Waterhouse today. No cars at 8:30. Sorry for the meandering skin track...
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Waterhouse today. No cars at 8:30. Sorry for the meandering skin track...
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Gotcha covered with magic photo channeling:Quote:
Originally Posted by climberevan
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I was skiing solo today and was grateful to have it. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarbro365
There bused to be a pic floating around out there that showed hourglass ripped to the ground, edge to edge, with a 4-5 foot crown. I can't find it anywhere anymore. I believe it was taken from 431.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKbruin
Check with lost and found. But I left a pair there on closing day two years ago and contacted lost and found within hours. Somehow they were never found but some employee ended up with nice black diamond poles.Quote:
Originally Posted by somethingclever...
KW was excellent today. Skied 8 laps off the top. Four in the morning, two at lunch and two late in the day. Had no problem finding fresh snow to turn in. Better yet, the landings were all plush. Kodak might be in after this run.
Hit Sierra today, I haven't ridden snow this light in a while! Felt way deeper than the reported 24hr 16" too. Coverage is still pretty thin in a lot of areas, I scraped a ton of rocks and shrubs, but that should change pretty quick. While deep in the trees (which was stupid since I was solo) I hit a hidden rock that pitched me head first into the snow. Nothing happened, but had I landed in one of the numerous tree wells just a few feet away I would have been donezo. Plenty of hazards out there without even mentioning the increasing avy danger. As many have said already stay safe out there and get some epic pow turns in the coming week y'all!!
You're probably thinking of this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe tim
Although this was taken almost two weeks later. I remember it was right around new years.
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That happened overnight. No one involved.
I've got another one taken the morning of from the lift at mt rose. I think I've got it saved somewhere. It was way gnarlier looking before it got snowed on.
Yeah. not this one, it was showing more bare ground. Awesome pic, this one looks gnarly too. Looks like a sympathetic release in the foreground.Quote:
Originally Posted by kidwoo
Snow turned to rain early this morning at 6000 ft. Back to light snow at the moment.
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alpine closed for the day. wtf.
only silver lining on that graph is the wide std dev. maybe we'll get lucky and experience some 80's temps again soon.
Serious mashed potatoes and high avy danger with worsening conditions through the day, you're not going to be missing much anyway. Not at all surprised Alpine is closed... I'm more surprised that Squaw still has Red Dog / SC on the schedule. I wouldn't recommend dropping into Poulsen's gully today...
EDIT: And those lower Squaw lifts are now on Patrol Hold.
This could turn into one of those days when the only thing open at Squaw are the magic carpets--so parents can send the kids out in miserable weather while they sit in the bar. (See my post about what a tough job teaching little kids is.)Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
Why am I looking at a side bar ad of some guy getting his ass branded?
I bet we hit the Extreme! rating on Sunday.
I wonder if we get one of these on Monday ...
Squaws now claiming a late opening of all lifts. Glad I decided not to get to worked up this morning.
One of the reasons I'm never really keen to buy a Squaw pass now.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Let me translate that for you: please show up to the village and order food / drinks and maybe we'll open some lifts at some point, except not really. But thanks for spending a few bucks before we officially shut down operations for the day in a few hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shred Baron
Loaded truck and dog to Squaw. Turned around at gold ranch due to lower back pain (I tweaked it yesterday). Turned out to be a blessing.
My 18 yo is driving up 50 today to stay at a place on SLT. It's his first real snow driving. Just read the winter storm warning. They make it sound like the apocalypse up there. Should I tell him he can't go? I was figuring the the kid needs to learn how to deal with driving in the snow sooner or later and I think I've taught him well, but not if it's crazy whiteout conditions. Now I'm a worried dad.:eek:
apparently KT west face slid across the creek & broke a bunch of snowmaking equipment
Mt Rose HWY closed??? Anyone got info? NVROADS sucks and won't open.
Rose site s closed for day?:mad:
Mrs. C. was stuck on Mt Rose hwy for 45 min coming down from Rose -- looks like she left just about the time they closed operations for the day. Highway is closed at the summit, and it wouldn't surprise me if there were crashes blocking the road on the way down.
She said snow was very heavy.
We're planning on going up tomorrow morning. Hoping for this storm to cool down, and deliver some lighter snow. Had to clear 3" of sludge out of the driveway in Galena Forest this morning so it wouldn't turn to ice.
