OFFICIAL TAHOE 18/19 STOKE, CONDITIONS, WEATHER THREAD

**janky** · 03-01-2019, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Here's what was going on at Northstar the other day: https://www.sierrasun.com/news/local...ift-for-hours/

I'd be pretty pissed to get stuck up there for 3 hours! Seems like a major problem for a lift that's only a few years old.

Late reply here but I just saw another story that was similar. This one is even more ridiculous, where are the Ski Patrols? Where is the staff?

https://snowbrains.com/kids-rescue-c...iufOsCI-2Y3dG4

**meter-man** · 03-01-2019, 01:12 PM

Blustery out there. Bit upside down too with some slabby conditions.

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**Shred Baron** · 03-01-2019, 03:57 PM

Alpine was good this morning, rolled up at a quarter of ten, got a good parking spot, didn’t wait ina single line tilI I left at 1. Had plenty open with summit and Sherwood.

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**climberevan** · 03-01-2019, 04:10 PM

I found everything out there today from mank to corn to scoured ice to wind-buff to breakable crust, all with a solid helping of knock-you-down wind. Good times!

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**stoneman** · 03-01-2019, 05:29 PM

how can mott be running if dipper and comet are on hold. i've seen that multiple times recently.

**TahoeJ** · 03-01-2019, 05:34 PM

Lots of nice windbuff at Squaw today if you knew where to look. Better than expected out there and even got a few heavy face shots from some preserved pow.

Also, wow...

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**drbecks** · 03-01-2019, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by LightRanger

So Rudy skis Alpine now? Shit. I thought a purist like you would only ski Squaw.

I have a different kind of funny accent

**Huck Pitueee** · 03-01-2019, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by meter-man

Blustery out there. Bit upside down too with some slabby conditions.

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Did you drop the North side of that hill you were on? If so was it worthy?

**gimpy** · 03-01-2019, 08:55 PM

Just a bit blowy

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Crater center cliffs gone

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Mothership ahead of next round

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Multiple entrances to lines

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Here’s to March picking up where feb left off+++

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**meter-man** · 03-01-2019, 09:39 PM

Huck, we skied NE panel higher up, and it was pretty wind-effected, and a bit upside-down slabby, so we decided to skip the N on that one. Had to finish by 9 too...so dunno! Lemme know what you find… This winter just wont quit! Wooooooooo,!!!~¥!§

**Driver** · 03-02-2019, 10:39 AM

Saw 2 people hit Heart yesterday. Cone is definitely up there but still props to those who got it.

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**NorCalNomad** · 03-02-2019, 10:59 AM

Sooooo this is the Donner Sno-Park as of last night.

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**TahoeJ** · 03-02-2019, 12:51 PM

Several inches or more at Alpine this morning. Their snow reporting is basically the exact opposite of Northstar’s...

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**Ottime** · 03-02-2019, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Driver

Saw 2 people hit Heart yesterday. Cone is definitely up there but still props to those who got it.

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Approx vertical distance exit to cone?

**Driver** · 03-02-2019, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Approx vertical distance exit to cone?

I was on 6 when guy hit it and looked like 10'. Could have been bigger.

Looks like a 10 footer from below, though depends on the speed necessitated by the length of the straightline, which looks fairly short/wide. Tough to judge until you're in it. I skied it back in 2010 on a perfect day. This is the most accessible it's looked since but still not sure I'm doing it again!

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**Ottime** · 03-02-2019, 01:50 PM

Sounds like a few more storms and it will be just a straight line. A few more and folks will be making moguls on the cone. Get it before it gets bumped.

**hercule33** · 03-02-2019, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Several inches or more at Alpine this morning. Their snow reporting is basically the exact opposite of Northstar’s...

I don’t know about Northstar “inflating” their numbers. Homewood is reporting 535 inches for the season and Squaw got almost 100 inches more than Alpine. How does that happen unless you are measuring at different elevations or on different aspects? Lots of wackiness with resort snowfall numbers this year.

**guermo** · 03-02-2019, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by hercule33

How does that happen unless you are measuring at different elevations or on different aspects?

That's just it. The reporting used to be a bit more scientific, and they would at least tell you at what elevation they measured.

Nowadays, it's all marketing BS. Put the snow stake at the point on the mountain that captures absolutely the most snow.

Northstar's snow stake is on the north side of it's highest peak, just a few hundred feet down in the deposition zone.

That's like squaw putting theirs right under the palisades, just ain't right!

**mcski** · 03-02-2019, 03:32 PM

It's odd, but even back in the days of inflated reporting by Mr GOOD MORNING SKIERS AND RIDERS!, I had a better sense of the actual levels as his bullshit factor multiplier was relatively consistent

**gimpy** · 03-02-2019, 07:32 PM

Perfect kid pow in the slack this am

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**Huck Pitueee** · 03-02-2019, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by meter-man

Huck, we skied NE panel higher up, and it was pretty wind-effected, and a bit upside-down slabby, so we decided to skip the N on that one. Had to finish by 9 too...so dunno! Lemme know what you find… This winter just wont quit! Wooooooooo,!!!~¥!§

First tracks in some favorite lines today. Second skin out of the north side suddenly turned manky skin glopping. Released multiple slides of heavy pow that ran 150 yards. As we did our exit climb guys were releasing pinwheels. Crazy conditions change in minutes.
May dry out over night.

**pureshred** · 03-02-2019, 08:52 PM

Kirkwood yesterday was great, the wind filled in tracked out areas surprisingly well. Gonna brave the crowds tomorrow, hopefully it's not too wet.
Small vid from yesterday

**rod9301** · 03-02-2019, 09:44 PM

Skied fireplug today. Good dense snow. Second lap towards a steep couloir, i did an ect and got propagation, dug a second one, no propagation, but 5 taps on both, so inconclusive, but this was good enough for me. I bailed.

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**MashedPotatoes** · 03-02-2019, 10:18 PM

nice vid pureshred! great day for st8lines yesterday being so buffed out and smooth. waterfall zone has multiple options, we skied many of the same lines

skiing is like sex. unless I'm actively doing it I'm prettty much thinking about the next time I get to do it.

got 3 laps on the backside yesterday before it was closed for wind and it was really good with Treemans being the highlight of the day. Thanks to the two dudes who pointed us over there from the bottom.