Central California

[GiBo]

Nice Mike! How'd he do?

Did DR get rained on or did you get some dust?

[~mikey b]

I don't know.

It's my first proper day off since Dec 18.

Catching up on chores and errands and taking Owen's Grammy out to lunch.

Edit

He did great Jeff. A few runs on them in the morning. We didn't even really try to teach him anything. He just skied around on it parallelamark style. Tried to drop a knee here and there, but he's so little he has trouble flexing the boot. And the boots are too big. Smaller liners in too big of shells. He was solid on them, but swapped to his fixed heel gear after a few runs. He likes the idea of it and has been bugging us to try. I figured it would be something fun and new for him getting back on snow after being sick for so long.

[~mikey b]

[~mikey b]

http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/loc...Investors.html

January 23, 2013 12:47 pm
B.J. Hansen, MML News Director

Bear Valley Resort has cleared the main environmental hurdles required for its long planned renovation and expansion.

A new ownership group took over the resort in 2005 and started work on a Master Plan for the ski area and surrounding property. Plans call for a lift to connect the village to the ski area, new mountaintop dining, trail improvements, 300 condominiums, and a new lodge. The Alpine County Supervisors have approved the Environmental Impact Report for the Master Plan, and the Environmental Assessment for the ski resort.

Resort Spokesperson Rosie Sundell says the next step is the "investment cycle.""This is where we go out and bring in the right group of investors to take this through," says Sundell. "When we started this in 2005 the economy was in a very different place, so its' hard to say how many dollars it will be. We'll spend the next six months, to a year, finding the group that is going to take us forward."

Greg Finch, Managing partner of Bear Valley Resorts adds, "We're quite confident that we will secure funding for the expansion. Bear Valley represents one of the last great development opportunities in the Sierra."

Bear Valley, located on Highway 4, has 1,680 acres of varied terrain, and more than 70 trails.

[~mikey b]

Owen FTW!

[GiBo]

Love the look on his face! Go Owen!

[~mikey b]

DR had big winds from the E-NE today. We had a wind hold on Chair8 for a bit around noon. We ended up closing it early.

Most of the mtn was unaffected by wind, but ridge top and canyon got pounded.

Conditions are excellent, especially considering how long it's been since we got new snow.

[~mikey b]

I met this guy on the hill today.



Hank Smith age 80 - leather boots etc...

He was hanging out with an injured person waiting for me to arrive.

A new friend.

As rad as rad gets.

Hank was today's winner.

[Shred Baron]

DR had big winds from the E-NE today. We had a wind hold on Chair8 for a bit around noon. We ended up closing it early.

Most of the mtn was unaffected by wind, but ridge top and canyon got pounded.

Conditions are excellent, especially considering how long it's been since we got new snow.

I don't ever recall chairs being on wind hold at Dodge. In fact I didn't know what wind hold was until I started working for another ski resort.

[~mikey b]

Race at DR this weekend!

Kids from Dodge Ridge, Bear Valley, Badger Pass and China Peak will be competing in the Ryan Lavagnino Classic GS on Saturday and Sunday.

Come watch Owen and the rest of the Dodge Ridge rockers.

[davieboot]

Skied DR over the weekend. I didn't have high hopes, but was pleasantly surprised. Everyone kept telling me that it want bad on the groomers, which proved true. But with a bit of cloud cover, the off piste stuff softened nicely, and skied well.

[~mikey b]

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[~mikey b]

Young Owen 1st place Under 8!









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davieboot - met your dad today - very glad he introduced himself - I hadn't made the connection - we owe a lot to him and your mom for this race team

[4matic]

Young Owen 1st place Under 8!

Nice form. Congratulations.

[~mikey b]

Thanks! 1st again today!

[davieboot]

davieboot - met your dad today - very glad he introduced himself - I hadn't made the connection - we owe a lot to him and your mom for this race team

Yeah, he told me you guys met. He's a great guy and great skier. That race team has a pretty good history of producing good skiers over the years, especially getting kids get hooked on skiing their entire lives rather than burn out.

[TurxSki]

A small posse of us (between 5 and 8) are heading to BV on Friday 2/22 and skiing there Sat 23 & Sun 24. Staying at the Resort. We're celebrating the Birthday of ShadeGardener, and BV is a favorite place of hers.

We're hoping to find some discount on tix, if anyone has any suggestions?
Thank You Maggots.

[LongShortLong]

A small posse of us (between 5 and 8) are heading to BV on Friday 2/22 and skiing there Sat 23 & Sun 24. Staying at the Resort. We're celebrating the Birthday of ShadeGardener, and BV is a favorite place of hers.

We're hoping to find some discount on tix, if anyone has any suggestions?
Thank You Maggots.

If nothing else comes up, BV sells a 2-day pass at the ticket window for $110. Alternately, if you have a snowbomb card, you can print one free voucher good on Sunday. I think passholders can get one guest $10 off any day, which is the same you can do yourself at Sports Basement.

[~mikey b]

working on it....

[~mikey b]

BV tomorrow with young Owen and his cousin from RI

[~mikey b]

Turx

Looks like I have tickets for both you and Cinders for both days.

[GiBo]

Some dude taking advantage of the low snow. Old Priest Grade!

[~mikey b]

Low snow is right. More at my house than at DR.

[TurxSki]

Thanx LsL.
Thanx Mike. That is totally excellent!
Heading down tomorrow. Hoping to have a blast although we realize y'all didn't get much from the last "storm".

Our buddy with the mystery illness (the_immaculateDeception) is gonna try & come (if he's feeling good) & see how the altitude affects him. He's gonna bring his ski's just in case...it would be his first time in 2 or 3 yrs I think.

Corn would make a change from Hardpack. Are the chances good for some softening?

...we'll find out I guess...Any advice on eating & drinking (Pizza place & Coffee shop at the resort I'm told) or places we really should take a look at? Skiing or otherwise?

[meter-man]

Rode first days at BV ever this w/e, and we couldn't believe the possibilities. Is the Grizzly Bowl as unreal as it would appear to be on a pow day? Might have to invest a season getting to know that place...especially if there are never lines there as all the locs were sayin.