WHINE & STOKE THREAD

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03-30-2017, 06:23 PM
bodywhomper

You guys don't call him out?! That's like negative gnar points, right?
03-30-2017, 06:45 PM
tahoearmada

maybe 4" at alpine today... expecting another inch or two tonight
there was everything from blue ice to 18" drifts depending on aspect
03-30-2017, 07:17 PM
mmmm...pow!

Is fallen leaf already plowed and open or are people getting in there from echo?
03-30-2017, 07:26 PM
TahoeBC

Last time I checked like a week ago the road is still gated. Most access that zone via Echo
03-31-2017, 05:15 AM
lepistoir

Here comes another Arkansas -unless they change the play with seconds left on the clock. OMAHA!
03-31-2017, 08:20 AM
old goat

Howling NE wind this morning.
03-31-2017, 09:48 AM
TahoeJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by lepistoir

Here comes another Arkansas -unless they change the play with seconds left on the clock. OMAHA!

Either you posted in the wrong thread or I'm still not as caught up on the local backcountry lingo as I thought I was. ;-)
03-31-2017, 10:06 AM
wolfy

Alpine Meadows "big one" was 35 years ago today. Don't forget to tip one this evening for Bernie and all those no longer around. That is all.
03-31-2017, 10:06 AM
Ottime

MAKE TAHOE DEEP AGAIN ~ 2016/17 OFISHUL SNOW/FOOD/WHINE & STOKE THREAD

NE wind is a bummer. Was hoping to find some isolated pow tomorrow. Maybe I'll wait until later and get the late season surf we have right now.

This coming week looks variable. No real snow, but no real calmness. It's my window to play, and I want pow or corn dammit.
03-31-2017, 10:32 AM
~mikey b

Spur is closed for AC
03-31-2017, 10:48 AM
powdork

^wow. the wood reports 0" in the last 24 hours. the wind is out of the northeast, and they're doing avalanche control????

scratching my head.
03-31-2017, 05:26 PM
old goat

Watching the sun reflect off the glare ice on Keyhole at AM was a little frightening.
03-31-2017, 05:28 PM
emcee

I've got my fingers crossed for sunday, but has it been so cold windy and cloudy that we're not even getting the cycles in?
03-31-2017, 05:31 PM
powdork

Quote:

Originally Posted by emcee

I've got my fingers crossed for sunday, but has it been so cold windy and cloudy that we're not even getting the cycles in?

tomorrow should be stuff dreams are made of as far as corn goes. Sunday should be good too but if you're thinking squawpine there are supposed to be gusts to 35mph so it'll just be the magic carpets.
When it snows we close
When it blows we close
But we've got a village so who the fuck cares
03-31-2017, 06:49 PM
mmmm...pow!

Quote:

Originally Posted by old goat

Watching the sun reflect off the glare ice on Keyhole at AM was a little frightening.

Squaw is looking pretty shiny. Tomorrow is supposed to be pretty windy, I'm guessing Sunday will be good for getting some corn on aspects other than due south.
03-31-2017, 06:51 PM
reid

Another propane bomb at Kirkwood. Right at the corner of Dangberg and Fremont I believe.

https://twitter.com/CHPSouthLake/sta...30829053468672
03-31-2017, 09:14 PM
old goat

Still east wind on Saturday. Things will likely soften on Sunday (but chance of showers) but true corn takes longer than that to form. Sounds like our definition of corn is as broad as our definition of powder.
03-31-2017, 10:11 PM
Powcruzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by old goat

Still east wind on Saturday. Things will likely soften on Sunday (but chance of showers) but true corn takes longer than that to form. Sounds like our definition of corn is as broad as our definition of powder.

Hang true to the definition. But there's always a place for 48 hour corn. Sunday gonna be the money shot.
03-31-2017, 11:20 PM
powdork

where are you guys getting this info? i'm seeing light winds and highs in the mid 50s at the lake. in my experience that's the holy grail for corn,
04-01-2017, 12:08 PM
The Dad

Been offline for a bit, so answering some old posts.

I'll be in A$$pen next week, then SoCal the following, so won't be hitting Alpine again until three weeks from now. I wonder how different it'll look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

It's too bad the resorts can't open an hour earlier this time of year, although I realize there's a lot to get ready in the morning, especially when control work is needed (I did hear Mammoth had some 7:30am spring pow day openings last season, FWIW).

Alpine typically moves to an 8a-2p schedule sometime in April for that reason. Easier to do early control work in the spring due to daylight.

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Originally Posted by TheK12

Truckee locals - having engine issues with Subaru to the point it's not really drivable. Need recs on a trusted shop!

I saw you already got other answers, but I've had good luck with Quality Automotive & Smog in the SaveMart shopping center. Bill Greeno knows his shit, and his daughters totally rip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by old goat

It was a little spooky being alone way out on Hi T yesterday morning with no tracks except patrol's from the day before and not another human being in sight. Guess I am getting old.

Those moments are one of the reasons I love Alpine. Every now and then there are times I forget I'm at a resort there.

Indeed.

@old goat, if it makes a difference to you, one of the little publicized features of the Squaw Alpine app is an emergency function that also tells you your GPS coordinates.
04-01-2017, 12:33 PM
TahoeJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dad

Alpine typically moves to an 8a-2p schedule sometime in April for that reason. Easier to do early control work in the spring due to daylight.

Hmm. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't recall that happening last year, at least not when there was new snow. Late April pow day and everyone was anxiously waiting in line as 9am approached while the sun was just ruining all of the fresh snow. I remember telling myself to go backcountry much earlier in the morning if it happens again in the future and to skip the resorts.
04-01-2017, 12:51 PM
lepistoir

Quote:

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Either you posted in the wrong thread or I'm still not as caught up on the local backcountry lingo as I thought I was. ;-)

"Atmospheric river (ar) detection tools continue to show middle of the Road probabilities of an Arkansas reaching the West Coast during this time frame, however there have been variances on strength of the Arkansas and exact location where it makes landfall. Even without a direct Arkansas hit, the series of storms to come into the region over the weekend could still pack a punch. "
04-01-2017, 03:16 PM
TahoeBC

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I can say the snow skied much better today than yesterday!!!

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04-01-2017, 04:03 PM
old goat

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dad

Been offline for a bit, so answering some old posts.

I'll be in A$$pen next week, then SoCal the following, so won't be hitting Alpine again until three weeks from now. I wonder how different it'll look.

Alpine typically moves to an 8a-2p schedule sometime in April for that reason. Easier to do early control work in the spring due to daylight.

I saw you already got other answers, but I've had good luck with Quality Automotive & Smog in the SaveMart shopping center. Bill Greeno knows his shit, and his daughters totally rip.

Indeed.

@old goat, if it makes a difference to you, one of the little publicized features of the Squaw Alpine app is an emergency function that also tells you your GPS coordinates.

I'll rely on my whistle. Hard to use the Squaw app on a go phone and I wouldn't sell my soul (and my location, and my contacts, etc etc) to SV if I did have a smart phone.
04-01-2017, 07:13 PM
The Dad

Quote:

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Hmm. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't recall that happening last year, at least not when there was new snow.

Last year ended weird, to be sure.

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