THE OFFICIAL 20/21 TAHOE SKI & SNOWBOARD THREAD. PANDEMIC SCHMANDEMIC!

[dookeyXXX]

https://www.wildsnow.com/27006/next-ski-year-yet/

Lou failed to consult us or report on our exhaustive process every year to determine the exact right time to start the new thread.

Perhaps my reading comprehension has suffered due to lack of skiing, but who is Lou? The article was written by a dude named Dr. Alex Lee...

I'm cool with calling the 21/22 season open. Heck both PD and Vets made turns over the past 3 days and I coulda made turns had I been gung-hu enough to lug my gear up to Paradise Lake...

[ripvw]

Chatted a few folks in the know with what’s going on at S@T.

Estimates are 80% of the trees are toast. All of West bowl got fried, sounds like 100% mortality.

Originally heard they are trying to get west ridge, easy rider and rock garden running for this season. But maybe short stuff also, heard Palisades is paying there staff to get it running, also sounds like Mammoth has stepped up providing lift chairs, this may not be the extent of there help. Got cut short on my conversation so maybe others are stepping up also. Think skidoo is sending sleds to them.

Sounds like there gonna pull off reduced operations this winter, hope they can pull it off.

Bleh. Not sure what “west ridge” is? Opening short stuff doesn’t make sense unless Grandview or Nob is open. Can’t get to that lift if they are closed. Going to be a shit show if they can’t get a good portion of the terrain open. If that’s the case, I’d hope they’d offer refunds or roll passes to next season. Hopefully they’ll make some kind of operational announcement soon to give pass holders time to find another option if the season is going to be very limited. Whole situation just sucks!

[frorider]

Perhaps my reading comprehension has suffered due to lack of skiing, but who is Lou?

Lou Ferrigno, founder of wildsnow. Try to keep up.

[powdork]

I thought it was Lou Reed. And next year would be a walk on the wild side, so you better bring lawyers guns and money

[TahoeJ]

Lou Ferrigno, founder of wildsnow. Try to keep up.

AKA the self appointed authority on all things skiing. It's 2021 and he still insists we should all be on sub 100mm skis and if you use something wider you just don't know how to ski. Dude is stuck in 2005.

Anyway, time for the new thread?

[TahoeBC]

Typo, I meant grandview, not west ridge

[powdork]

We may have to face the fact that Sierra could be done. They promised to build back better last night at the fundraiser, but it's not going to be the same resort going forward. At the very least it will be a less attractive place to ski, and that will hurt their bottom line when it is already under pressure.
I'm not sure how much weight to put in it, but in his thank you speech Paul (?) said something to the effect of "if we can't get back this year, or if we can't get back next year, we will be back".

fun fact- went to the bathroom in the porta potty. Used the little side urinal and when I spun around to button my pants I forgot I was pinning my gloves under my elbow. They fell right into the shitter which was almost full so the next person was gonna be dropping less than an inch onto the gloves.
I bought a new pair this morning

[old goat]

No problem at all. I just thought it was a good opportunity for some alliteration.

That's the thing I thought. Or the thought I thunk. Thanks.

[powdork]

The Canadian Rockies just threw down the gauntlet with their 2021-22 thread. But it's like 1987 American.

[jorion]

Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving in Canada already. Everything just comes sooner up there at the higher latitudes.

[meter-man]

Wa She Shu and Adrenaline Rock


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[powdork]

I can only assume everyone is out skiing Rose since noone has mentioned it's snowing at lake level

[old goat]

It's snowing at lake level. There's a good half inch on my deck. I've XC'd on that little on a golf course back in MI.

[dookeyXXX]

According to NVDOT, there are at least 2 crashes on Mt Rose HWY at the moment.

https://nvroads.com/511-home

Chains required, too.

I hain't put my snow tires on yet, so no schuss for me.

[climberevan]

Flurries in the Carson Valley.

[dookeyXXX]

Flurries in the Carson Valley.

Barely anything here in T/D Truckee at 6300.
Maybe 5mm on my deck, if that.

[lepistoir]

Look at that lake effect hitting Meyers rn

[old goat]

Snow on my deck gone before I could break out the XC skis. Damn. Skiing from one end of the deck to the other would have been at least as impressive as some of the late summer skiing posts I've seen in this thread.

[TahoeBC]

I just blew a 1/2 foot out of my driveway of almost all grapple, considering getting turns down my street later today

[dookeyXXX]

I just blew a 1/2 foot out of my driveway of almost all grapple, considering getting turns down my street later today

From a linguistic standpoint, keep in mind that you can grapple with graupel, but you can't graupel with grapple...

[muted reborn]

From a linguistic standpoint, keep in mind that you can grapple with graupel, but you can't graupel with grapple...

Have you ever grappled with eating a grapple promoted by a monkey on a snowboard airing over some graupel?



I know I have.

[dookeyXXX]

^it's all about the macron, man, the macron...

[teledad]

Just a dusting this morning but now it's nuking. My car tires are bald and the patio furniture is still on the deck so you're welcome.

[TahoeBC]

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[powdork]

I just blew a 1/2 foot out of my driveway of almost all grapple, considering getting turns down my street later today

thanks for that tip. would have called you but i figured the dogs and the knee wouldn't be a good match. we went across the street above the pond


alliteration?? i've always been about the assonance
far from gnar but not subpar