14/?? The OFFICIAL Tahoe Thread

SLT food

Classic Cue Bar at the Y has huge, tasty burgers with a pile of fries for like $8.50, good fish tacos too. Nightly specials on grub or beer, lots of pool tables
Jalisco's behind Rojos has the best burrito in town, cheap, fast, friendly, cash only. Serves beer too. Limited chips and salsa but good salsa.
Jalisco's by Whiskey Dicks is owned by a family member of the other Jalisco's (the son I believe) and is also quality. Cheap, bring cash, both close early (8:00ish). El pastor is solid.
Jalapeno's on 89 towards Emerald Bay is also good. $4.00 huge breakfast burritos that store well for lunch (get the bacon bf burrito), free flow chips and salsa, salsa could be better but is ok. Best food value in town. I don't recommend Brothers although their tortas are good.

Riva Grill in Ski Run Marina has happy hour specials M-F before 5 (or 6) drink specials and tasty wood fired pizza half off (this is a good damn' deal, no weekends though).
Artemis has a new location in Ski Run marina.
Tahoe Pizza Co on the west end of town is probably the best in town. Old school salad bar too.
Both Thai restaurants are good, not cheap and not fast. Not recommended on weekends unless you're early.
Samurai Sushi has a good happy hour before 5. Lots of stuff half off.
There's lots of mediocre food, not much that is standout, but all of these are acceptable and filling after a day of makin' turns.

So I've decided to make the push much harder into the backcountry this year. I've purchased a beacon, shovel, probe, AT boots, have AT skis and bindings pending. Also purchased some literature and am aiming to take the AIARE Level 1 course in December. I have a little bit of sidecountry experience, but I am very excited to do some turn earning and to really explore some backcountry stuff this year.

I would love to link up with some of you guys for some tours if you'd have me as a tagalong. I'm sure my skinning will be slow at first but the desire is strong and I can hold my own just fine on the descent. Anybody interested in showing me around a bit please send me a PM or something, I also have a pretty decent taste in beer and love to share.

FKNA man. You'll have a good winter. Plenty to do on your own poking around figuring things out. I'm sure some of these assholes will drag you around and punish you and show you teh phunz.

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Originally Posted by thefrush

So I've decided to make the push much harder into the backcountry this year.

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Right on man.

FYI, I'm one of several speakers at an AIARE / Lake Tahoe Community College Preseason Avalanche Workshop on Saturday 10/18. Brennan Lagasse is presenting as well. From what I understand, it should be a good mix of presentations to help get your head in the right state.

http://register.asapconnected.com//C...CourseId=62363

When dishwasher-dave updates the flyer, I'll repost again in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Dhelihiker

Is there a Kirkwood network pass this year? If so who is doing it?

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Yeah man, it went epic!!!!

We did buy the KWonly pass even with it pushing up toward $500. I think gone are the days of sitting on broken chairs for cheap. Now you just need to walk a mile and pay good money to sit on broken chairs.

yeah KW only for me too, they are charging the rest of the balance on my deposit this month, ouch.

Frush you got a KW pass this year?

Dookey, FWIW I thought the Drunken Monkey sucked when we went there a few months ago. It was way better a year or two ago IMHO.

I have Squawpine but I have plenty of friends with an Epic Pass that I can borrow from pretty much any time.

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Originally Posted by thefrush

So I've decided to make the push much harder into the backcountry this year..

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Did you purchase a bulldozer?
#asshole

You know I still have not mounted those bulldozers I got from you? Fuck I need a good winter.

Buy my 138s and it's guaranteed to dump truck.

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Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

FYI, I'm one of several speakers at an AIARE / Lake Tahoe Community College Preseason Avalanche Workshop on Saturday 10/18. Brennan Lagasse is presenting as well. From what I understand, it should be a good mix of presentations to help get your head in the right state.

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Bummed. Can't make it Saturday but would live to hear what you learned. Any chance of YouTube recording to watch later?

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Originally Posted by barney

November 8th is a Saturday on my calendar, Dec. 8th is a Monday.

