OH....MAY...GOD!!

**powdork** · 05-17-2011, 07:59 PM

tahoe is absolutely off the hook right now.

5.16.2011 - With reports of 20" at squaw, we head to the wood to see what we see
method mike drops in off ski school

kfactor off the angry gremlin (it was funny watching him get to this)

then we found a cave

with an oasis

so we hung around for a while

5.17.2011 - i met some folks at waterhouse and 1/2 way up they were having equipment troubles. i suggested we head to the wood instead since they had way more snow and easy access via the cat track. it was a good call

followcam(edit, now it's the whole video, but includes the followcam)

if she were on these forums, she could be monickledragger

not just regular pow, but blower pow on may 17

**splat** · 05-17-2011, 08:04 PM

Reverse Junuary effect should be awesome!

**powdork** · 05-17-2011, 08:09 PM

i think when it hits 70 on friday, the lake will be the only safe place. i thought i had a meeting at 9 tomorrow, but turns out i can miss it.

**tahoearmada** · 05-17-2011, 08:41 PM

tomorrow will not suck.

**Piggity** · 05-17-2011, 08:51 PM

I'd say that looks pretty epic for may 17th.

**gimpy** · 05-17-2011, 11:32 PM

egggggcellent!!! lighting the fire for the cp dp

**Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer** · 05-17-2011, 11:38 PM

Cool stuff!

**AKbruin** · 05-18-2011, 03:15 PM

Good stuff, as always.

Just curious, PD, but how come we rarely see you on the Eastside this time of year?

**ex-powderbroker** · 05-18-2011, 03:43 PM

Oh sweet! Fingers crossed for July fourth pow!

**tahoearmada** · 05-18-2011, 03:54 PM

Alpine delivered yet again!

**splat** · 05-18-2011, 06:38 PM

And Squaw will go off bigtime come Friday.

**powdork** · 05-18-2011, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by AKbruin

Good stuff, as always.

Just curious, PD, but how come we rarely see you on the Eastside this time of year?

kids, work, and a general lack of funds this time of year all conspire to make it difficult to get away for the longer/multiple days required.

i was able to get way for a session at the wood again today however. words cannot describe (so i'll start editing some of the 350+ pics.)

**powdork** · 05-18-2011, 10:28 PM

when we arrived there was a group of 'bilers packing down a track to the top of sentinel bowl. yeah, they trashed the bowl, but they also turned 3 hours of breaking trail trough 3.5' of snow into a 90 minute walk for us. they also skied pretty well.
baby j may, or may not have been with this criminal element.

**Ottime** · 05-18-2011, 11:34 PM

Dammit. That is all.

**powdork** · 05-18-2011, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Dammit. That is all.

no, i'm afraid that is not all. was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?

**Pow4Brains** · 05-19-2011, 12:00 AM

Awesomeness. Is it really halfway to June?

Love the bombhole in.

**powdork** · 05-19-2011, 12:48 AM

i wished i could have had the cliff he dropped too but it was the big lens zoomed all the way out. i was definitely glad the bomb hole was in the frame, though.

**LongShortLong** · 05-19-2011, 05:15 AM

boohoo :'(

**MethodMike** · 05-19-2011, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by powdork

no, i'm afraid that is not all. was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?

haha this was one of my fav pics of the day

**powdork** · 05-19-2011, 11:21 AM

some more may fun

sledheads stealing our lines

kfactor drops into chamois

and bounces out

**madturtle** · 05-19-2011, 02:37 PM

really like this pic, way to get after it

Originally Posted by powdork

kfactor off the angry gremlin (it was funny watching him get to this)

**powdork** · 05-19-2011, 02:58 PM

^^^then you might like these from yesterday going off the top of the gremlin (middle top right in pic above)
method mike

kfactor

and since there was discussion amongst the crash testers as to where they landed
method mike into the bombhole

kfactor with tail on snow, nose in the same bombhole (that's what caused what's going on here)

**madturtle** · 05-19-2011, 03:01 PM

nahhh the first one was way better

But good to see the snow held up for so long.

**powdork** · 05-19-2011, 03:22 PM

it wasn't so much that it held up as that there was another foot or more every day. wednesday was showery bluebird mix though. ten minutes after taking those, we were on the other side of the gully taking shots like this. kfactor rides the lightning