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

[TahoeJ]

How much steep terrain is even open?

A fair amount at Sugar Bowl today. But after a couple of runs I started seeking out the less steep stuff because it was a lot more fun to ski instead of scraping that icy bottom layer on every turn, which happened even in spots where it was wind-blown foot deep. Should have brought my powder skis.

[Tahoepa]

There was a storm right after XMAS early 90's that started cold and stayed cold. At 6000 ft 5', then 3', then 3'. And another a few years later that dropped 9 feet over a few days--and then the rain washed it all away on New Years Day--along with docks, decks, propane tanks, etc. But the last time we had big snows--Snowmaggedon--it was like you say, big rains finally turning to snow. The last few big snow years have recorded more rain than snow water content at 6000 ft.

The kayak surfing thru downtown Truckee during that one was epic! Cushing blue house flooded, casinos closed, REMSA flooded, and tons of gnar landslides up at the bowl. That was epic. I was living on the summit for that one......so much rain!!


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[gone2alpine]

What we had today was a flood of tourons ready for a big powder day. By 10:15 lines were out of the corrals at Schralpine and cars were being parked by Deer Park. They sold a lot of Ikon passes this year if ya did not know...

[dookeyXXX]

Today's condis at The Star were either nice-on-ice, fluff-on-scruff, dust-on-crust, or pow-on-ow, depending on your particular verbiage affinity.

[TahoeJ]

What we had today was a flood of tourons ready for a big powder day. By 10:15 lines were out of the corrals at Schralpine and cars were being parked by Deer Park. They sold a lot of Ikon passes this year if ya did not know...

Just wait until tues - thurs when it dumps and the upper mountains don’t open...

[thefrush]

And the train is already up to full speed as Colorado and Utah FB friends are posting the ECMWF pic of the AR hitting us 5 days from now.

FWIW I'm in CA for the next 2 weeks.

[gimpy]

Second consecutive visit to a low angle still closed for the season resort zone where we had to direct a rope ducking snowboarder how to get out of there. Dude today was drunk and took some convincing to not just keep riding fall line Which would have ended in a search and rescue operation for sure. Couple inches of fluff over a thin crust with 2’ of facets underneath making for horrendous booting conditions........ dumbass

[Truckee Joe]

People pay for forecast? Why would you do that when they are giving them out for free. I know this a manipulated free market but I don't get it. It's not going to be any better it's all just an educated guess. Maybe some people can read the government data better and having a 10 day forecast makes people feel good to pay for that speculation. I for one will never pay for weather guesses. I don't need to plan that far ahead.

When is someone going to do an avalanche forecast that is good for next week. Might pay for that...


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[South tahoe skier]

Second consecutive visit to a low angle still closed for the season resort zone ........

was that you skinning up stagecoach this afternoon? I though about letting that person know they missed the the chair at the bottom

[romeo tango]

.... new forecast for wed-thurs storm is somewhere between 36" and 100"....

100 inches?
fkna

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[dookeyXXX]

I predict several Priuses with snapped ladder cables stranded on 267, at least 3 minivans backsliding on Northwoods, and one monster SUV wrecked somewhere on 80 between Blue Canyon and Donner Pass this week...

[lepistoir]

FWIW I'm in CA for the next 2 weeks.

Nice work, Alex. Are you mobile in case Mammoth gets it (gets more than us, that is)?

[lepistoir]

I predict several Priuses with snapped ladder cables stranded on 267, at least 3 minivans backsliding on Northwoods, and one monster SUV wrecked somewhere on 80 between Blue Canyon and Donner Pass this week...

Ladder cables seem to just be banned the majority of the time now. I kinda liked them because they don't buck the car as much when you hit them. Piles of broken chains hidden in some spindrift and looking like a lump of snow will spill your coffee all over.

[lepistoir]

Northstar this morning was backed up almost to the Schaefer's mill light at 9.

Castle peak snowpark was full when I got there but somebuddy left right as I arrived. At least half of the vehicles are full of kids that won't last more than an hour so there's a good chance you'll get in even if it's full when you get there. It's still possible to drive up castle peak road and park at the gate too, at least through tomorrow. Maybe through Tuesday at the outside. I took a pic because I wanted to bitch about rubicon parking (if CHP can ignore this shitshow when it's obvious there's no interference with plows, why can't eel dorado sheriff tell rubicon Karen to go pick up trash?). After I took it tho, I realized CHP probably did have to get involved and tow somebuddy so that the folks parked up at the gate could get out.

[TahoeJ]

When is someone going to do an avalanche forecast that is good for next week. Might pay for that...

Monday: Moderate
Tuesday: Moderate
Wednesday: Considerable
Thursday: Considerable
Friday: Considerable

You’re welcome. I’ll PM you my Venmo.

[CC_skier]

Ladder cables seem to just be banned the majority of the time now. I kinda liked them because they don't buck the car as much when you hit them. Piles of broken chains hidden in some spindrift and looking like a lump of snow will spill your coffee all over.

God damn, maybe I should just get real chains. Then again, my ski buddy and I have been essentially isolating this whole time, the storm cycle might just be the time to carpool in the subie forester (famous last words).

Went for an xc ski up to woods lake today, on the way was behind a Mazda suv for a bit that had on too-big chains that were absolutely slapping. I mean jeez, the wheel wells of that suv have to be destroyed. Also why get an suv that doesn’t have awd/4wd?


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[powdork]

FWIW I'm in CA for the next 2 weeks.

where you at? And you probably would be wanting to go wherever gets the least. If we get more storms past next weekend like they're saying, Tuesday could be the last day for the upper mountain at mammoth for a while.

[gimpy]

If this train doesn’t derail.....I guarantee that it will be rated high or higher for at least weds if not wed and thurs......and it will prolly be accompanied by an avy advisory going out on local NOAA forecasts by Tuesday night. The local avy center knows the froth is real so it seems they pro-actively try to tame it at the onset of every storm forecast for storms measured in feet (smif)

Pray for smif!!!

[powdork]

^if we get the upper end, that is supposed to be accompanied with the AR moving back up over us thurs evening with slightly warmer temps. Still all snow at lake level but upside down nonetheless.

[Westmeister]

God damn, maybe I should just get real chains. Then again, my ski buddy and I have been essentially isolating this whole time, the storm cycle might just be the time to carpool in the subie forester (famous last words).

Went for an xc ski up to woods lake today, on the way was behind a Mazda suv for a bit that had on too-big chains that were absolutely slapping. I mean jeez, the wheel wells of that suv have to be destroyed. Also why get an suv that doesn’t have awd/4wd?


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Some cars don't have space to accommodate real chains, but yes, real chains much betterer, easier. After 15 years, picked up a summer car that gets used more than the awd.

[gone2alpine]

FIFY

Monday: Moderate
Tuesday: Moderate
Wednesday: Considerable
Thursday: High
Friday: Extreme

[thefrush]

Nice work, Alex. Are you mobile in case Mammoth gets it (gets more than us, that is)?

where you at? And you probably would be wanting to go wherever gets the least. If we get more storms past next weekend like they're saying, Tuesday could be the last day for the upper mountain at mammoth for a while.

We drove out. Currently at our future home in Mammoth. Will come up to my Dad's place in Alpine next weekend.

[MashedPotatoes]

Frush! long time no ski..

anyone know what's up with backside of Kirkwood? I heard the lift was iced or something but seems it should have been cleared by now?

I'm thinking of sneaking up for mini-pow day Monday before the mayhem starts..

[powpig]

There was a storm right after XMAS early 90's that started cold and stayed cold. At 6000 ft 5', then 3', then 3'. And another a few years later that dropped 9 feet over a few days--and then the rain washed it all away on New Years Day--along with docks, decks, propane tanks, etc. But the last time we had big snows--Snowmaggedon--it was like you say, big rains finally turning to snow. The last few big snow years have recorded more rain than snow water content at 6000 ft.

I remember both those.
i moved up here in Summer 92 and that Christmas was the first time I was back in the Bay. I was watching MNF with my buddies and that was the last game Joe Montana ever played for the Niners. It was absolutely pissing rain at the Stick the 2nd half! The next day I left at 6AM to drive home, finally made it about midnight via Hwy 49. A long line of cars following the snowplow almost all the way from Downieville to Sattley. Then I had to shovel for an hour to get my truck off the street. A few days later we had that NYE storm you mentioned which dropped another several feet.

In 96 I was living in Jackson ("wettest Dec since the white man had been there" they said) and just about everything I owned was in a storage locker in south Reno. I'm watching CNN and see folks in rowboats in downtown by Harrahs & the Cal-Neva. Figured I was screwed but I chose a good location and my stuff was OK. A buddy of mine in Carson told me they were hiking the local hills and skiing bottomless pow a couple days before Christmas and then he drove over Rose on NYE and it was just plain raining hard all the way over the top. In Jackson it was about 40 in town on NYE, probably rarer than it being 40 below that time of year!

I'm not seeing anything close to being that juicy next week but at least by Feb we can hopefully have our real start to winter.

[mcski]

The storm in the 90s sent the truckee over the banks next to 89. Total mess w road closed and a bajillion Bay Area dentists trying to get home and back to work