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09-14-2021, 12:59 PM #5201
Poulsen Valley. That's really what it's been for the last 80 years or so. Would have put a nice little karmic twist on the ongoing saga.
One bit of good news as we continue to come out of the Caldor fire: The county animal shelter in Meyers survived intact (with a lot of help).
Thought about that a lot the past few weeks. Adopted my best buddy there six years ago tomorrow.
And on to the not so good news front...
Addressing Tahoe's Traffic Burden
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09-14-2021, 01:33 PM #5202
If that's the standard, any colonizer loses immediately to an actual indigenous person. How about Louisa Keyser?
Even sometimes when I'm snowboarding I'm like "Hey I'm snowboarding! Because I suck dick, I'm snowboarding!" --Dan Savage
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09-14-2021, 01:35 PM #5203Registered User
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Being limited to weekend warrior status I have not been stoked on Rose the last couple seasons. Less terrain for folks to spread out to once they're on the mountain and some of their lift lines were just as crazy as Squaw/Alpine on some weekends. Not to mention, their pass is just as much as an Ikon with limited benefits.
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09-14-2021, 02:49 PM #5204
If only there was some other resort in the area with better terrain than Mt. Rose and none of the crowds of Squawlpine.
Err... I mean Palisades Tahoe / Alpine Meadows. Palpine?I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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09-14-2021, 02:56 PM #5205Registered User
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09-14-2021, 03:11 PM #5206
You mean SUGAR BOWL, right?!? Must be Sugar Bowl. That place is awesome. No lines, tech terrain, fresh landings all day long, great groomers, burgers and beer are cheap, no attitude, no traffic, live music, it's always dumping or bluebird...Sugar Bowl is the best.
What did I miss? Oh yeah, LOTS of hot chicks and hot dudes - all single or swingers.
Oh and they have some rad Palisades too!!
Ah Sugar Bowl.
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09-14-2021, 03:50 PM #5207
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09-14-2021, 03:55 PM #5208?
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09-14-2021, 04:13 PM #5209Registered User
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"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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09-14-2021, 04:27 PM #5210Registered User
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I've had Ikon the past couple seasons and had an Epic the 4-5 seasons before that, but I'm considering going SB this season (assuming they release additional passes). Cheap season passes and remote work made corporate resort pow days a night mare. On one pow day Friday morning (not even a weekend), covering the ~12 miles between Truckee and Olympic took 3 hours (although I ended up laying fresh tracks on Sibo that day, which was pretty sick).
Just not sure if Sugar Bowl will keep me entertained for a full season. I've logged around 5 days there, all 10+ years ago. I had a blast and vaguely recall fun-looking terrain under the Lincoln lift. But I was relatively new then, and I'm not sure how I'll feel having logged a bunch of time at Kirkwood, Olympic Valley, Alpine, plus traveling to various other big mountain resorts (Snowbird, JHMR, St. Anton, Alyeska, probably other I'm blanking on).
I also recall their grooming and park weren't the greatest, but that might have changed in the past decade.
Maybe I'll go Ikon again and just pony enough for pow day passes at SB (or Homewood).
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09-14-2021, 04:27 PM #5211Registered User
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09-14-2021, 04:30 PM #5212
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09-14-2021, 04:42 PM #5213
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09-14-2021, 05:48 PM #5214
Especially last season!
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09-14-2021, 05:49 PM #5215
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09-14-2021, 06:35 PM #5216Registered User
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SB is great, especially the lift serviced backcountry terrain and their uphill travel policy. I can't remember but I felt like last time me and the lady priced it out with her two kids getting passes it was quite a bit more than the Ikon, especially since she gets a first responder discount with the Ikon.
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09-14-2021, 07:07 PM #5217Registered User
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OFFS; Sugarbowl?!?!?!? Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded.
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09-14-2021, 07:08 PM #5218Registered User
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/...d=FSEPRD953063
Open on the 16th. El Dorado and 4 in SoCal remain closed
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09-14-2021, 09:03 PM #5219Registered User
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Working link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/ne...d=FSEPRD953056
Tahoe NF site still says the 17th, but maybe hasn't been updated yet.
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09-14-2021, 09:20 PM #5220
It is not that hard to have fun at Palisades Tahoe out of the Olympic Valley base on a weekend. I hit it up with kid on a mid winter Sunday with variable conditions. We skied all day and never were in a line. Far East to KT to Headwall to Siberia to Gold Coast (the one line we hit, but not bad) to Emigrant to Solitude to Silverado to Silverado to Silverado to Silverado to Silverado to Silverado to Red Dog to Palisades Creek to the car. Fucking awesome skiing on almost every run and waited in literally one line. Perhaps it helped that I was skiing with my kid, but if I was local I'd still get a pass for Palisades Tahoe. So much terrain. You can ski both resorts on busy days and still find a way to avoid lines and crowds. I'm mean it is no Vail South where you can ski a Saturday after a powder day and avoid lines all day as long as you skip chair 4 from 10:15 to 12:30.
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09-14-2021, 09:26 PM #5221
You're crazy. It's all huge lines, entitled rich fucks, BAY AREA KOOKS, LOCAL ASSHOLES, shitty snow, flat light, a "Village," and HUGE lines. That place is terrible. Especially the lines and the assholes.
Holler this winter if you wanna stand in lines together and be grumpy about that terrible ski area.
Hell yeah!
So much for the permanent climate closure conspiracy.sproing!
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09-14-2021, 10:54 PM #5222
If there is enough snow, and if it's open (lately it's been weekends only) Summit lift at SB can be the place to be when the east wind is raping every place else.
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09-14-2021, 11:30 PM #5223
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09-15-2021, 01:38 AM #5224
Noone said anything about permanent climate closures, just that these closures are becoming more commonplace, with no prior planning, despite the fact that it was obvious they would be more commonplace.
I do believe there will be avalanche danger closures in the future. It will have nothing to do with increased avalanche dangers over time, and everything to do with the land managers keeping people from being hurt on their land, in the interest of public safety, and with an abundance of caution.powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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09-15-2021, 07:17 AM #5225
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