TAHOE: LAND OF THE SNOWFLAKES -- 17/18 STOKE

**gimpy** · 03-23-2018, 01:57 PM

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Some good cheesecake in spots and some wind funk in others. Lots of snow moving about. Friends on echo report 10’ crowns

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**Ottime** · 03-23-2018, 02:41 PM

Looks like KW 6 & 10 spinning. Stoked the way this storm is setting up for my son. It was too deep for him last week.

**ripvw** · 03-23-2018, 04:58 PM

S@T was fun this morning. Not deep, but smooth, fast, styrofoam. Even some wind buff on the more exposed aspects.

**Bosco** · 03-23-2018, 05:08 PM

^ Who filled in my tracks from last weekend? Please clean off the steps for my next visit to your neighbors.

**meter-man** · 03-23-2018, 05:11 PM

Posted by MRA. Taken today at Squaw...

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**TahoeJ** · 03-23-2018, 05:36 PM

^^ I heard Squaw slid everywhere pretty much. Oddly, there were very few - if any - crowns at Sugar Bowl this morning despite heavy bombing. It’s so starkly different I don’t know what to make of it. SB even opened the gates off Lincoln and it was all seemingly stable. Some great snow in the chutes...

PB · 03-23-2018, 06:14 PM

I noticed how stable it seemed to be a Sugar Bowl today also: bombs were flying at 8 AM, didn't see any movement any where. Heck you could barely make out were the bombs had gone off. Dense!

**BGnight** · 03-23-2018, 07:16 PM

That squaw slide was ridiculous. Entire enchanted forest area slid to early winter layer. Probably 300 yds wide and you can see the crown.

Stupid forecast changed again now we're not supposed to get much at all tonight. Sunday looks like the day.

**TurxSki** · 03-23-2018, 07:20 PM

Trenchtown in the trees, at HV.

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**NorCalNomad** · 03-23-2018, 07:32 PM

Well Alpine wasn't bad in the afternoon today, but that rain definitely firmed up stuff in places. Also did a single lap over at Sunrise Bowl after Alpine closed, holy fack was it windy. All that wind buff that definitely did not need 115 waisted skis...the only ones I brought with me.

**BGnight** · 03-23-2018, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

^^ I heard Squaw slid everywhere pretty much.

Actually not that much. Just a few huge slabs and a moderate amount of wet slides. Up top there were zero naturals or wet slides.

**NorCalNomad** · 03-23-2018, 08:18 PM

What you guys think the chances of the road up to Alpine being a shit show again/ the stampede again on saturday and sunday?

**TahoeJ** · 03-23-2018, 08:22 PM

^^ Not sure... wanna race? I have a great 40 time but not in ski boots.

I find the race at Alpine funny since typically I can roll up right after the crowds and then go find the line(s) I’m looking for anyway... keyhole being the main exception.

**NorCalNomad** · 03-23-2018, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

^^ Not sure... wanna race? I have a great 40 time but not in ski boots.

Psh aint gunna matter if I push a kid in front of you. Bet hurdles are a bit harder with boots

**Ottime** · 03-23-2018, 09:16 PM

Saw a big crown under Martin’s pulling into KW this evening. Snow in the valley has a crust on it, but the protected spot was still pretty fluff.

Any reports from KW today? Wondering how warm it got in the afternoon sun.

Not much skier traffic on the road. JETS ended last week, so wondering if there will be less BA traffic this week.

**TurxSki** · 03-23-2018, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by NorCalNomad

What you guys think the chances of the road up to Alpine being a shit show again/ the stampede again on saturday and sunday?

Like Ottime said, it seemed really quiet out on the roads this evening, if that's any guide.

**TahoeBC** · 03-23-2018, 09:42 PM

Pretty quite day up at phouse today, not epic snow but fun enough, at the crack of 8:30 I was the only car there.

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Nothing to exciting here but it will give you an ideal on conditions up there today

**rod9301** · 03-23-2018, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by BGnight

That squaw slide was ridiculous. Entire enchanted forest area slid to early winter layer. Probably 300 yds wide and you can see the crown.

Stupid forecast changed again now we're not supposed to get much at all tonight. Sunday looks like the day.

I assumed they bombed it, and water somehow weakend a faceted layer.

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**mr. hankey** · 03-23-2018, 09:58 PM

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very cool shot Gimpy!

On another noteL Good day in the BC. The snow is um, “heavy” at all elevations. I wouldn’t call it powder, but it was fun. below 8400 or so it seemed like ~4inches of dust on rain crust. above that it was dry, deep, but thick.
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ahh, TahoeBC. just saw your post. We were the 2nd car there!

**TahoeBC** · 03-23-2018, 10:05 PM

When I got home I had a message from mad turtle wanting to borrow some skins 😀

**hercule33** · 03-23-2018, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Saw a big crown under Martin’s pulling into KW this evening. Snow in the valley has a crust on it, but the protected spot was still pretty fluff.

Any reports from KW today? Wondering how warm it got in the afternoon sun.

Not much skier traffic on the road. JETS ended last week, so wondering if there will be less BA traffic this week.

The afternoon was pretty good. Wind was howling at the ridge and stuff between 6 and 10 was chalky, a bit heavy and OK in general. Sentinel was $$$ with fresh wind blown in the afternoon. A really good day but with the winds the north facing stuff was not the best to ski which was a bit surprising.

The spur also slid.

**vav925** · 03-23-2018, 10:45 PM

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Squaw was decent today. KT laps all day as rest of mtn was basically closed. Some decent stuff on the upper 1/3 but as expected, down low was hard and icy. Massive slide with crown visible and a little path plowed through for skiers to get through. Multiple instances of chunky avy remnants right down the middle of runs.

**powdork** · 03-24-2018, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by gimpy

Some good cheesecake in spots and some wind funk in others. Lots of snow moving about. Friends on echo report 10’ crowns

not super surprising though.

**AKbruin** · 03-24-2018, 11:25 AM

Weird snow in the Rose area this morning, even in the trees. It's deep to the poles but not to the skis. It was awkward skiing that felt like there was a crust where there wasn't an actual crust.