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cool.... got a bunch of stuff to purge.

on another note, been awhile since I've been up here.....

last Spring the family and I did some photo-slutting for SugarBowl... I never got to see how they came out, but keep seeing little shots pop up from time to time.... :)

https://www.facebook.com/sugarbowlre...type=1&theater

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Originally Posted by lepistoir

Bummed. Can't make it Saturday but would live to hear what you learned. Any chance of YouTube recording to watch later?

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I'm thinking powdork needs to show up in gear with the contour operation.

Looking forward to Days of My Youth at Squaw creek on Saturday night, but worried about the smoke from the #kingfire. Anyone been in Olympic valley in the evening these last few days? At least the show is indoors.
Seen from Sacramento:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...57261762_o.jpg


Edit from NWS: "AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE EAST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND, SMOKE SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST."

I'm going to try to make one of the Sat SV shows.

Bring your powder skis, just in case ;-)

The King fire is blowing up big time, halfway to Truckee in just a couple of days, traveled 10 miles in 14 hours and is at French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs right now, another 10 miles or so it will be knocking on Alpine & Squaw's back door.

Fire is being a big dick

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...00420768_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...7600b5e42d6196

Photo taken yesterday by Steve Ellsworth
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...ae01699a012fd9

And the biggest dick of all appears to be this guy.

BREAKING: ARREST MADE, ARSON SUSPECTED
Man, 37, suspected of starting King Fire; bail set at $10 million
TRUCKEE, Calif. — A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately setting the King Fire.
Wayne Allen Huntsman, 37, has been charged with arson. He is being held in El Dorado County Jail on $10 million bail.
Calfire officials are scheduled to announce the cause of the fire at a press conference at 11:30 a.m., according to reports.

Yeah. With his priors, pretty sure he's death penalty-eligible if somebody dies as a result of this thing.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...d.php?t=280142

Holy Imman idiot! I've visited many of the past threadz, but never noticed the resource postings on the first page! (I never get stoked this early in the season, either.) Great stuff and can't wait to put this in my porn rotation from Nov-May! Probably will use much less bandwidth than the videos that I drool over during the warmer months! Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

This fire has been completely the suck, looking forward to hopefully a couple of days of clear(er) skies in Truckee with the change in wind direction...

It's officially Fall in two days but between the 90+ degree temps and all of the fires it might as well be July. Back to the MTB-ing... and on that note, I put this together recently. Tried to do something a little different, showing how riding can fill some of that void during the off season.

https://vimeo.com/106524637

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Originally Posted by TahoeJ

It's officially Fall in two days but between the 90+ degree temps and all of the fires it might as well be July. Back to the MTB-ing... and on that note, I put this together recently. Tried to do something a little different, showing how riding can fill some of that void during the off season.

https://vimeo.com/106524637

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Excellent stoke. May-September is for finding other things to do. So true.

Thanks, J, very nice. Looking forward to the season.

Who's going to be at DOMY tonight at Squaw Creek? 7:00 or 9:00? Is it easy to sneak in booze? (compared to Jones Higher premier)

Take a look at the time lapse video from the mid station gonjola at heavenly's web page. Pretty cool shot of the stars and then the smoke pillowing into the basin. Rode up to the top of Armstrong pass this afternoon in clear air and by the time I got back to my truck it was pretty smokey.

Stevens and red lake peak look much better in white. From last week.http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...ab4e363935.jpg

Sorry for the smoked-out triathletes, especially the ones who were counting on one last chance to qualify for Hawaii.

Was at Squaw for matchstick last night. Didn't try to sneak in any booze, but got plenty of smoke. I thought it was the most stoked I've ever been after a ski movie. Hands down. There were so many different examples of ways to have fun on skis and also a real solid approach to the ways that engaging in risk brings meaning to one's life.
Now chance of snow showers in Fx for late next week...
YES!

Movie was good last night. Good thing the Ironlung Man was cancelled. More restaurant options in Reno:

Chinese and Sushi: Cafe 168 on Virginia behind the Black Bear Diner across from the Century Theater.

