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I'm not interested anymore. But sure, I'm wherever you want to call me. I'd get into it but this is just further fucking a thread that already lacks much stoke these days.
Is it snowing yet?
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Hey, everyone... I was wondering if any South Lake mags could help me out with some info and/or predictions.
My sister and her fam are coming to town next weekend (Sunday 3/9) and staying at Heavenly.
They're looking to ski Heavenly Monday March 10th thru Thursday the 13th.
It looks like we're gonna be in a storm cycle that whole time.
I am very familiar with North Lake (live in Olympic Valley), but I don't know much about what goes on at Heavenly on storm days.
This storm looks decent, but not huge... and seems like it will be more intense to the north.
Does anybody have any thoughts about what might be available at Heavenly on those days?
My guess is that some of the upper mountain will be closed, with some options down low.
Is that accurate?
Big thanks in advance for any 2 cents.
There's been a little bit of light snow so far...
Maybe an inch in the valley as of 8am with the sun trying to poke through a little bit since.
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Greetings jahroy!
HV are pretty good at getting something open in a storm. Might depend which Access Point your peeps are using. Gondi, Cali, or NV.
Gondi is most likely to close in a storm, but ,worst case, HV has shuttles to/from the bases this season. So a way back if you get stranded.
When the winds pick up the first chairs to go on wind hold are gondola, sky, dipper then north bowl, canyon, and comet in that order… my best guess. When sky closes you can’t get from Cali to Nevada so you could be stuck on powderbowl only which would suck. If Canyon is open you could hike up to the top of sky and access much more terrain. If you start from Nevada you can usually ride stagecoach and Olympic. If they have touring gear wind hold days can be epic in the slackcountry.
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Thank you guys so much for responding!
What up @Turx!!?
They'll be staying near the base of the gondola at my parents' timeshare.
My sister used to ski a bunch, but not for years.
This trip is with her 11 and 9 year old kids, so no touring for this crew.
They're used to east coast groomers, so we won't be slaying any gnar.
So... if the gondola closes, we'll have to take shuttles or drive to a different base area...?
If so, what's our best bet?
Thanks again for the info... greatly appreciated.
The gonoda will close at the slightest breeze. Monitor the wind direction. The lifts to watch are Sky & Canyon (California side) and Comet & Dipper (Nevada side) If one side begins the day on wind hold, go to the other side. If all of those upper lifts are closed, the Nevada side is better (Boulder or Stagecoach).
Parking is scarce at all lodges. Avoid driving up to Boulder or Stagecoach if it is snowing. The Heavenly shuttles are free and constantly circulate between all base areas. However, like all of Vail, they are run very poorly. Be prepared for a wait.
Heave.com -- For real time lift updates please opt in to receive text messages. Text UPDATES to 530-302-2751.
Thank you kindly for the info.
We will have cars, but it sounds like shuttles are the way to go... and that they'll be somewhat of a junk show.
Looking at BA, he's forecasting stronger winds (and less snow) at Heavenly than he is for Palisades.
Sounds like their coveted ski-in ski-out experience is in serious jeopardy.
I really appreciate all the info.
A wind forecast 7 days out is useless, so I wouldnt worry about it yet. You wont really know for sure whats going to happen with the gondola until about 8AM the day of. The opensnow algorithm uses a forecast point. For Palisades it is 7,546 feet. For Heavenly it is 9,406 feet. That is a massive difference in the Sierra and could explain what you are seeing if you are looking at their resort forecast pages.
Rode up the lift with some enthusiastic folks this morning who loudly exclaimed that today was “A fricking epic snow day.” I gave them the bombastic side-eye and asked “You folks are from the East Coast, right?”
They (naturally) replied “Yes” and then asked me “How did you know?”
My reply: “Only somebody from the East Coast would consider dust on refrozen coral reef conditions to be epic…”
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Dookey I think he meant ‘just being rad is the lesson’.
And your EC clients were right. Today was awesome and I’m stoked for tomorrow
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If you skiied something low angle and didn't turn, you could convince yourself we got a foot versus a couple inches. Honestly the highlight of the day yesterday was pulling up to the chain check at the west end of donner lake behind a red corvette. He got turned around by the chain check guy who told me "he claimed caltrans told him to go this way, he didn't want to put chains on the vette"
Visited Sierra-At-Tahoe on Saturday. My first time there. Great hill. While pushing my way out to the far reaches of Huckleberry looking for soft snow in the sun and generally exploring the boundries, I ran into a longtime SLT ski personality and organizer of an fund raiser event to symbolically re-tree SAT with a ski from roughly Caples Lake to SAT. If I understand correctly beyond making a donation, the skiers will carry and transport seedlings from Caples Lake to the base of SAT. Some of the fit mountaineers in this thread might be interested - K2sierra4trees.org.
