Tahoe '24/'25 - This Thread Shall Not Be Privatized!!

[~mikey b]

Is not leaving a very expensive, gigantic tent set up and unattended and in public view for days at a time on the table?

and why is it there anyway?

[TahoeJ]

Wobby - you really need to sew an air tag in the next tent.

[soul_skier]

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Silvy opened. I bet it was/is good.

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Can confirm, one of the better days of the season. Not often the entire mountain is greenlit at 9am on a pow day. Lifeflight for the skier who sent Gotts was a reminder to lean in and savor days like this, fingers crossed for a full recovery!</p>

[jackstraw]

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Can confirm, one of the better days of the season. Not often the entire mountain is greenlit at 9am on a pow day. Lifeflight for the skier who sent Gotts was a reminder to lean in and savor days like this, fingers crossed for a full recovery!</p>

Ah shit. Hope they are ok.

[powdork]

Camping in the forest with tents is a thing. Always has been. You old farts are uptight AF


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[GoSlowGoFar]

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Pretty sure you&#39;re only allowed to camp in vans these days. Get with the times.

[TurxSki]

Camping in the forest with tents is a thing. Always has been. You old farts are uptight AF


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It's prolly up for debate,
But I don't think leaving a tent for days (weeks?) at a time, while you head home/elsewhere, counts as *camping*.
More like how to start a home(less) encampment?

[bobz]

Clearly my anchoring techniques are stupid! Anyone have advice for some great snow stakes, etc...?

I've had good luck with old SMC (MSR makes some currently) aluminum snow stakes that have a C cross section, and ~1cm holes along the length of the stake. After being in the snow for a little while, snow refreezes within the holes.

Be aware that the larger your tent's profile, the more force any given amount of wind puts on your tent. If you had some kind of big walk-in expedition tent, that could easily have 4x or more the profile surface area compared to a basic backpacking tent. And I've seen backpacking tents get blown away. So just planting some stakes (and at the optimal angle) may not be enough, for anyone on snow in windy conditions, but especially for you with a particularly big tent. Consider anchoring to nearby trees, or bring things to use as stakes that are much bigger than tent stakes.

[dookeyXXX]

I skied fresh lift-served pow yesterday from 9 til 2.
Twas really fun.

And I still have my tent.

[bobz]

Skis work too!



(last April, just north of Forester Pass)


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[~mikey b]

Andesite

[rod9301]

I've had good luck with old SMC (MSR makes some currently) aluminum snow stakes that have a C cross section, and ~1cm holes along the length of the stake. After being in the snow for a little while, snow refreezes within the holes.

Be aware that the larger your tent's profile, the more force any given amount of wind puts on your tent. If you had some kind of big walk-in expedition tent, that could easily have 4x or more the profile surface area compared to a basic backpacking tent. And I've seen backpacking tents get blown away. So just planting some stakes (and at the optimal angle) may not be enough, for anyone on snow in windy conditions, but especially for you with a particularly big tent. Consider anchoring to nearby trees, or bring things to use as stakes that are much bigger than tent stakes.

Stuff sacks filled with snow work best as tent anchors.

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[bodywhomper]

Fixed bolts


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[powdork]

Broken bolts are just as heavy


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[Wobby]

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and why is it there anyway?

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Like PD said, because camping is a thing <br />
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And because there was a full moon and a lunar eclipse, so we had a bunch of friends who wanted to be out camping and skiing in the woods for it. So I set it up 2 days before, as I knew I wouldn&#39;t have time to do it after work and before the eclipse.&nbsp;</p>
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This time I even did my research, and set it up in a place where camping is allowed </p>
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I won&#39;t go in to details, but after the last time - I did stake it down this time. I thought thoroughly. Used a whole bunch of 1 -2 ft branches like snow stakes on every anchor point of the tent. Then I buried the entire outside of the tent in about a foot of snow. Not good enough for our damn Tahoe zephyr though!&nbsp;</p>
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Probably should have tied it to a tree.</p>
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Anyway, thanks to everyone being cool about it and keeping your eyes/ears open. If I get the tent back twice I will be amazed, and very grateful.</p>
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[Wobby]

Hope everyone is still getting it! The snow has been amazing

[Redsmurfer]

"Stuff sacks filled with snow work best as tent anchors."Better yet use two plastic grocery bags doubled up. stomp the snow around them, after one night you have dig them out. lighter and can be used for trash

[TurxSki]

"Stuff sacks filled with snow work best as tent anchors."Better yet use two plastic grocery bags doubled up. stomp the snow around them, after one night you have dig them out. lighter and can be used for trash

So you trust the guy who loses tents, to pick up plastic grocery bags when he's done with them?
You must really like to see plastic bags stuck up in the trees in "the backcountry" [emoji53]

[bodywhomper]

I think it needs to be attached to permanent things, like boulder, trees, etc. if the tent will be left in place for a long period of time.


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[fleaches]

Which boot fitter in north lake has the most experience punching difficult boot plastics? E. G. Carbon infused skimo race boots. Any recs?

[jcreight]

My snow camping buddy uses buried snow flukes. MSR sells one.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I&#39;ve seen Bear Grylls rappel down a clif using a frozen Snickers bar wedged in the snow as an anchor and you guys can&#39;t figure out how to keep a tent on the ground?

[~mikey b]

Which boot fitter in north lake has the most experience punching difficult boot plastics? E. G. Carbon infused skimo race boots. Any recs?

Best Fit
Tahoe Sports Hub
Start Haus
Olympic Boot Works

all very good

[soul_skier]

Whose Heritage RC95s were in the breezeway at Alpine late morning today? Got out for a power hour and was pleasantly surprised, great snow, no lines, fun times all around.

[TahoeBC]

Hope everyone is still getting it! The snow has been amazing

Got that right! Incredible last two days of winter surevevery big line went down by yesterday!