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03-03-2019, 07:15 AM #3001
Re snow reports, I was just checking SB and thought this was interesting. Didn't know they partnered with the snow lab on their numbers. Probably why theirs actually seems less inflated than others in recent years when you're comparing totals like on BA's charts he puts together.
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03-03-2019, 10:22 AM #3002Registered User
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Tried to play your video but it says unavailable
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03-03-2019, 01:58 PM #3003
Creamy at the wood 9-11 am. Zero people. Super wet (like PNW wet) mank thereafter. Good afternoon to get some shit done around the house.
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03-03-2019, 02:28 PM #3004
OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD
Untracked snow at Sugar Bowl was pretty fun for a few hours, but once it got cut up it was heavy as hell and turned into survival skiing.
Pissing rain since noon.I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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03-03-2019, 03:11 PM #3005
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03-03-2019, 03:49 PM #3006Registered User
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Agreed. This is pure ROMO - Relief of missing out
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03-03-2019, 04:10 PM #3007
Whatever, had a dozen or so laps that were pretty enjoyable. I’ll take it.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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03-03-2019, 04:32 PM #3008
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03-03-2019, 05:16 PM #3009
OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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03-03-2019, 06:34 PM #3010Registered User
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Trick this weekend was to ski as much as possible between 9am and 11am
TLDR; Ski faster. Quit breathing. Don't crash.
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03-03-2019, 07:51 PM #3011
I dunno.
We got to Rose around 1, and it was mostly fine. Well, except for no viz. And yes, heavily ski'd areas mostly sucked. I
I did get to make a *rookie mistake* tho...
Dropped into untracked in the Chutes. Made a few nice fast turns. Then there's a bush in my line, so cut right a bit to avoid it...
Boom! Tomahawk City!
Cinders saw. Says I turned into my own wet snow sluff.
doh!
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03-03-2019, 08:46 PM #3012
^^^^I can imagine you turning into a snow ball, gaining speed headed down hill, and taking out a bunch of people queuing for the lift. That would be insane.
Glad I made the call to stick with the family this weekend. Might take a day next weekend. In a drought for available ski days until late March. Bummer the sea surface is so sick. At least e are getting more snow and setting up for a great May and June when my schedule opens up a bit.
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03-03-2019, 08:58 PM #3013
One of the least crowded "pow day" Fridays at Alpine I've experienced in a while. Snow was fast and buffed. Couple shots of my brother on our last lap off Sherwood finding the last bits of untouched low angle before trying to keep speed for the cat track (snowboarding sucks). The south face bowl was awesome in the morning, lots of people riding the waves and catching air off wind lips. Everything but Scott and Lakeview (And ABC of course) were spinning... Scott face sure looked tasty... did anyone get some of that this weekend?
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03-03-2019, 09:03 PM #3014
OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD
Saturday at Northstar wasn’t great. First couple hours in the morning were fun, but the snow got super wet and sticky after lunch.
However, Heavenly was awesome today. Zero lines, lots of untracked 8+ inches off sky and palisades. Snow was heavy but not really wet, really fun and surfy. Sleeper pow day for sure. Even got some really nice turns in Mott Canyon, but it was a lot heavier there, so after a couple runs it was tracked out and not as much fun. Everything on the lower half of the mountain was pretty brutal, but upper half was sweet.
Very high quality pow day
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03-03-2019, 09:11 PM #3015Registered User
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03-03-2019, 09:26 PM #3016
Alpine was surprisingly awesome today. The hordes of humanity seem to not be skiing anymore. No traffic, no lines, lotsa fresh. Gotta love March!
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03-03-2019, 09:28 PM #3017
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03-03-2019, 09:50 PM #3018
Since it wasn’t open I was mostly just taking about the whole face you can see from the front, so the chute and stuff lookers right into the trees as well all looked so filled in and awesome. I’m sure promised land was great. If Scott was open Friday it woulda been a real gem of a day. I wasn’t aware there was a comp on the chute, that’s a cool little venue.
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03-03-2019, 11:25 PM #3019Registered User
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I could be wrong in what it's named, but we were skiing between Scott Chute and Promised Land (if you are going by the trail map names)
TLDR; Ski faster. Quit breathing. Don't crash.
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03-04-2019, 09:40 AM #3020Registered User
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OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD
Sounds like you were skiing promised land. That name covers a lot of area, not just the line on the map
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03-04-2019, 12:50 PM #3021
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03-04-2019, 12:57 PM #3022
https://www.sierrasun.com/news/local...t-its-resorts/
"At Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, work will replace the Hot Wheels lift at Alpine Meadows with a new high-speed quad with an extended second leg to the ridge, granting skiers and riders quicker access to the Alpine and Sherwood areas, Alterra announced. New surface lifts at High Camp at Squaw Valley will be geared to improve connectivity with High Camp facilities and enhance the beginner experience."
Finally after years of rumors. Should be a huge improvement at Alpine in general, but especially on storm days when Summit can't open. Mid station should be convenient as well for Art's laps, etc. even though a lot of us will lose one of our current stashes.
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03-04-2019, 01:11 PM #3023
Yeah... good and bad news. When Scott line is blown out past the Chalet on weekends it's nice to take Hot Wheels and then scoot to the Sherwood cat track...
But on pow days when Summit is getting backed up before opening it would be a nice option instead of Roundhouse which is usually empty when they are trying to open Summit at 9.
New lifts are fun regardless IMO. Gotta remember mid-week pow days are where it's at, and this will make power lapping 9-noon a different experience.
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03-04-2019, 01:20 PM #3024Registered User
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Hard pass on hot wheels extension. Arts and expert will no longer be a nice stash as will plenty of others. It will also screw hotwheels as a nice long lap for beginners/low intermediates
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03-04-2019, 01:22 PM #3025
Some more info from the article:
"A new high-speed detachable quad chairlift will replace the existing Hot Wheels triple chair, adding a mid-station at the current terminus and a 1,300-foot extension up to the east ridge of Ward Peak, landing between Art's Knob and the top terminal of Sherwood Express.
A total ride time of about five minutes will give skiers and riders direct access from the base area to both the Alpine and Sherwood sides of the ski area. The new express chairlift will be a four-minute ride from the Alpine Meadows base area to the mid-station, providing convenient access to some of the area's best low-intermediate terrain."
I def agree that some of the stashes will get hit, but I still think it will be an overall nice improvement. I know not everyone has the luxury of skiing week days (myself included) but I feel like this would definitley be great for mid-week days. I've given up on weekends.
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