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It's Tuesday late afternoon. I'd be shocked to see KW open Thursday. Friday maybe. I sure hope so anyway. But if we don't hear word by tomorrow this time I suspect they're going to wait until the following weekend.
Nice Nuthon! So is Sierra pretty relaxed with the pre-opening access? You can park in the parking lot and everything and don't have to sneak around early or on the edges like Kirkwood lately?
General store at Kirkwood has fresh squeezed on tap. I guess that makes up for the Kirkwood inn being closed. No pictures but today was good in the neighborwood
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theyre opening saturday.
Kirkwood just announced a Saturday opening with 1,5, and 6: "We are looking at Monte's to Sentinel and all in-between mis amigos... "
Sweet shot there, nuthon. We checked out chickadee ridge near Rose summit and had very nice turns through luscious light stuff, particularly the upper half. There are definitely rocks around so we were keeping the downhill pace mellow.
So who *isn't* going to be at Kwood on Saturday? I know I'll be there.
nice line @powdork
I won't be there sunday..... because I'll be there monday to ride this next storm that's spinning up. where do you find some wifi to work in the village?
and who thought the red cliffs day lodge was a good idea?
^ I had good wifi in the general store today and managed to do a little beer drinking and work
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Does that mean you can write off the fresh squizzle?
Excellent video. Keep stoking. Things have settled decently.
Did the same with a few friends, though we might have been lower down than y'all (we skinned out the Interpretive Loop).Quote:
Originally Posted by bobz
Found some nice, fresh, low-angle lines with limited rocks or bottoming out.
Ran into a few other like-minded souls, but most folks seemed to be down at the snowmobile access (more than a dozen cars/trucks parked down that way).
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I will probably be in the immediate vicinity but not on the liftsQuote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
Tahoe mags, need some help.
GF and I are doing a roadtrip up the coast from San Diego over Thanksgiving week (11/19-28). The plan was to stay on the coast all the way up to Humboldt, then back to SF for a few days before heading home, but with all the recent snow we're thinking we should head to the mountains after we get north instead of hanging around SF.
I know Mammoth has been getting hammered, but don't keep up with Tahoe snow as much. I've got the Mountain Collective (and she's buying tickets), so we'd be looking at Squawalpine somewhere around 11/26-27.
So far are we looking at WROD skiing, or some actual terrain (like Mammoth)? If we REALLY want to ski in November is it worth the extra drive to head down to Mammoth and just ski there?
Any cheap spots to stay if we make it to Tahoe? We'll have all our camping gear, but GF doesn't dig winter camping. Maybe a lower elevation spot nearby would be $.
Obviously this is pending weather for the next 2 weeks etc etc, but just wanted to start getting a feel.
It won't be clear for a bit, but my gut is that although it probably won't be a mere WROD, there probably will not be enough additional natural snow to make off-piste viable. I don't know how Mammoth is looking, but they have gotten more natural snowfall and that is likely to continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by jtran10
Casinos in Reno will probably be your best bet. You might be able to get a hotel in Auburn or elsewhere along your route from Humboldt, but you probably wouldn't want to be there more than a night.Quote:
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Rose area had some deep pockets yesterday.....the bottom half was still really thin. It was a mad house out there yesterday, never seen so many people.
Nice shot.
Thanks for the beta! We'll keep our eye on the weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad
^^^Nice shot is right, but early season I always imagine that shot and BAM, smashing into a big ass rock, log, etc just a few inches below that first 30 inches of pow.
At mammoth you are guaranteed coverage and at least marginal skiing for early season.Quote:
Originally Posted by jtran10
Who knows what the next few weeks will REALLY bring...but I wouldn't count on squawapine to have much off a couple groomers.
So it's really not a guarantee either way...unless you hit mammoth, then you know you're getting snow/skiing.
this morning was fun
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from the drive out i saw another track that cut in to the cirque medium high (unless he/she was just looking in and I couldn't see them)
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Nice work! Hit anything?
could be my last day at the wood this year
Anyone been up around SB? Just curious...totals would suggest opting for other locations
two man looks as svelte as it was back on veteran's day '13. Hope this season works out better than that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Not sure yet. Watching that next storm spin right now. It will depend on the swell it kicks up, the arrival of said swell and the arrival of said storm. Could be too much fun on the water to spend all that time in the car. Although the stoke coming out of this thread has started to get me to lean toward a drive up. Life is always through me these really hard decisions to make.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
Oh. And I need to see how the mrs. feels about things.
But I will be getting up there Monday afternoon with the kiddo for some storm sledding followed by a powder morning Tuesday. He is super stoked to get up and shred some mid week pow.
Scoped out Castle Peak and the Sno-Park on the Boreal side of 80 last Friday when I went to Boreal opening. Also looked at the area up around "Poop Chute" from 80 on my drive up. Looked kinda sparse. Been half toying with hiking into Castle Peak, via Castle Pass to see if there is anything in the ridge area above the Peter Grubb Hut meadow, but haven't been motivated to make the slog (although as of last Friday the 4x4 road gate was still open).Quote:
Originally Posted by truckee_splitter
Speaking of turns, I returned to Tahoe Meadows this PM. I'm thinking that there needs to be a coupla new rules of the backcountry (these should be delivered in your best Bob Athey voice, btw).
1. Don't sled/toboggan the boot-pack.
I set a sweet boot-pack yesterday and some tool in Sorels hiked out more'n a half mile and obliterated the boot-pack with his tobaggan (when there were better tobaggan hills closer to the road).
2. If it has ski or snowboard tracks on it, then it's a ski/snowboard run, NOT a tobaggan run.
3. if it has tobaggan tracks on it, then it's a tobaggan run, NOT a ski/snowboard run.
simple, really.
But I digress. The snow is holding up thanks to low temps (I didn't get my first turns in until around 4:30ish). Hit one or two smooth slabs of granite, but nothing major. Still skiing a tad tentative as I'm not wishing to end the season early. That said, there's some decent coverage if you know where to go and you are familiar with the area (i.e. you've hiked it in late spring/early summer so you know what's lurking underneath). Couple more storms, though, and most areas will be good to go and opening it up a bit more will be on the safer side of things.
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Skip out on a pass this year?Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
yup
I'm thinking letting the weekend hordes pack everything down off of 6, let it snow, and then ride on Monday...:fmicon:
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These predictions are a bit insane for the PNW.
Maybe it will sag south when/if it blows up.
3snowboards
The time-lapse from the base cam suggests that they're making snow on all runouts, piling up snow to make a lift corral at Summit, and earlier today, they spun Summit. Couldn't tell whether they loaded anyone, but if they did, it was presumably to get things ready. With another 8-14" coming Sunday, who knows...?Quote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
Ok. Who went for the ride on elephants back?
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Whoa that is a bummer. Still lots o sharky things lurking out there for sliding fun.
GFS came onboard with the Euro today calling for 1.25+" of moisture--with the cold it could easily be a foot plus Sunday and Monday is looking bluebird.
Surf tomorrow and saturday is the plan, ride sunday monday.
I actually sort of hope 6 gets fully tracked out on saturday. The sharks will be way more obvious and exposed while it starts to snow again.
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Originally Posted by TahoeBC
Me too! Skin to win. Well, that and Collective, but my lease is in Xmas Valley this winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
just your friendly notice that Nino 3.4's november measurement spiked to 2.8 above average
Holy shit that's high. Nice work, Tropical Pacific.
Rad.Quote:
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