OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD

[skier666]

Squaw was pretty meh first thing yesterday. With warm temps and the upper mountain socked in, my son and I just lapped Saddle to Mountain Run for some smooth slush groomers. Ended up staying on KT all day and only the steepest, most skied runs like West Face and Chute 75 skied well. The snow that fell the day prior with minimal tracks skied like glue and was HORRENDOUS. A bit sad KT is now closed but I guess Summer is coming?

[dookeyXXX]

Any Reno dinner recommendations? My midwestern mother is in town.

I have had solid meals at:
Brasserie St. James
Midtown Eats
The Stone House

One of these days I will hit Campo, Granite Street Eatery, Kauboi Izakaya, and Lulou's...

[~mikey b]

Happy Birthday dook

[TurxSki]

Happy Birthday dook

Likewise!
☆Hippy B/d Dawg☆
...guess you're an OG maggot by now...
Thali in Reno is cool, if you like Indian family-style food/serving.

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[hercule33]

Went over to Heavenly yesterday just to get a few last south lake lift served turns. The whole bus ride over from the cal lot and back just sucks balls, shitty small buses that I can barely get my legs in/out and difficult to get in and out of the bus with your gear. East peak lodge bathrooms were all out of toilet paper and they could not even bother to provide water there. Prolly a lot to do with the weather but really no closing day vibe going on. Had more fun mountain biking yesterday than I did skiing.

Happy Bday to all!

Did not get a Vail pass this year but skied Heavenly a few times. The skiing on those days was fantastic (thanks Ullr) but the drop in operational quality was shockingly apparent. Long lines for tickets, shuttles were a joke where walking was a better option, lifts broke and the mountain opened slower than before. Vail used to try with Heavenly (timely openings, prompt comfortable shuttles, free cookies, plenty of staff) but now it is run like a lower tier Vail resort (Kirkwood, cough, cough).

Next season will be interesting especially with the ICON pass competing for their season pass holders for a second year in a row.

[dookeyXXX]

Did an evening quick bang on "Sunrise Bowl" in my hood today (Tahoe/Donner).
Hit one of the many melted-out skin tracks at 6:15, was at the top by 6:35, then hung out drinking beer ("Juice Nukem" IPA from Moonraker Brewing) til 7:30 to let the sun dip behind Castle Peak and give the snow a chance to set-up.
Banged out a single run on some smooth, speedy-and-slick soft-serve.
Methinks this is the call for now since we're not really gonna get a serious freeze/thaw corn cycle anytime soon: either hit stuff hella early in the AM (like 5 or 6) or hella late in the evening (7:30ish).
But what do I know?

[tahoearmada]

great skiing and sledding yesterday above 9000!
rodeo/bronco side was def better but even the main bowl below the tower was nice smooth pow until about 2

[powdork]

snow was surprisingly still consolidated around 3:00 today at carson pass. steeper n facing had boot top penetration but lower angle was pretty decent although the t-storms got me out of there quick.

[meter-man]

Really fascinating CHP vid on the December Tallac incident where John Morrison was injured on the front chutes.

https://www.facebook.com/chp/videos/...oup_highlights

[powdork]

^that was excellent

[mcski]

Really cool. Forgot all about that fall off Talac. Still can't figure how he survived it

[gimpy]

absolutely amazing that is skiing again already after that

[TurxSki]

Cinders & me are at SV today.
*holla if you know our steeze*


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[TahoeJ]

absolutely amazing that is skiing again already after that

He's back on skis already??? Woah. That's crazy / impressive.

[old goat]

Anyone want a single 2 pc adjustable BD pole, free, before I throw it out? Aluminum upper, carbon lower. Carbon doesn't work well for self arrest which is why there's only one. The last time I broke one I found a taker for the other one in the Funi on my way down the mountain.

[emcee]

I have an orphan 3 piece adjustable BD pole. Maybe with our powers combined....

[mikey_yee]

I'd take it, where you located?

[emcee]

packs down super small because it's 3pc, I can mail it to you no problem. pm your address or if you're in SF I work at ocean beach every day.

[sfskier]

anyone know what the Jakes snow line is? Can you skin from the usual parking area near the Bliss HQ and how is the low stuff near there?

[old goat]

The pole is taken.

[meter-man]

I took OG's pole. It was glorious!

Thanks for the pole, enjoy the beer, and here's some stoke from December.



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[shakyknees]

anyone know what the Jakes snow line is? Can you skin from the usual parking area near the Bliss HQ and how is the low stuff near there?

In general there's little or no snow below 7800' in South Tahoe. As a fellow jong who prefers to skin from the car, I've been skiing Carson Pass; Luther might go, not sure about Echo.

[TahoeBC]

Snow levels are all over the place, got up to 8600 on the monument peak trail above high meadows 3 days ago, north facing in Meyers riding up the bottom of toads snow line is about 7300. 4 days ago we tried to drive up to wrights lake and got shut down at 6500.

Saw this pic of Echo lake today taken on June 3rd



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[powdork]

^^in general the further west you go the lower the snow line.


skied monitor today from the car. snow was nice and smooth and held up even til 2ish. got chased out after 2 laps by thunderstorms that dissipated.

[dookeyXXX]

Rallied for a dusk patrol up Sunrise Bowl this evening.
Snow is still to the road (Ski Slope and Glacier Way, depending on your start/exit points).
Skinned up around 7:10 and was back at the truck by 7:53.
Top half is dimpled, but smooth.
Bottom half is sun-cupped and runnelled to hell, but the snow is holding up.