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  1. #1451
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    it’s on like 20 of them
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.

  2. #1452
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    Quote Originally Posted by ~mikey b View Post
    it’s on like 20 of them
    It has yet to find me. But know it will

    How was the skiing today? Seems like it could have been nice
    Own your fail. ~Jer~

  3. #1453
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    I don't disagree. Just would point out that a 6 AM start used to mean arrival at 9:30 parking right across from Timber Creek. After that first storm in December, I left at 530, arrived at 830, and eventually parked in the Loop Road lots after waiting for 20 mins of traffic pulling in. Used to be no one outside of this message board would have considered a 5 AM day trip. Now I have neighbors who barely ski talking about it. The whole sport has seen an influx of casual skiers in the past 2 years that I could really do without.

  4. #1454
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    We should do what A basin does and have the close lot for 3+ carpool, the next lot for 2+, and then the farther parking and shuttle for solo drivers.

    Everytime I ski there I try to rally up a carpool to get the parking. It makes the limited parking work for more people.

  5. #1455
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    Well heck, BA is saying dry-town for the next 2 weeks, and Swain is saying dry-town for 2 to 3 weeks (or longer), with maybe a light precip slider sneaking in at some point. So I guess enjoy the winter corn, until we probably get a 12-foot dumper in March or something.

  6. #1456
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    We were there for the Far West races as well. 5 people packed into the Best Western in Truckee! Oh yeah!

    Mrs. Comish and the Comish twins went to Northstar for U12 races leaving at about 720 +/- each day and made it quick. Another friend left "later" and took her "forever".

    Mini Comish and I went to Palisades and left at same time. Hit some traffic, but nothing ridiculous. Got to Palisades a bit before 8am. Kinda crazy that there are that many people just hanging out waiting over an hour for the lifts to open. The damn line at Starbucks was the longest line I waited in all weekend. Lift lines were fine, at least on K2 and Headwall. Had a fun weekend even if there was a layer of scratchy across most of what we tried.

    Mrs. Comish's report was the same as someone above: Wait 30 minutes for ticket, then wait 30 minutes for Gondi, then wait 30 minutes to, you get the idea. Said it sucked. I said "why you think I let you go to Flatstar!" I honestly have zero idea why anyone skis there. It's flat, expensive, boring, and did I say flat? but yeah, go check out Northstar. I will be there in 2 weeks for GS assuming everyone is healthy and still racing.
    He who has the most fun wins!

  7. #1457
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    Northstar has some of the best tree skiing anywhere. Fantastic on storm days. Sugar Pine Glade, etc. Yeah I wouldn’t want to ski there all season either, but just saying.
    I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.

  8. #1458
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    if it’s blown out other places it’s real good
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.

  9. #1459
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    I've almost gotten to the point where I prefer groomer days because I don't have to deal with the shitshow, even midweek. Almost.
    Weekends are for XC, laundry, or watching sports on TV. Nice to be retired. (But not nice to be old,)

  10. #1460
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    It’s a dumb argument to have. There are many good reasons to choose to ski Palisades over Northstar, but also vice versa (and yes, even for people who can ski). Pick what works for you.

    I’d pick both if I had more time and money. I might choose Palisades if I skied mid-week most of the time.

    How have weekends been at Sugarbowl this year? You guys having to deal with the same traffic clusterfucks (both on and off hill) as everyone else?

  11. #1461
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    22 Blue - Looking ahead to the New (aka Fuck Summer (aka Tahoe Thread))

    The parking lots at Sugar Bowl have been filling up on weekends.
    I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.

  12. #1462
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    On Saturday, people were needing to parked most of the way to the train tunnel on sugar bowl rd.

  13. #1463
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    Rain and a bit of nothing at my house on Friday. OG buddy with Stage 4 cancer rolled up. We bailed on Rose-area touring plans, thinking it would be rain crust, wind-blown, and...I just wanted to blast out some laps with my ol pal going through a rough time.

    The ski-commute sucked. What can I say? I have to remember --- I AM traffic.

    After that, the weekend began in earnest. And holy crap did it exceed expectations!!

