Results 1 to 20 of 20
  1. 06-19-2012, 09:24 PM #1
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891

    TR: Saddlebag Lake, 6/18/12

    Gone2Alpine and I went to Saddlebag Lake on Monday in search of some sustained vert and smooth corn.

    Gone2Alpine on the boat taxi:


    Vets starts up...

    ...and continues up with a bootpack...

    ...starting down...


    Gone2Alpine follows:



    The snow in the chute above Lower Greenstone skied a lot like Hangman's at Mammoth in the spring with flowing surfable slush sluff.

    Vets continues down into Lower Greenstone:


    Gone2Alpine follows quickly:


    Vets:


    Gone2Alpine finding the smoothness and sustained vert we were seeking:




    Lower Greenstone area:


    Gone2Alpine points out the chute we skied on our first run of the day:


    Vets walks back to "catch a cab":


    Then we topped off the day with a trip to Mo Mart/Whoa Nellie Deli.
    More good stuff there too.
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 06-19-2012, 10:44 PM #2
    gone2alpine's Avatar
    gone2alpine
    gone2alpine is online now Finally A Ski Bum
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Truckee
    Posts
    894
    And we met JimW on the boat too. Nice TR Vets.
    Fuck those fucking motherfuckers!

    http://www.unofficialalpine.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 06-20-2012, 09:02 AM #3
    powdrhound's Avatar
    powdrhound
    powdrhound is online now Any powder will do fine.
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Meiss Meadows
    Posts
    2,035
    You are making me want move to the Eastside.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 06-20-2012, 09:06 AM #4
    splat
    splat is offline glocal
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Posts
    33,440
    My boys.....
    Hey, it's been three and a half weeks since I broke my arm, Vets.
    I think I'm ready to get back at it now.
    Lassen still holding?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 06-20-2012, 09:46 AM #5
    Long duc dong's Avatar
    Long duc dong
    Long duc dong is offline Registered User
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Posts
    3,266
    Very nice. It has been a bit more than a month since I skied, good to see there are still turns to be had.
    "Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."


    "You ever hear of a little show called branded? Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes. Not exactly a lightweight." Walter Sobcheck.

    "I didn't have a grandfather on the board of some fancy college. Key word being was. Did he touch the Filipino exchange student? Did he not touch the Filipino exchange student? I don't know Brooke, I wasn't there."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 06-20-2012, 10:42 AM #6
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891
    ^
    Thanks.

    Splat, I don't know about Lassen. It is still on my to-do list.
    I do know that Dunderberg looked real good on the drive to Saddlebag.
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 06-20-2012, 11:22 AM #7
    hutash's Avatar
    hutash
    hutash is offline Don't Panic
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Ventura Highway in the Sunshine
    Posts
    22,431
    Lookin' pretty thin; August is going to be dismal.

    I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...    iscariot
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 06-20-2012, 11:37 AM #8
    powdork's Avatar
    powdork
    powdork is offline Old Man and the Ski
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Tahoe
    Posts
    16,144
    nice work.


    just coming back from yosemite, and having been to lassen recently; lassen has WAAAAY more snow. the eastside had a much worse year than tahoe and points north
    powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 06-20-2012, 05:30 PM #9
    TWINS's Avatar
    TWINS
    TWINS is online now Because Thats How I Roll
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Mt Baldys shoes
    Posts
    2,983
    Nice! Driving up tonight for some of those lovely turns still to be had.
    Can`t wait
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 06-21-2012, 06:03 PM #10
    jimw's Avatar
    jimw
    jimw is offline Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Posts
    226
    Cool running into you guys on the boat! Sorry I missed you at the Mo-mart. I had to go get a shower first and wash my stanky self.

