22 Blue - Looking ahead to the New (aka Fuck Summer (aka Tahoe Thread))

[janky]

Snowiest December on record to driest January on record. What was the term? Whiplash?

https://twitter.com/nwsreno/status/1...242675713?s=21

I’ll bite but I thought we weren’t talking about the weather?

Yes. Climate Whiplash. Good article from Nov 2019:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/clima...re-on-the-rise


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[old goat]

P Not sure why they close the upper steeps of Red Dog & Resort Chair when its some of the most sun-protected, still wintery zones on the mountain.

Because most people aren't skier666?

[bodywhomper]

Some sun protected areas at sugarbowl are becoming more chalky and less ice/hard pack, but it’s still a mixture. I can still see through the ice on many tops of moguls.

[TahoeJ]

I’ll bite but I thought we weren’t talking about the weather?

Yes. Climate Whiplash. Good article from Nov 2019:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/clima...re-on-the-rise

Okay so hopefully February bounces back. *Checks extended forecast.* Dry through at least the 14th. Fuck me. Time to hit the road soon.

[liv2ski]

Looking at the Mammoth "Extended Snowfall History" there have been a handful of years where a dry January resulted in dry months for February & March but mostly, one of those months saves the season, so fingers crossed.

[Powcruzer]

'Hit the road'. Nowhere to run but looks like Illinois gonna be good.
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Okay so hopefully February bounces back. *Checks extended forecast.* Dry through at least the 14th. Fuck me. Time to hit the road soon.

[huckasoreass]

As for the death on Chute 75, rumor is that the guy may have had a heart attack. Of course, this is all chairlift hearsay but apparently he's had heart surgery in the past and was scheduled for another soon. That's not to say its not slide for life in spots (because it sure is) but just to clarify with what I had heard.

If he had a heart attack, he followed it up by striking numerous trees immediately after. I went in and checked out the scene our of morbid curiosity. There was plenty of evidence telling a pretty grim story.

[janky]

GFS now says dry through Feb 16. Usually the GFS has some fantasyland storm always at the end near hour 384 (last frame of each run is 384). You know it's bad when you aren't even seeing any fantasyland storms on the GFS.

Okay so hopefully February bounces back. *Checks extended forecast.* Dry through at least the 14th. Fuck me. Time to hit the road soon.

[TahoeJ]

If he had a heart attack, he followed it up by striking numerous trees immediately after. I went in and checked out the scene our of morbid curiosity. There was plenty of evidence telling a pretty grim story.

Heard the same from a friend and then he just left for the day after that. Speaking of hitting the road, shouldn't you be off somewhere that had more than 2 weeks of winter?

[bodywhomper]

Could have been heart attack following trauma.

[skier666]

If he had a heart attack, he followed it up by striking numerous trees immediately after. I went in and checked out the scene our of morbid curiosity. There was plenty of evidence telling a pretty grim story.

Ugh...just horrible.

[~mikey b]

I once asked an ER doc if I should be bringing the AED to trauma scenes. He told me that it’s not common for people to die from a heart attack as a direct result of trauma.

[powdork]

'Hit the road'. Nowhere to run but looks like Illinois gonna be good.
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You may be on to something.
A midwest ski tour on the Epic pass
SnowCreek in Missouri. Hidden Valley right in St. Louis. Mad River Mountain, Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine in Ohio. Paoli Peaks in Indiana. Brighton in Michigan and Afton Alps in Minnesowda. 9 resorts

[thefrush]

You may be on to something.
A midwest ski tour on the Epic pass
SnowCreek in Missouri. Hidden Valley right in St. Louis. Mad River Mountain, Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine in Ohio. Paoli Peaks in Indiana. Brighton in Michigan and Afton Alps in Minnesowda. 9 resorts

Let's go!

[lepistoir]

I'm usually *scoffing in Colorado* about what folx on here call corn, but this was real corn. 4" of loose wet grains on a firm, smooth surface and old tracks were just as soft as untracked areas.

[hercule33]

So how bad will Presidents Day traffic be with no new snow since the dinosaurs roamed the earth?

[lepistoir]

So how bad will Presidents Day traffic be with no new snow since the dinosaurs roamed the earth?

I would guess it's going to be an improvement over now with more melt/freeze cycles and warmer/longer days (slightly offset by melt out). I can report later today about conditions inbounds.

[TahoeJ]

So how bad will Presidents Day traffic be with no new snow since the dinosaurs roamed the earth?

People already booked their vacations / rentals a long time ago. It will still be an absolute shit show. That was the case in drought years past as well.

[davjr96]

Don't worry guys. I left CA on Dec 13th (start of snowpocalypse) and returned on Jan 1, the last day of fresh snow. I will be leaving again on the 18th for a bit so expect a huge dump around then.

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[MTT]

I'm usually *scoffing in Colorado* about what folx on here call corn, but this was real corn. 4" of loose wet grains on a firm, smooth surface and old tracks were just as soft as untracked areas.

Nice share. Thanks

[bodywhomper]

Thanks for stoke pictures. If people want a hat trick: skate ski at dawn, corn patrol, then ice skate boca at dusk.

I once asked an ER doc if I should be bringing the AED to trauma scenes. He told me that it’s not common for people to die from a heart attack as a direct result of trauma.

Unconscious from impact(s), come to rest with head in funny position and closed airway, cardiac arrest.

[lepistoir]

Starting to notice a new trend with new-in-towns who were complaining about plowing a month ago: extreme concern about the length of the dry spell. Like, was that it? Is winter over? Do we need to move somewhere it actually snows? Welcome to the Sierra, bish. We get feast and famine and stay fed one way or the other.

[~mikey b]

Thanks for stoke pictures. If people want a hat trick: skate ski at dawn, corn patrol, then ice skate boca at dusk.



Unconscious from impact(s), come to rest with head in funny position and closed airway, cardiac arrest.

you’re barking up the “what if?” tree

[bodywhomper]

you’re barking up the “what if?” tree

Happened on Saturday