust. Wind blowing around made...
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12-12-2023, 06:52 PM
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That's awesome Sent from my SM-A037U using...
That's awesome
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12-11-2023, 07:02 PM
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Tahoe '23/'24 - Reserve Now For Best Pricing!!!
Backcountry skiing has been nice. Still boney out there. Was nice deep powder Thursday and Friday, but has mostly consolidated down to about 3" of ski pen in my local spot, save some very...
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11-20-2023, 05:12 PM
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This is a nice site to see what the weather...
This is a nice site to see what the weather stations are doing. Can get to each weather stations data tables easily. It also has hazards and radar layers.
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11-09-2023, 07:28 PM
Thread: Alpine Meadows employee dead
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Damn... I know a hand full of the snowmakers...
Damn...
I know a hand full of the snowmakers there. Its a good crew with good vibes. Hopefully corporate gives them all some time off to process this.
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10-31-2023, 10:34 AM
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Personally I am not as mad about parking...
Personally I am not as mad about parking reservations at PT as I am annoyed with paid parking on the street and at parks in TC/KB.
As an employee I do not need to reserve parking - so while it is... -
10-30-2023, 06:09 PM
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Might as well go to West Shore Market, Tahoma...
Might as well go to West Shore Market, Tahoma Market, 7-11, or drive to KB... Safeway selfcheckout was running slower than the Windows 95 I grew up on this week...
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08-16-2023, 03:13 PM
Thread: Ukraine
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14 million left, yes. But what does that mean and...
14 million left, yes. But what does that mean and how do you know that? How many stayed for that matter? Strategically, isn't it smart to send some of your folks to safety and keep some to defend? ...
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08-16-2023, 11:04 AM
Thread: Ukraine
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For Rod and others thinking the Ukrainians should...
For Rod and others thinking the Ukrainians should concede, I think Dan Carlin (in the first 10 minuets or so of "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - 60 The Celtic Holocaust") posits a good question:
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06-21-2023, 01:29 PM
Thread: Pssssa Nalgene Koozy
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Just ordered two burrito holders. Friends will...
Just ordered two burrito holders. Friends will defiantly be jealous on the skin track.
Free shipping is nice.
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05-11-2023, 08:45 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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D1 in beaver bowl some time yesterday from...
D1 in beaver bowl some time yesterday from cornice collapse. Also some major creep happening along the edges of those things in just 24hrs.
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05-10-2023, 03:38 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Skiied high traverse second run this morning- out...
Skiied high traverse second run this morning- out toward Grouse. Went back and tried to go toward idiots ect. and they were closing it (and lower beaver) at 9am. Did another lap and just made it into...
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04-26-2023, 11:06 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Would love to put those around. Because it’s...
Would love to put those around. Because it’s true. And to troll my boomer friends [emoji23]
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04-24-2023, 12:19 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Did you get any tix? PM me with what you need....
Did you get any tix? PM me with what you need. May be able to help.
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03-31-2023, 10:29 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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I saw Doc Ringnes at my ER visit for staph (post...
I saw Doc Ringnes at my ER visit for staph (post surgery). Seemed like a reasonable guy. Dr. Dodds was my surgeon and was good to me (despite the infection). But my injury was just bones. What's the...
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03-22-2023, 01:43 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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[QUOTE=Blaster;6828770]I remember way back when...
[QUOTE=Blaster;6828770]I remember way back when the parking lots were always plowed and you could center punch Jake's solo all day without anything ever sliding. F-ing Ikon/Epic pass and STR's ruined...
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03-22-2023, 08:45 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Yeah. Persistent grains can persist for a long...
Yeah. Persistent grains can persist for a long time under the right conditions. Forecast calls for cold temps above 7500' into next week. That's not going to help destroy that layer. A couple inches...
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03-16-2023, 11:08 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Must be a car that got dug out just enough to...
Must be a car that got dug out just enough to drive dangerously.
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03-16-2023, 09:12 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Chalky spring goodness indeed. Like cream cheese...
Chalky spring goodness indeed.
Like cream cheese on toast. Very smooth and nice where it did not get skied on Tuesday (rainbuff!), a little crusty down lower. No lines when I showed up at 10. Snow... -
03-13-2023, 06:12 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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If there is a decent earthquake things could...
If there is a decent earthquake things could "fall down go boom" in a big way. Get out before it really starts shaking. The building code for earthquakes has you design for the weight of the building...
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03-13-2023, 03:03 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Regarding dynamic forces: Columns/posts can be...
Regarding dynamic forces: Columns/posts can be stable even when over loaded, but that slight sideways force can cause a buckling failure. Worse the taller the column. These happen fast. Houses are...
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03-13-2023, 02:57 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Not an SE, but CE doing structural work up here....
Not an SE, but CE doing structural work up here. Code requires you design with even loads, one side loaded and one side unloaded, drifts, eave loads ect. Despite the code requirements, all things not...
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03-13-2023, 10:50 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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as sure as shit stinks
as sure as shit stinks
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03-13-2023, 09:42 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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451668 Old ATT building on Lake Forrest in TC...
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Old ATT building on Lake Forrest in TC collapsed this weekend.
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03-10-2023, 02:32 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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For the projects I've engineered in El dorado...