    Here's Vets and gone2alpine on the way to the boat. I was in power-hiking mode coming back from North Peak and just made the boat:



    On the boat:



    It's true that coverage is pretty thin... but what a lot of folks seem to be missing is that what's there is in really good shape for this time of year! Normally the coverage out at Saddlebag may be better now, but usually we're dealing with man-eating suncups by now... but this year, the suncups are really minimal. Pretty much everything that is there is still in good riding shape. The North Peak chutes were in probably the best spring shape I've ever seen. Conness glacier and stuff above Conness lakes are all good too. Plus the dirt hiking doesn't suck either, the view are awesome.

    Oh yeah, there is one man-eating thing out there now though... that's the MOSQUITOS! (Unless it's windy, which it was on 6/18).
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 06-24-2012, 06:04 PM #11
    ~mikey b's Avatar
    ~mikey b
    ~mikey b is offline can fly!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    the Low Sierra
    Posts
    17,820
    headed over Sonora Pass in a bit

    Travertine
    MoMart?

    Saddlebag water taxi Monday @ 0700 yo
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 06-24-2012, 10:54 PM #12
    tahoedreamin
    tahoedreamin is offline Registered User
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    30
    vets,
    you keep the flame alive in summer! Thanks for posting and keeping people inspired and informed about the conditions. Helps me get off the couch and go!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 06-24-2012, 11:08 PM #13
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891
    ^
    jimw, thanks. Great meeting you.

    Returned on Thursday and skied Greg and Paul's Chute with TWINS, Big Tim, and Mitch. Great photo on telemarktips.

    Going back again tomorrow, Monday. Meeting telemike at 9.

    More to come later...
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 06-25-2012, 11:07 PM #14
    ~mikey b's Avatar
    ~mikey b
    ~mikey b is offline can fly!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    the Low Sierra
    Posts
    17,820
    Saddlebagged with Vets today

    my first time on the boat - I've always been there before they open and have always walked

    an excellent day

    my camera broke

    Vets is tired

    pics later
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 06-26-2012, 08:18 PM #15
    TWINS's Avatar
    TWINS
    TWINS is online now Because Thats How I Roll
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Mt Baldys shoes
    Posts
    2,983
    Quote Originally Posted by Vets View Post
    ^
    Returned on Thursday and skied Greg and Paul's Chute with TWINS, Big Tim, and Mitch. Great photo on telemarktips.
    Here is your money shot

    Fun Times...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 06-26-2012, 10:13 PM #16
    ~mikey b's Avatar
    ~mikey b
    ~mikey b is offline can fly!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    the Low Sierra
    Posts
    17,820
    camera sorta works...

    Vets yesterday





















    an excellent day
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 06-28-2012, 08:29 AM #17
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891
    TWINS and telemike, thanks for the additions.
    I'll add more in my next two posts.
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 06-28-2012, 08:37 AM #18
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891
    Saddlebag Lake, Greg and Paul's Chute, 6/21/12

    TWINS starts down at the top of Greg and Paul's...

    Big Tim drops a knee and drops into Greg and Paul's...

    TWINS:

    Big Tim:


    At the bottom, Big Tim goes skier's left...

    ...and TWINS takes a skier's right line...
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 06-28-2012, 08:44 AM #19
    Vets's Avatar
    Vets
    Vets is offline Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Topaz, NV
    Posts
    3,891
    Saddlebag Lake, Lower Greenstone, 6/25/12

    telemike...







    Lower Greenstone:


    A model marmot:


    telemike on the boat taxi:

    Yes, that is Dana in the backgraound.
    http://www.patchskiing.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. 06-28-2012, 04:11 PM #20
    ~mikey b's Avatar
    ~mikey b
    ~mikey b is offline can fly!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    the Low Sierra
    Posts
    17,820
    Quote Originally Posted by Vets View Post
    Saddlebag Lake, Lower Greenstone, 6/25/12

    telemike...


    .
    Nice one, Vets! Thanks!


    And quote Krystal Kartwright: "I hate that god damn shirt."
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
TR: Indepence Day 2012 »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules