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

[ripvw]

Not sure when this was taken, but looks like mainly a ground fire at Sierra.

[SchralphMacchio]

Posting back here to say that my heart is with you, my Kirkweed, Sierra, Xmas Valley, Myers and SLT peeps.

Stay strong everyone -
Gotta take times like these minute by minute hour by hour. I hope everyone north of Elks Club already has their shit packed. Local mags please do what you can to help each other out.

[SchralphMacchio]

Sierra pics from last night

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/j...22&sort=newest

[grskier]

Man.... so much sadness in that set of pics.

Thoughts with all of the South Lake area Mags and folks in general.

[Ottime]

Offering a piece of driveway in Santa Cruz for anyone who needs to escape down to the coast. Air has been very decent down this way. Watching and praying/ hoping for the best up there.

[SchralphMacchio]

Tahoe Strong!

Photo KRCA

[The SnowShow]

Sierra pics from last night

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/j...22&sort=newest

Insanity. Is Sierra-At-Tahoe effectively burnt?

Major vibes to the South Tahoe Mag crew.

[janky]

Sierra at Tahoe looks ok. Scarred but ok:

https://twitter.com/kcrateselle/stat...088674824?s=21

[altasnob]

Has there every been a ski area to burn down? Fire came right to the boundary of Crystal ski area a few years ago. Curious how well those lift towers hold up to the flames.

[old goat]

Firefighters risking their lives to protect a ski area. I know we're all appreciative, hard to be appreciative enough.

[teledad]

Obvious example is the Gondola Fire at Heavenly in 2002 (started by a cigarette butt). There was also a fire at Purgatory last fall but it was relatively small.

Pretty clever to fire up the snow guns.

[Sol Skier]

Firefighters risking their lives to protect a ski area. I know we're all appreciative, hard to be appreciative enough.

Ski areas are places that provide joy and good times for a lot of people, something that's in short supply these days.

[Not DJSapp]

Given the current trajectory and the wind, I'd guess the Heave is going to get a taste of it by Tuesday afternoon

[MTT]

Ski areas are places that provide joy and good times for a lot of people, something that's in short supply these days.

Not to mention the jobs income for many Losing S@T. Would economically decimate the community

[yeahman]

Sierra pics from last night

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/j...22&sort=newest

That's crazy shit. Vibes to all affected, this really sucks.

[Hey Diddle Diddle]

Has there every been a ski area to burn down? Fire came right to the boundary of Crystal ski area a few years ago. Curious how well those lift towers hold up to the flames.

Ski Apache lifts were fire damaged in 2012. Pajarito Mountain haul ropes damaged in 2011 fire. The haul ropes can be damaged by high temp. They have an inner core that is not metal.

[RockChalk]

Given the current trajectory and the wind, I'd guess the Heave is going to get a taste of it by Tuesday afternoon

Define taste

[mcski]

Apparently mandatory evac is now up to placer county line / tahoma

[MTT]

Apparently mandatory evac is now up to placer county line / tahoma

Really. I thought they were just under a warning
I guess the sw wind is really pushing the fire. Anyone who has seen the area knows. Once a big fire gets up there. Fucked

[frorider]

Apparently mandatory evac is now up to placer county line / tahoma

Yup that’s been the situation. Order has also expanded East more along pioneer trail corridor.

[davjr96]

https://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.c...7d831d3ba938ff

Link to the above map

[frorider]

If you put in Alpine county in that link you can see how extensive the evac order has become. Anyone in SLT yellow zones is hopefully leaving now before the bigger winds come. Although I’ve heard of employers demanding people stay at work until evac order comes.

[frorider]

https://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.c...7d831d3ba938ff

Link to the above map

Sorry didn’t bother since this thread has kept posting it.

[mcski]

Yup that’s been the situation. Order has also expanded East more along pioneer trail corridor.

Neighbor got the warning txt last night. She got one that said it’s now mandatory this morning

[frorider]

Insanity. Is Sierra-At-Tahoe effectively burnt?

Major vibes to the South Tahoe Mag crew.

No idea if this is relevant to your comment, but his link to Getty images has a ton of Caldor pics. The gnarly ones were downslope, not S@T. From what I’ve heard S@T had extensive ground fire but lots of assets were protected.