For the projects I've engineered in El dorado county I have found the county prescribed snow loads to be slightly lower than in Placer. In Tahoma for example, on the Placer county side at lake level...
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02-25-2023, 09:38 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Hole-ie fk. Boots on at 230am, load chair at 3....
Hole-ie fk. Boots on at 230am, load chair at 3. Boots off at 615pm. I'm worked. But the race happened. Tomorrow is another day.
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02-23-2023, 09:31 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Well... Indications point toward lots more work ...
Well... Indications point toward lots more work and Saturday may not happen.
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02-22-2023, 07:58 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Groomers put the snow in windrows like that so...
Groomers put the snow in windrows like that so that the snow will harden up, both from the working of the snow and then giving it more surface area to absorb the atmospheres energy. Then the groomer...
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02-22-2023, 04:08 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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WC crew is removing ~3" of snow that came in...
WC crew is removing ~3" of snow that came in overnight last night on the course. Daily inspections by WC, FIS, and USSA reps. At this point there is no indication that the show wont go on. Everyone...
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02-21-2023, 02:48 PM
Thread: Real Estate Crash thread
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HAH if I got a call for every V.I.F. I put on a...
HAH if I got a call for every V.I.F. I put on a set of plans I would stop doing it and go verify it myself in the first place.
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02-16-2023, 12:10 AM
Thread: ISO: Folkrm/Long grip poles ~125cm
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I got a pair at a raffle last year. Was on the...
I got a pair at a raffle last year. Was on the way to a hut trip in bc. Three days in I broke the top off the top of one, with the strap. It was pretty cold and I was banging it on something to get...
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02-02-2023, 07:22 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Good to know. I did know Palisades applied for...
Good to know. I did know Palisades applied for the permits to run it again a month or two back, so it's about time the county gets around to approving that. Too bad it's not on weekdays also, oh...
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02-01-2023, 06:32 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Yeah, I can picture it. It's simple. The solution...
Yeah, I can picture it. It's simple. The solution is just -no cars- a la Zermatt, it only needs to be during peak season at this point. If you are rich enough you can walk your ass down from your...
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01-20-2023, 12:21 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Call Debra. She moved out of her old single chair...
Call Debra. She moved out of her old single chair salon and works out of her house now, so the address is not accurate any more....
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01-13-2023, 07:04 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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It is pretty damn remote. From what I remember...
It is pretty damn remote. From what I remember they used it to send signals with mirrors back and forth across nevada (and Utah/CA??) Back before the telegraph lines and railroads were built. There...
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01-12-2023, 05:28 PM
Thread: MAMMOTH 22/23 - LIFE'S A BEACH
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Hope they get a Cisco delivery soon, else the...
Hope they get a Cisco delivery soon, else the whole town might run out of burgers.
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01-10-2023, 11:12 AM
Thread: MAMMOTH 22/23 - LIFE'S A BEACH
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Mammoth Mountain, closed for hamburgers and...
Mammoth Mountain, closed for hamburgers and freeride events. Just wait till they build that gondola to Palisades with a restaurant in each cabin. Concessions will go through the roof!
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01-04-2023, 05:59 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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The area is famous for the Donner Party, where...
The area is famous for the Donner Party, where some folks in covered wagons trying for California got snowed in from October and ended up resorting to cannibalism. I recall in 2017 the mountain...
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12-31-2022, 10:33 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Heavy wet in Olympic Valley. Lots of blasting...
Heavy wet in Olympic Valley. Lots of blasting happening.
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12-24-2022, 09:15 PM
Thread: Freeride World Tour
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NA skiers need to travel to yurp twice now, so...
NA skiers need to travel to yurp twice now, so that's expensive. But I guess better than canceling the stop.
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12-21-2022, 03:33 PM
Thread: Praxis Freeride -10 193 custom
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Thanks blacktoes Skis delivered via USPS for 46...
Thanks blacktoes
Skis delivered via USPS for 46 and change, paid 300+30 for shipping.
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12-19-2022, 08:38 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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DSR was fully empty today. Great grooming and...
DSR was fully empty today. Great grooming and snow. Still untracked all over the mountain. No sissy bars on the lifts. Line of cars going to Truckee at 5. People only want to ski where it's cool,...
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12-15-2022, 12:50 PM
Thread: Praxis Freeride -10 193 custom
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pm sent
pm sent
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12-13-2022, 08:49 AM
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How much for the quick flash? Sent from my...
How much for the quick flash?
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12-13-2022, 08:46 AM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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I heard from a reliable source that someone did...
I heard from a reliable source that someone did indeed suffocate from the deep snow on Monday. Very tragic. Not sure if it was a tree well or just landing/crashing upside down. Less reliable source...
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12-04-2022, 07:48 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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Was definitely a surprise to be skiing down...
Was definitely a surprise to be skiing down mountain run and see a massive avalanche going across both roads. Only two ski patroll running interference on the hoard descending. One snow boarder...
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12-02-2022, 04:10 PM
Thread: TAHOE 22/23 -THE YEAR OF THE (t)RAM
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BC was spooky today. Excellent snow conditions....
BC was spooky today. Excellent snow conditions. Wumphing left right and everywhere. Some shooting cracks on slopes steeper than ~25°. Got a CT6 and CT12 in my pit on Poulsen Peak. Big wumph and large...
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