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03-18-2017, 11:26 AM #3176
Nothing official.
I've had a conversation with Patrol, who said they were making plans to open weeks s after the 16th, but he did not know the resorts criteria. He did confirm that the Patrol has made a plan in case they stay open. It would only be the frontside.
Backside is open until the 16th.
I've also been in conversation with someone in marketing, who got a hold of me because I complain a lot on FB. Finally got a response from someone. She said that there is a chance, but did not want to get anyone's hopes up.
I'm putting odds at 36.8% of the following two weekends.
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03-18-2017, 12:07 PM #3177Registered User
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2011 they also had Sibo opened the weekend of the 4th with hiking to Palisades and Headwall (via Palisades). Patrol basically let you ski anything you were willing to work for, e.g. we skied Headwall, then hiked back up to C2 and over to Chute 75. Don't quite recall what other lifts were spinning that weekend.
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03-18-2017, 12:23 PM #3178
The funi was open (I was working for the funi at the time) which was good because there were big lines in the morning and at the end of the day to get down. IIRC there something like 5k people skiing. Sibo was definitely open, Gold Coast must have been if the funi was, and for some reason I remember granite being open, but I could be wrong on that. It was a damn good time, I skied all three days in the morning. A patroller on the funi yesterday said that Andy wanted to keep open through the 4th. I would still guess just weekends after a point though.
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03-18-2017, 01:56 PM #3179
I remember a Wonderful 4th of July afternoon on ABC. After the crowd had retreated to the sun deck party the lines disappeared and the creamed corn was deep. The Axioms were splashing the slush into face shots.
If I recall, Squaw was running too...
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03-18-2017, 02:18 PM #3180
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03-18-2017, 04:29 PM #3181
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03-18-2017, 10:40 PM #3182
old goat, I think you were thinking of Memorial Day 2010, the year prior, that year Squaw only had Shirley Lake. Though they did let people hike up to the Palisades and farther, as I recall jahroy saying he went all the way out to West Face.
We had a mini-Mag meet up at Donner Ski Ranch on 5/29/2010 that I recall being quite fun.
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03-18-2017, 10:54 PM #3183
Well, she did reach her goal (thanks to y'all), and i did promise.
And she says thanks
now if Kirkwood matched the maggot's donation of roughly $150 when they announce their later closing dates, what a marketing coup that would be for them...Last edited by powdork; 03-18-2017 at 11:40 PM.
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03-18-2017, 11:16 PM #3184
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03-19-2017, 01:16 PM #3185Registered User
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Off topic here, but what's the consensus on sierra? Quality small scale resort with good mix of terrain? Too small to justify a season pass?
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03-19-2017, 01:24 PM #3186
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03-19-2017, 01:49 PM #3187Registered User
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TahoeJ, epic pass or squaw/alp? Tough call this upcoming season
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03-19-2017, 02:07 PM #3188
Problem is there is noone for them to do it with at least where I see it makes sense. One of their prime draws is their storm day skiing. That means to take advantage of that it would have to be a relationship with Heavenly or Kirkwood (getting from north to south on a storm day doesn't work out too well) and that ain't gonna happen.
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03-19-2017, 07:10 PM #3189
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03-19-2017, 07:12 PM #3190Registered User
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MAKE TAHOE DEEP AGAIN ~ 2016/17 OFISHUL SNOW/FOOD/WHINE & STOKE THREAD
Squaw/Alpine are where you want to be. Too bad it turned into a such a cluster.
I think they should charge $2000 for a pass and provide the service of a world class resort, which it is.
Depending on where you live,Sugar Bowl or Rose aren't bad options?
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03-19-2017, 10:19 PM #3191
I've been skiing sugarbowl with littles since 2008. The drought messed up some of their ops of the kids stuff. This year, they decided to basically not run most of the Judah area on weekdays. If you weekday day-ski with really little kids, that's a pretty big bummer. The magic carpet and white pine chair are great with the littles. The Nob hill chair can be pretty tricky with early learners compared to that area. Pre-drought, this was not the case; they consistently ran white pine lift and often both white pine and the magic carpet.
On weekdays when not skiing with kids, it's also been a bummer for them not to open the Judah side. Plenty of good new snow off the flanks of my Judah has gone to waste....Last edited by bodywhomper; 03-19-2017 at 11:59 PM.
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03-19-2017, 11:09 PM #3192
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03-19-2017, 11:21 PM #3193
The terrain off of 6 at Kirkwood was skiing great today, and nobody was there. The East Bowl of Stevens was also extremely fun corn; just sticky down near the road.
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03-19-2017, 11:25 PM #3194
So it's freezing there overnight? According to snotel, it hasn't gotten below 39 in a few days.
https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/reportG...ue,TOBS::value
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03-19-2017, 11:56 PM #3195
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03-20-2017, 09:56 AM #3196
It's not just air temp that matters. If the air temp is reasonably close to freezing the snow surface will freeze due to heat loss by radiation into the clear night sky (assuming clear sky) and by conduction to the colder snow deeper in the snow pack. If there's wind it will also lose heat in the process of evaporation. (If it's calm the air just above the snow will be saturated so the snow/water won't evaporate; the wind carries away the saturated air and allows evaporation. Change of phase requires a lot of heat.)
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03-20-2017, 12:51 PM #3197
it's been mostly clear overnight in the KW valley. close to corn during the day, but it got slushy in the most sunny of spots.
carson pass backcountry is great. south aspects ready to go by 11am and north/west aspects holding out until about 2pm
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03-20-2017, 02:46 PM #3198
Thanks for the beta. Went up emerald bay chutes Sunday and found near-corn snow around 10:45 at the top and boot deep slush half way down.
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03-20-2017, 03:13 PM #3199Registered User
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03-20-2017, 03:39 PM #3200
Sorry, no pics. If you're referring to the choke near the Eagle Falls parking lot, its covered but going fast.
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