The Official 19/20 Tahoe Ski Snowboard Thread. Plus bonus Bootfitting Recs!

[skier666]

Some windbuff stoke from a few weeks back...December 22nd, 2019

[meter-man]

Not the first, won't be the last.

Certainly. No doubt!

Were you two kooks skiing on dynafits yesterday?

On Saturday, this kook was on Fristchi, and G-Funk was on tele. Sunday, I was on Pivots. Funky was at Kirkwood.

West Shore?? that's South Shore get off my lawn dammit!!

But....you have such a nice lawn! Also, we were north of Emerald Bay. Don't get greedy now - y'all already have SugarMaggs, Tallac, Echo, Flag, Talking, Trimmer, Freel, Carson valley descents, CPSSR, Roundtop... We have Donner Peak...and Squaw. I think you win.

I’d concur based on what I skied today, doubt the line I skied today would be safe with another foot or more on top which seems to be a possibility this week.

Hope good decisions are made and everyone slays safe.

Nice vid, 666!

[old goat]

I couldn't believe how good Alpine was today after waking up to only a dusting. Not many people, either... I'm wondering if I rode a chair with you (I had orange pants, grey jacket, Moment Wildcat 108's with the moon-scape top sheets)?

Took a bunch of video but too lazy to go through it now, so here's one Summit lap trimmed down...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7R17K4Fcq8/

The storm (and wind) has really started to move in over the past hour or so.

doesn't ring a bell but then I spent my chair rides huddled in my hood for the most part. Orange jacket, black pants, old Bonafides. Hope I can ski something wider by the end of the week.

[bodywhomper]

Last I heard, tallac was part of north shore/Truckee.... at least that where most of the locals riding there are from.... amiright!

[powdork]

nope
last i heard it takes six hours to get from truckee to tahoe city, another hour to get to the south shore sunnyside restaurant, and another hour after that to get to the meyers homewood cafe.

[skier666]

In case you wanted to use your 7 days at Telluride on your Epic Pass, here's what it looked like 2 weeks ago...

[TahoeJ]

^^ Nice! I keep meaning to go check that place out. It looks really crowded though. ;-)

[emcee]

Wait wait wait hold up

don't lump Carson Pass in with South Lake. Ya'll are just visiting once you drive up the valley past Pickett's

[TahoeJ]

AM this morning: summit and roundhouse both on wind hold, Hotter Wheels is scheduled to go. Definitely a fan of the new lift. Edit: Nevermind, roundhouse spinning too.

[TahoeJ]

I’d like to thank everyone for going to KT. Boot deep blower pow in Waterfall and other gullies at Alpine. No lines.

[gimpy]

even an angry inch at heave (actually a few inches in nv) skied like bottomless buff pow in all the gully and depot lines+++++

[NorCalNomad]

^^ Nice! I keep meaning to go check that place out. It looks really crowded though. ;-)

Definitely no reason to go out to Telluride with all the crowds and flatter than northstar....

[TahoeBC]

S@T had 3 to 5” deeper in depo zones, pretty dam fun I thought.

An avalanche watch has been issued
https://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...c#.Xh6oXMCIaEd

[old goat]

Enough windblown deepness at SB today to get out some wider skis (the ones Rod thinks are too wimpy for serious skiing. I should challenge Rod to a ski off but I've seen him ski, so no.)

[~mikey b]

I will race you old man.

[XtrPickels]

Heading from CO to Tahoe the last week in Feb.
We're planning on hitting Squaw, but wondering if we should ski 4 days there or bounce around.

If we bounce, what's the shortlist?

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[TahoeJ]

Heading from CO to Tahoe the last week in Feb.
We're planning on hitting Squaw, but wondering if we should ski 4 days there or bounce around.

If we bounce, what's the shortlist?

Squaw is definitely worth 2 days (one at Squaw, one at Alpine Meadows). Best options after that are Kirkwood and Sugar Bowl... just be aware that Kirkwood is a lot further away from Truckee / Tahoe City than most visitors realize.

[scmartin69]

Heading from CO to Tahoe the last week in Feb.
We're planning on hitting Squaw, but wondering if we should ski 4 days there or bounce around.

If we bounce, what's the shortlist?

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Alpine for sure, Kirkwood if you can make it down there (depending on where you're staying it's a haul from N Shore) and Rose if the Chutes are going off. Northstar sucks unless everything else in the basin is on wind hold and then you can have a lot of fun on the backside.

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[scmartin69]

Squaw is definitely worth 2 days (one at Squaw, one at Alpine Meadows). Best options after that are Kirkwood and Sugar Bowl... just be aware that Kirkwood is a lot further away from Truckee / Tahoe City than most visitors realize.

+1 forgot about Sugar Bowl... Need to get up there myself.

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[old goat]

Heading from CO to Tahoe the last week in Feb.
We're planning on hitting Squaw, but wondering if we should ski 4 days there or bounce around.

If we bounce, what's the shortlist?

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Heavenly if Mott and Killebrew have reasonably fresh snow.
The casinos if it hasn't snowed in a month

[El Chupacabra]

Heading from CO to Tahoe the last week in Feb.
We're planning on hitting Squaw, but wondering if we should ski 4 days there or bounce around.

If we bounce, what's the shortlist?

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Are you looking to stick to ski areas all on one pass (Epic or Ikon), or buying tickets?

If buying, and if going to Mt Rose at any time, all the Rose season passes come with discount buddy tickets. PM me if you need some.

[TeleTahoe]

If you come to Alpine/Squaw
I’ve got some half offs for you.


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[Ottime]

Alpine for sure, Kirkwood if you can make it down there (depending on where you're staying it's a haul from N Shore) and Rose if the Chutes are going off. Northstar sucks unless everything else in the basin is on wind hold and then you can have a lot of fun on the backside.

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Early and with clear roads it’s 1:40 from KT-22 to Chair 6. Not really that long of a drive. Pretty nice drive to boot.

I’d make the call depending on weather and such things. Alpine was skiing much better than KW after the rain and with the light dusting. It would not have been worth driving to KW on Jan 2-5th this year.

[rod9301]

Enough windblown deepness at SB today to get out some wider skis (the ones Rod thinks are too wimpy for serious skiing. I should challenge Rod to a ski off but I've seen him ski, so no.)

They are, but if you like them, ok.

Plus you can't chalenge me now, I'm in France for a year, or more.

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[XtrPickels]

Awesome- Thanks for the beta.
We're buying passes daily to have some freedom. I wanted to do this as a storm-chasing trip, but with work travel we had to pick a week to make it happen.