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11-23-2019, 03:21 PM #451
It's that time of year
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11-23-2019, 04:21 PM #452
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11-23-2019, 05:55 PM #453
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11-23-2019, 06:46 PM #454
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11-24-2019, 04:04 PM #455
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11-24-2019, 04:44 PM #456
Pumps and/or compressors are normally electric. They sometimes have a diesel generator to provide electricity, ie kirkwood when there was no grid power, or AZ snowbowl who rent an huge generator for peak snowmaking season to be able to power both lifts and snowmaking at the same time when they don’t get enough from the grid.
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11-25-2019, 12:11 PM #457
Models are in agreement...maybe another storm over the weekend?????
Let's get this started!
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11-25-2019, 01:09 PM #458
Who will be the first person to post that POW this year?
(we all know you're hitting rocks and making one glorious slutty turn )Hello darkness my old friend
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11-25-2019, 04:04 PM #459Registered User
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Yeah, remember: nobody wants to hear how you skied on rocks, grass and twigs ....... even if there was 3" of cold smoke on top of them.
Moar serious: seems like the wind with super light and no base will complicate things.
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11-25-2019, 05:13 PM #460
Squaw was advertising "Fresh Hard Pack Turns" on Saturday, hadn't heard that term before haha.
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11-25-2019, 06:29 PM #462Registered User
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You're not wrong on the first point.
Not sure about the second. Where are you flying to? It's not like Mt Baker International Airport has a tram straight to the base.
2 hours to get to SFO and park and get on the plane and push back.
2 hour flight.
You're already at 4 by the time you touch down. Add another hour (if you're REALLY lucky) to collect your bags and rental car. So you've blown your 5 hours.
Where are you driving your rental car? YVR->Whistler? SEA->Baker/Summit/Crystal? Tack on another 1-2h.
I guess Redmond isn't all that far from Bachelor, if you can find a nonstop evening flight (yeah right, probably going through PDX).
Maybe Sun Valley's better? I dunno.
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11-25-2019, 09:51 PM #463
If you live on the BART line, you could be in Park City within 5 hours. I have friends in the city that could do that. It is significantly more expensive to fly a family of four to SLT than drive them to Tahoe, but could be a lot less hassle for experienced flyers, who rent high end demos that are in their hotel room when they arrive. I can see the appeal for some. I met a wealthy family from Atherton on a lift at Telluride a decade ago. They only ski at T-ride, so some do it.
I think the Epic really appeals to Chicago and other city dwellers along the eastern seaboard. Have a few mountains regionally, but really you want to get on a plane to ski. Now you can choose from 10 or more resorts, and chase the good season.
We have a KW Only pass still, as we have friends in the valley and an inexpensive place to stay. And the mountain rocks. We don't have a Tahoe Pass as we don't want to encourage Vail more, and ultimately don't support their short season style. I did pay for a discounted Heave ticket last season to show my KW friends around, as I was basically living on their couch that week. They had never been there before.
We picked up IKON skiing last spring, and have it for this year. We are planning to get down to Mammoth a bit this winter, as our schedule allows, and hit up Alpine mid winter. Maybe even Squaw. Or at least hit Squaw in late winter/early spring, before the lifts begin shutting down. If we had the time and money (and my son had a little more endurance for a 5 day ski vacation), we'd for sure book a week at some other IKON resort, just to play somewhere else for a change.
Kind of looking forward to hitting my usual spring resorts with more wintery conditions.
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11-25-2019, 09:54 PM #464
Op runs of the GFS make the Tahoe FOMO hit real hard right now...
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11-25-2019, 10:14 PM #465
^Except we're supposed to have closer to 20:1 for the first portion. The second half sounds scary on top of the first half.
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11-26-2019, 12:23 PM #466
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11-26-2019, 02:41 PM #467Registered User
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11-26-2019, 07:49 PM #468
Wow.
It has begun and the visitors ain't even here yet.
It took me 2 hours to get home from work, which is only 12 miles from my house.
This was at 2:30 pm today in the Truckee area:
267 was backed up to Old Brockway (the airport).
Old Brockway was backed up to the roundabout (50/50 Brewery).
Donner Pass Road was gridlocked from downtown to the Shell/Donner Lake overpass.
80 was backed up with lottsa semis on the side putting on chains (it was backed up at least to the 267 exit).
I passed several semis downtown that were parked in the middle of the road and putting on chains.
Cars were piled up or off the road on Bullhorn (the "secret" front way to get up to Tahoe Donner).
There were 6 cars crashed on Schussing (the "back" way into Tahoe Donner); 2 cars had crashed into one another head on, the other 4 had slid off the road and were either in ditches or smashed into trees.
And these are all, presumably, locals, who "should" know how to drive in snow (of which there was only about an inch to 2 inches on the ground.
I'm giving a solid endorsement to Blizzaks, for what it's worth...
Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday are gonna be interesting for sure...Last edited by dookey67; 11-26-2019 at 08:20 PM.
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11-26-2019, 08:18 PM #469
but the visitors most certainly are here. hotel occupancy started rising Sunday and there has been 4 days of every weather outlet on the west saying to get here by mid afternoon today.
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11-26-2019, 08:19 PM #470
Aha...
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11-26-2019, 08:26 PM #471
It's looking legit.
We have snow settling on the ground down here in CC. Not sticking on roads yet tho.
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11-27-2019, 02:46 AM #472Registered User
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Report I got from the shovel crew was "heavy", sounds good from a base building perspective. 4-6" by midnight here at Truckee Creek.
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11-27-2019, 08:09 AM #473registered abuser
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Do what’s the mornin tally people??? I’m outta town
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11-27-2019, 08:37 AM #474
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11-27-2019, 09:03 AM #475
The Official 19/20 Tahoe Ski Snowboard Thread. Plus bonus Bootfitting Recs!
Looking at the snotels at 7am on the south side, echo is showing 16 inches, rumors on the street say S@T is opening Saturday.
Carson pass is showing 10” and Heavenly 12”
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