I was just talking about the possibility of that happening with one of the lift mechanics yesterday. He didn't seem to think it was possible. Wouldn't surprise me considering the 6 foot high debris pile on the upper part of the mountain run yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by spnce
Mt Rose access road closed due to slide. It appears to be the real deal out there folks. I'm glad I don't have to be on the road today.
I'd expect to see more of this kind of stuff over the next week too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shred Baron
I have reports of 7 and 5 loading at the wood. Just dug out the cabin. Hope that top pops.
Stagecoach fired for about 90 minutes. Pretty darn good. Streets are flooded in SLT right now.
With the wet snow and temperatures near freezing roads above 7k feet are extremely slick. Cars sliding sideways and hitting cars in stagecoach lot.
It was pummeling snow at elevation. Tomorrow be good if the lifts run.
I would tell him to wait it out. Blizzard conditions are not a great way to start driving in the snow. Delaying 1 day won't hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by GiBo
Agreed. Learning how to drive in the snow during a blizzard on the pass isn't exactly the "best idea." It's not like a learn how to do it by throwing yourself in kind of thing... There should be a break coming up to drive and get to Tahoe.
Was able to get some lift served today. Somehow this picture best summarizes the experience:
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Depends on your kid. If you taught him well and he's got a lot of experience in snow, 18's plenty old to make good decisions while driving. It's also young enough to make some really bad ones, but you're probably the only one who really knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by GiBo
I did the Tahoe drive with my parents riding shotgun/backseat a couple times before they let me do it myself. They did the smart thing of taking me to an empty, snowy parking lot and letting me find the limits of braking, turning, accelerating, and sliding. That helped, as did seeing my older sister's boyfriend's face when he wrecked the family Suburban, took out 150 feet of guardrail, and sent a Cisco truck careening down the side of 80 just west of the summit.
If this is his first time driving in real snow...maybe not the best storm to do the drive in. But if he's done it before with you riding shotgun, then there's no substitute for real life experience. Better to drive in the daytime in a blizzard than on icy roads at night, imho.
Dang sounds like the real deal already and Sunday is supposed to be even heavier! I'm on the verge of potentially cancelling weekend plans due to concern of the Spur being impassable or super risky on Sunday ...
Thanks for the input.
He made it! He's had some experience. He was pretty dead set on getting up there today. I sent him up 50 and told him to just take it easy. Headed up to ski with him Friday. He's pretty proud of himself.:cool:
^ thank goodness he's safe! Slide on Luther pass this morning, and CP and Spur both closed right now. Hopefully no drivers get hit by a slide on 50.
The digout of my taco this morning near Soda Springs. It was only parked for 2 days.
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Skied Diamond Peak this morning and found dense, slow snow. It never rained, but we were soaked after 90 minutes.
Shoveling and snowblowing has become a Sisyphean task. I'm glad I invested in a Honda a few years ago.
I've lost track of how much snow I've cleared, but it's deeper than a fifth grader:
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Word. When I was driving to and from Sugar Bowl yesterday, I thought "All right then. Soda finally looking like it's supposed to."
I know man, it was a nail biting morning for me, but I want the the boy getting out and into shit. Maybe not the safest way to learn, but safer than me driving my '70 VW bus to KW in similar conditions back in the 80's.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
50 was closed this morning for avy control. Hopefully they have that squared away. Next week is going to be interesting...
Was nerding out offline w/ LightRanger about this ... current forecast is for the Truckee to hit 11.8' flood stage on Sunday afternoon. I'm wondering if that forecast compensates for snowmelt or not?Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Jan 1997 was just shy of 15'. Since the river canal improvements I don't know what that means for Reno or the airport, but 11.8' is rated as a "Moderate" flood stage.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydro...rev&gage=TRRN2
Middle Fork American at Foresthill is forecasted to hit an impressive 25' flood stage, somewhere between 60 and 70 kcfs! I imagine things ought to be pretty exciting at the Confluence ... never been there during a storm so I have no idea how safe/dangerous it would be to watch for trees and detritus blasting down the river ...
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Allow me to second that. Our 16-year-old just got his license in October which means that for the entire time he had his permit there was no snow. We've helped him, but definitely still worry about it. He is a teenager after all and a new inexperienced driver on top of that. Conditions right now are unbelievably crappy. If my kid was in your kid's situation, I would tell him to wait at least a day. I myself in the F1 50 with studded snows am going to stay off the roads for the rest of the day. Getting to work was necessary but nothing else!Quote:
Originally Posted by fk