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

[powdork]

Tour #1 today near CP had remarkably bad conditions:

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Tour #2 had decent cold shallow pow conditions above 8500 ft on E and NE aspects. Below 8500’ was breakable crust, and not the fun kind.

at least we've got a classic Tahoe sliding surface to compete with what Co and Ut are dealing with. They're about to have slides go as big as they ever do (at least LCC and BCC).

[Jeb McHardman]

East aspects in the Rose area were excellent--inch or so of cold soft snow on top of an edgeable base. Didn't go above 10k, but I'm guessing it's a bit more scoured up there. N aspects were scoured down to 9k or so

[powdork]

The ice takes me back to one of the more memorable and good days I've had
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ing-TR-1-07-09

[TahoeJ]

Let's put these on page 1

Good idea. Added the same for some other resorts as well.

[teledad]

Put the patrol dispatcher numbers in your phone: https://www.squawalpine.com/footer/m...afety-policies

Yes, save the dispatch number for anywhere you ski regularly. Also you can ask a lifty to radio patrol, they'll have a radio in the shack if they're not carrying one.

[gimpy]

You didn’t go above 10k???...... yeah most of us fall into that category in Tahoe

[gimpy]

Jules making some marginal conditions look good today


Below 8.5k was the worst skiing I’ve done in years..... woof!


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[Jeb McHardman]

Jules making some marginal conditions look good today


Below 8.5k was the worst skiing I’ve done in years..... woof!


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Nice! One day we'll make it above 10k...

[Ottime]

Beware ski skate week. I thought maybe it wouldn't happen because all season has been ski-skate season. I was wrong.

Pretty quiet so far a few hours south.

Of course tahoe is going to be over run this week.

It is why we drove further.

[old goat]

Pretty quiet so far a few hours south.

Of course tahoe is going to be over run this week.

It is why we drove further.

Overrun with locals?

[emcee]

I'm fully amazed at how crap conditions swung from Sun to Mon. 24hrs from soft wonderful pow to total sludge. Pitched a new winter tent in the backyard to test and woke in the morning to broken tent poles and collapse because 6" of snow + rain turned into cement weight.

[Wobby]

East aspects in the Rose area were excellent--inch or so of cold soft snow on top of an edgeable base. Didn't go above 10k, but I'm guessing it's a bit more scoured up there. N aspects were scoured down to 9k or so

Can confirm, great windcream this morning and some deeper deposited spots. Howling N winds scouring things. Frigid, honestly might have been my coldest dawn patrol all year.

[heckacali]

... then it took me 40 minutes until I could find a patroller so I could give them details of what I saw.
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All lift shacks (top and bottom) of operating lifts have people in them, with radios to call dispatch/patrol.
If you don't have dispatch on speed dial, get to a lift.

[janky]

Gnarly. Wow.

Had Jules for my avy 1 as well last year, he was a lot of fun. On our last day, we ended up having to navigate across a bulletproof rain crust, none of us had crampons so had to boot across it. I was barely able to get one corner of my toe into the crust, and it was pretty frightening going across a slope where I knew a fall would be at least 50 ft slide on ice, but after we got through it I thought it was pretty sweet to be doing mildly techy stuff during a level 1. Plus, after all of us struggling a bit, Jules went through the additional effort of using a shovel to cut out a path for us to walk on. He was great.


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[janky]

Skied Squaw today from 10:30am until about 1:30pm. One of the better days without fresh snow at Squaw this year. Lines weren't insane except that darn Big Blue line which has been insane all year - had to take it to get to Granite. Two groomers on Granite were good and then went to Headwall and it was skiing really good (Cornice Bowl especially). I did about 8 runs and then got my fill and took off. The snow was cold and powdery as the temperatures were cold especially up top (and wind blown on the cornices).

[Ottime]

Overrun with locals?

I guess if BA is local, then yeah.

[Pauldotcom]

Kirkwood was brutal today. So disappointed. First time there, and the terrain looks fantastic. Too bad it's covered in ice...

[Superstar Punani]

Check Check 1, 2

Is this shit on?

THANKS FOR CALLLLLLLING KIRKWOOD!!!!!

[MakersTeleMark]

Check Check 1, 2

Is this shit on?

THANKS FOR CALLLLLLLING KIRKWOOD!!!!!

How was the tounge?

[Wobby]

Little nvbackcountry update for anyone who has been missing the blog posts. Quick 2021 recap on our shenanigans, with more to come soon. Last year I felt shamed for going out during the COVID thing, so kind of just stopped posting/advertising our adventures. Heres to getting things running again in 2021!

[gimpy]

Rad stuff wobby+++
Did the high elevation rain event that fucked Tahoe make its way East to nv as well?

[mmmm...pow!]

Anyone looking for a nice house to rent?
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[MTT]

Little nvbackcountry update for anyone who has been missing the blog posts. Quick 2021 recap on our shenanigans, with more to come soon. Last year I felt shamed for going out during the COVID thing, so kind of just stopped posting/advertising our adventures. Heres to getting things running again in 2021!

I subscribed. Can't do more than that for now.
I like the subject. Hope this site takes off.

You just never know.

iskitoo

[TahoeBC]

Rad pics Superstar, thanks for checking in

Looking forward to more Wobby

Great Craigslist ad!!!!!

[bonewrenched]

Anyone looking for a nice house to rent?
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Best of Craigslist for sure.