    Untracked Beaver (who doesn't love untracked Beaver??) with coach

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    OG Buddy Chopper still has it of course

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    On to Untracked and Holy Primo Estelle - 8-10" of windloaded cold pow on a smooth surface. {Chopper's skis]

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    Posting video to TGR sucks. Instead, you get a shitty screengrab of a shitty video that began after the steeps. Ha!

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    Over to Untracked Buttress which nobody else skied that day, despite being in great shape. [shot taken at 2:00...]

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    After that....we stopped taking pictures because it was just so damn good. What a day. One of the best resort days I've had in a long time. Untracked all day - all the hardcores were skiing Silvy that day I guess....

    Chopper approves -

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    Here's some more video (not mine): https://www.instagram.com/p/CYfdVuRFN2E/

    Sunday was all about dogs, skiing with kids, and fitting in a couple Silvy / BA laps. When Palisquawpine opens wall-to-wall, holy crap that mountain is unreal!!

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    Fuck yeah skiing!



    ETA: thanks Blaster, TBC, and gimpy for the stoke!
    Last edited by meter-man; 01-11-2022 at 02:35 PM.
    sproing!

  14. #1464
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    So much this^^^^^. Awesome post. Well done Meter Man!

  15. #1465
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    Fuck yeah skiing!

  16. #1466
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    Quote Originally Posted by TahoeJ View Post
    The parking lots at Sugar Bowl have been filling up on weekends.
    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    On Saturday, people were needing to parked most of the way to the train tunnel on sugar bowl rd.
    Damn. Was really hoping someone was going to tell me it’s been a little oasis of calm in north lake…

  17. #1467
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    It's been my experience lately--when I do ski on busy days--that the traffic and parking can be horrible but for the most part after the morning upload the lifts are tolerable. (Unless it's KT on a storm day) Last year I blamed the traffic and parking on the pandemic--people not wanting to share cars. This year people don't seem to give a shit about that so I don't know.

    This actually seems to be a NT/Truckee phenomenon--pull into a restaurant or other business parking lot and the lot is jammed. You figure a wait to eat but when you go in the place is half empty. I don't know the reason--maybe some of it is people rendezvousing in a parking lot and then taking one car to Reno Costco.

  18. #1468
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    22 Blue - Looking ahead to the New (aka Fuck Summer (aka Tahoe Thread))

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    Today in the O-Valley parking lot. This seems about what I might expect from David Lesh (just guessing based on the Vertika logo). Actually kinda cool.
    I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.

  19. #1469
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    ^^^^^ but the truck had Alaska plates.
    At least he found parking.

  20. #1470
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    Speaking of the Oly parking lot, who the fuck backs a large van into a tight stall in the middle of the morning rush? And sticks out so far that it probably took 5 minutes for the car on the other side of the parking line to wiggle its way out of its spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong View Post
    Damn. Was really hoping someone was going to tell me it’s been a little oasis of calm in north lake…
    Still hasn’t been too crowded on the hill.

  22. #1472
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    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    Still hasn’t been too crowded on the hill.
    What does that translate to in terms of wait times for lifts? 2 minute, 5 minute, 10 minute lines?

    My experience at N* this year has been similar to what OG has been seeing elsewhere. Traffic is nuts. Lots are regularly filling to capacity (which I only recall happening a couple days I’ve skied previous seasons), but lines on the hill certainly aren’t the worst I’ve ever seen - definitely not short though. Not sure what that’s all about.

  23. #1473
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    22 Blue - Looking ahead to the New (aka Fuck Summer (aka Tahoe Thread))

    ^^ Lies! Besides, the terrain sucks and they serve warm beer.

    Edit: I was talking about SB.
    Last edited by TahoeJ; 01-11-2022 at 07:44 PM.
    I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TahoeJ View Post
    ^^ Lies! Besides, the terrain sucks and they serve warm beer.


    Don’t buy beer, just hit the park kids up for a White Claw

  25. #1475
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    Quote Originally Posted by skier666 View Post
    Oh and here's some resort skiing just before snowmaggedon hit...

    Love it

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