Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread...

[old goat]

anyone want a pair of sorel caribou's size 8 mens. barely used. (My wifebought them on sale for a great price--even though they don't fit any of us.) They're older ones--excellent quality. Free to someone who will pick them up at Donner Lk. PM me.

edit:I've got thee pm's so boots probably gone.

[Jim S]

Chutes were most excellent! Smooth & creamy, maybe a few dozen total skiers lapping it up all afternoon!

Rose Chutes have been a sleeper during the week. Truly great coverage and good conditions there and very little traffic. The frequent windholds let it buff out.

Hitting Squaw in ...8 hours.

[CaliBrit]

News on alpine lifts?

[WestCoastPDR]

They are still there

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[xtrmjoe]

News on alpine lifts?

Summit 6 just opened 15 min ago, roundhouse then scott running to. Abc looks like a popciscle.
Wind packed pow mostly.

[The Dad]

Alpine is spinning Summit, Roundhouse, and Scott. It's pretty damned good for mid-December.

[TahoeJ]

Alpine was fucking awesome today. Blue bird laps off roundhouse for an hour then the light went flat but it didn't matter as they opened Summit right then. About a foot of goodness up top in the bowls. Scott was pretty good too.

[TahoeJ]

Also there was major avy control today... Six foot crown at AM in one place. Be safe out there in the BC.

[ridefree]

Can you ship to South Lake? I 'm down for shipping or beer etc.

[mcski]

Second chair on Summit today. Yay. Nice windbuff.

Lots and lots of slabs released.

[BGnight]

Dear Alpine Meadow's ski patrol,

You are seriously retarded and can eat a bag of dicks. Bomb all of Keyhole/High Yellow area. Then when summit finally opens, keep it closed so everyone can traverse as high as possible, into, and underneath aforementioned terrain. Same goes for lower/upper Beaver (not today)
I can understand summit and even Scott today, but late opening on roundhouse??? Pathetic.

Besides that, skiing was fun!

[TahoeBC]

Sleeper day at Heavenly, was like the whole mountain was a smooth groomer you could just rip on, missed the rope drop for Motts and we still got first tracks down the Y and it skied great.

As an FYI, if you hit the Heave over the holidays, don't forget your strap-on, it's required equipment now!

[jfost]

Rose was gud today - NOBODY there and supportive, fast pow everywhere. Pea Soup rolled in from about 10:15-11:15, but then the ceiling lifted and sun breaks came back out til I left around 12:30... wanted to stay but my early-season legs didn't hold up. COLD! so it should stay good for the week + refills on the way!

edit: no sign of any strap-ons at Rosarita either...

[lepistoir]

Chains on Brockway.

Good reports from west shore today.

[snapt]

As everyone has said today was super fun, although unlike Alpine and the unofficial report on squaw with all the slide pics today, hardly saw any signs of movement at Sugar Bowl. In fact, I was there at 8:15, and never heard a single bomb go off. Weird. Lincoln was $ after not opening yesterday.

[Jim S]

Today was like nine months post partying: Squaw delivered

[Dory Breaux]

From a few weeks ago...

[mcski]

I didnt understand the reasoning for that closure either. I happened on keyhole when just as it finally popped around 1pm and couldnt see any reason why they would not have dropped the rope for it when summit opened. No big deal. I got to ski it.

Dear Alpine Meadow's ski patrol,
You are seriously retarded and can eat a bag of dicks. Bomb all of Keyhole/High Yellow area. Then when summit finally opens, keep it closed so everyone can traverse as high as possible, into, and underneath aforementioned terrain. Same goes for lower/upper Beaver (not today)
I can understand summit and even Scott today, but late opening on roundhouse??? Pathetic.
Besides that, skiing was fun!

[~mikey b]

you guys should talk to a patroller and ask nicely what's up

and maybe not talk shit when you don't know shit

[kona12]

Any suggestions for a nor cal shop that has experience installing binding freedom inserts? I am in Sacto, but if nothing here, north lake or south lake suggestions would be appreciated! I have asked around but have been scared off by the "no, but we can try" answers!

[powfiend]

I think the shit talking is warranted, they have been kinda week about opening terrain. This year the havnt even opened estelle/beaver when its been mildly overcast. I asked a patroller about it nicely and he said they dont open it in bad vis but you could clearly see the whole ridge of beaver from the bottom of summit. I think there just being lazy/over concerned. Not like the get after it if you can attitude that patrol has up in montana thats for sure...

[4matic]

I think the shit talking is warranted, they have been kinda week about opening terrain. This year the havnt even opened estelle/beaver when its been mildly overcast. I asked a patroller about it nicely and he said they dont open it in bad vis but you could clearly see the whole ridge of beaver from the bottom of summit. I think there just being lazy/over concerned. Not like the get after it if you can attitude that patrol has up in montana thats for sure...

Or, like most Private Equity consolidations they cut staff and don't have the resources to run at the previous level for both businesses.

[mcski]

Take it easy there Francis. No shit talk, but there were a number of things that stood out that was a bit unusual for AM SOPs. I chalked most up to short staff, but there were a few "dont go here signs" that were new to the program.

[unpossible]

Any suggestions for a nor cal shop that has experience installing binding freedom inserts? I am in Sacto, but if nothing here, north lake or south lake suggestions would be appreciated! I have asked around but have been scared off by the "no, but we can try" answers!

Village Ski Loft in Incline installed some on a pair for me last year. Ask for Elko.

[wboarder]

I'm thinking of doing a day trip to kirkwood tomorrow AM. Anyone from the Sac area interested in a carpool?

So how was it had to be saweet.. I am also in Sac and up for Carpooling, I appreciate the mid week crowds at The Wood the most! Thinking tomorrow may be only day to sneak away for a solid 3/4 day