My sister lives in Ontario, skis just across the boarder in Quebec for the most part. She was looking for new skis and I recommended Volkl Secret 88s. She went to the store on Saturday and the sales guy told her "you don't want those, those are powder skis".Quote:
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Snowmobile hits child at Palisades? Wtf.
Not a good scene. Really, probably the childs fault, but it does not matter much in the grand scheme. Child is OK after surgery. The staff member on the sled has to live with it. One of my buddies was a witness/first responder. Scary stuff. Could have been worse.Quote:
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Today was fun!! You had to stay light on your feet to not be down in the coral reef. We found some deep blown in snow. My kid was hucking!! I may not be his favorite ski partner, but he is mine. Hahaha.
great rolling in and around the country club on a new rig
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Not much sense buying gas when this is right here
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28 F and damp creamy snow at kwood today. Around 3 pm I found an iPhone 16 right near bottom of ch 5, turned it in at the ski pass front office. Thunder Saddle skied well.
the country club has a putting green
you can practice
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Back in the fall, in the first few days after a shoulder reconstruction, i booked a trip to South Lake with my wife for mid-late next week thinking it would be a good goal to rehab hard enough to be cleared to get some groomer cruising in at Heavenly with some classic tahoe spring skiing vibes. Well, the rehab went better than expected and ive been skiing fairly hard for a few weeks now, and the forecast has turned stormy. I don't know heavenly well and the last time i was there during a storm most of the mountain was shut down, and what was open was barely steep enough to make 3 turns in a row before having to straighline for speed again. We are staying in the casinos and i have heard that could pose some issues as the gondoal and upper mountain all shut down in wind. So, im looking at other options. Sierra and N* used to be the go-to options for storm skiing, but is that still the case after the fire at Sierra? Regardless, all the info i can find online about shuttles from the casinos is outdated and doesnt seem trustworthy. Id LOVE to take my wife back to kirkwood where i had my pass back in the late oughts/early 10s (assuming carson pass stays open), but again i cant find anything about shuttles/busses/etc. Is there a rideshare facebook group or something that could be an option? Or am i basically stuck at Heavenly, and will likely just use the Heavenly shuttle to the CA base? Or would stagecoach be the better base to shuttle to?
There is no public shuttle to KW. It would be nice, esp w their parking policy.
I prefer the CA side of the snow levels are below the lake. And there is coverage down to the parking lot. Lots of fun stuff off gun barrel once the lines at Canyon and Powderbowl get too long.
OTOH, as long as Boulder is running, there are some fun options off Olympic on the NV side.
Sierra has lost most of its trees. So doubt the storm days are what they used to be.
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Somebody asked awhile ago about the missing Nocta’s from the line up. Just saw the latest special editions today. Straight out of the crows nest in Chamonix.
I guess this software is impossible to use…
You should take a look at HV conditions on Twitter. It'll give an idea how they operate. They got maybe 6" last night. NorthBowl chair opened just after 9 today. Mott at like 10. Will post a screen shot, but prolly won't work.Quote:
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Last couple days have been otay
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This morning was kinda bueno at The Star.
Silky dusting that held up well.
So well that it was decent skiing with 74mm beer league GS hybrids.
Bagged 3rd peak of Sawtooth (iykyk) before lunch,
Switched skis to a 94mm with rocker and then drug a posse of kids out to “The Dog Biscuit” (iykyk) apres lunch for some untracked NW facing turns.
Anything that was E had turned coral reef by 2:45, but Eminem aspects (slim and shady) held well up until closing.
Broken Arrow at rope drop was the absolute goods yesterday. Best turns of the season. My apologies to the weekend folk for skiing it out by lunch time.
Yesterday was allllllll good. So much fun, cold, skiing. I have missed those days this year and I am really amped for next week.
This weekend I rest my shins and get some work done. Probably take some afternoon park laps.
Have fun out there everyone!!!
Got sloppy seconds on Silverado yesterday. Gorgeous day so no complaints. Lapped Tram Bowl to Hanging Gardens and had a blast.
You think they’ll re open broken arrow sometime this week with the storm coming?
No idea on Broken Arrow chair but seems they only run it on holidays and big weekends. Otherwise, you can always do the 2 minute hike.
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Always better if the chair isn’t running