Mexican: Tacos El Rey on West McCarren in the Safeway Lot.

Pizza: True NY Pizza in Sparks. The real deal for east coast pizza.

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Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

Pizza: True NY Pizza in Sparks. The real deal for east coast pizza.

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East coast pizza is overrated. Village Pizzeria in Truckee for deep dish.

True. Unless you actually enjoy eating the good shit. Other than the fact that it is mosty crap, the pizza in cali is outstanding.

I will take west coast pizza over east coast Mexican food every day of the week...

I don't think that Phil was trying to start a deep dish vs thin crust battle. They're different beasts. They have about as much in common as either has with a meatball sub.

I will say that Front Street Station in Tahoe City is the closest to NY style I've found in Tahoe, but I haven't tried Phil's suggestion in Sparks.

Ski Lease has some spots @ Squaw: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/vac/4675776691.html

We have a day scheduled to hit the trails with our staff from work on Wednesday. I know Mt. Rose wilderness and Donner are terrible with all the smoke. I'm guessing Desolation isn't great with the smoke settling in the basin. Does anyone know if Carson Pass is clear?

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Originally Posted by TahoeJ

I will take west coast pizza over east coast Mexican food every day of the week...

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Hadn't had good Mexican since I moved out here, I know better to order it now when I go back there, besides there are so many better options, why would I.

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Originally Posted by old goat

East coast pizza is overrated. Village Pizzeria in Truckee for deep dish.

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Deepdish is cake with sauce, its not pizza.

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Originally Posted by The Dad

I don't think that Phil was trying to start a deep dish vs thin crust battle.... but I haven't tried Phil's suggestion in Sparks.

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Maybe I was.:biggrin: When you come down this way we will get some real pizza.

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Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

Deepdish is cake with sauce, its not pizza..

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Internet bravery. Go to Lakeshore Drive in Chicago and say that to someone's face. And I suppose you don't like Ragu either. (Back when I worked for a pizzeria in Detroit, owned by an Italian immigrant, when he ran out of the spaghetti sauce his wife made he would send me to the grocery store for Ragu.)

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Originally Posted by splitter

We have a day scheduled to hit the trails with our staff from work on Wednesday. I know Mt. Rose wilderness and Donner are terrible with all the smoke. I'm guessing Desolation isn't great with the smoke settling in the basin. Does anyone know if Carson Pass is clear?

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It's not as bad in the morning and it's better the farther south you go. It was pretty much socked in here in Kings Beach by 3pm. More southwest wind tomorrow tho, so the areas downwind from the firei.e. Truckee/north lake will probably be as bad or worse and the areas south will probably be better.

From today:

http://yubanet.com/uploads/6/0922air10am.jpg

Check out the thread over in the padded room

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Internet bravery. Go to Lakeshore Drive in Chicago and say that to someone's face. And I suppose you don't like Ragu either. (Back when I worked for a pizzeria in Detroit, owned by an Italian immigrant, when he ran out of the spaghetti sauce his wife made he would send me to the grocery store for Ragu.)

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Why would I go to Chicago ( or Detroit) for italian food? Because they have sections like the North End of Boston and Little Italy like New York? You are basing pizza based upon the ability to make a National chain like Pizzaria Uno and Dominos.. ..chains. I come from the east coast..thats where the real food comes from. Your view shows anyone can post on the internet, if they are brave..or no basis of knowledge.

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Originally Posted by maskinut

Ski Lease has some spots @ Squaw: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/vac/4675776691.html

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While I can't vouch for the house or anyone associated with it, the house I stay at is just a few houses down the same road. It's a really great location and cool to be right by the river.

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Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

Deepdish is cake with sauce, its not pizza.

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I'm sure you've already seen and approve of this Phil, but it must be posted in any thread with such debates.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/8o83j9/tower-record

TahoeJ beat me to TDS.

the pizza argument is old but I'll bite... you can call chicago style pizza crap pie (or cake) and i'd still choose it over something referred to as new york style pizza.

more importantly, significant precip moving into northern CA this coming week. the season is changing (slowly).