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Father's Day fun day (morning) at The Patch.
Snowballs!
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and the 5 year old gets his June turns and first 'backcountry/hike-to' experience..haha
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I'll have a full report from Carson Pass and the Patch in a few days.
FKNA rad!Quote:
Originally Posted by skier666
Coolest thing I've seen today!
Yup. Made it worth checking in.
Me'n Vets just logged a massive 14 patch marathon up off the PCT somewhere NWish of Mt. Lola and SW of Perazzo Canyon.
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It was a lot of fun to do a recon ski day and find patches that we haven't skied before. This area has great potential on a better snow year.
I hope to add some photos of dookey67 soon.
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Originally Posted by dookey67
A couple from the 14 patches near Perazzo Canyon:
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Here are few from Roundtop/Sisters on the 12th while we are waiting for skier666's slaythegnar post-production team to post a full TR:
Moon Crescent (L) skier666 (R):
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Skier666 spraying the Wu-Tang patch:
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On a ridge on Sisters I stopped to take a couple of photos.
Looking up, I saw skier666 making a fairly interesting bootpack...
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...looking down, I saw what I had to look forward to...
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skier666 finding lots of smooth corn to spray below Sisters:
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Looking across a windy Roundtop Lake at the CR Chute:
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Cups don't look too bad. How was the mud situation getting out there?
There were a few places on the trail that were muddy, but not too deep or hard to get around. The snow up high was pretty smooth, However, the lower stuff was getting pretty cuppy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevada29er
Just banged out an apres work quickie (sans girlfriend) up Blackwood Canyon off the Ellis Peak Trail in what I'm calling "The 4th of July Chute Bowl". Soft-serve suncups/funcups.
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And the video is finally done....such a rad long weekend for Father's Day.
Big props to Vets for skiing with me last week and taking some video. Now I need to go through the pics...ugh. :)
https://vimeo.com/98610775
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Great edit. Love the soundtrack. Fun skiing with you.
Looks good!
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Originally Posted by dookey67
anybody got an old rocket box, thule, or any ski box, especially a broken one (or half of one)? trying to find a solution for a water tight ski bin that slides in and out of the van so we can throw snowy skis in there and figured half a box would be ideal.
Wait. That is actually your van? Damn. Nice. You'll be easy to spot. Have you put a wanted ad on CL?
It's Hutchski's van. And yeah it doesn't blend well. Not sure how much we'll be in it in the winter though with the rear wheel drive but whenever we can. Haven't tried CL yet but that's next on the list.
Here's my report on snowbrains...definitely a solid day with the legendary patch skier Vets. Although, we didn't do much patch skiing near the Sisters. :)
http://snowbrains.com/triumph-tahoe-...ass-ca-061514/
Bangers and mash, bro!
The ski tuning shop on Donner Lake is no more--apparently the pressures of running a one-man business. Too bad--he did great work at a great price.The new owners still rent bikes and SUPs, repair bikes, and also have a yoga studio.
Are you sure Old Goat? Last I heard Greg was taking a 10 week vacation on a wooden sail boat. If that is true it would be a huge loss for our area.
It's what the new owners told me. His tuning machine is still in the back of the shop while he decides whether he wants it or not, so hopefully he'll open another shop somewhere--but I don't imagine it would be anywhere close to the old one. I don't know him personally, just what the new owners told me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Huck Pitueee
Sorry to hear that. Check Greg out if he reopens locally. Great guy and top notch bike & ski tuner!
Coming up for a hockey tournament aug 21-24. Would like to camp and play kill the cooler but looks like its a bad time of year for that. Is there camping around Tahoe like there is in Mammoth? I know we are going to be loud and obnoxious so the further away from people the better. I know people don't want to give up their cool guy spots so shoot me a pm if you have any ideas. I will gladly trade good, free, camp spots in the Mammoth area for a little info about Tahoe.
Is this hockey tournament at the South Tahoe Rec Center or up in Squaw?
Crescent moon June 28 http://vimeo.com/99782345
No vid. Just pics.
South Lake, on the Rufus Allen. Does squaw have a year round rink? That may change everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
I don't know if squaws is year round.
There is not a lot of free improved camping here. The only one I know of with bathrooms is on Luther pass (hwy 89) downhill of the Big Meadow trailhead (entering through the Big Meadow parking. There is free primitive camping on FS 157 just on the south side of Luther pass but the road is fairly rough right at the start. You will also find some up near Strawberry off wrights lake road towards phantom spires. Others may chime in but one of the best ways to find free camping would be through climbing websites.
No fires will be allowed at any free campsite or any campground without a camp host.
me 'n Vets milked the last of the 4th of July Bowl's snowpack up in Blackwood Canyon yesterday. Mom Nature's warm weather severely melted the patches I'd skied a mere week ago, that's for sure. Still, turns were had. Pictures forthcoming as we only had Vets phone. While we were skiing somebody further down the canyon was preparing for the zombie apocalypse, firing off mondo rounds with a semi-automatic for a good hour. We were met by the sheriff when we exited the trail as he was on the hunt to find the culprits. Other'n that, just another day of Tahoe patch skiing.
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A fun ski day.
Here is one photo of dookey67 skiing over to the light side:
http://www.patchskiing.com/IMG7818c.jpg
More can be seen on this thread:
TRs - Patchskiing, Spring, Summer, and Autumn 2014 - Page 2
Practicing for Mount Adams?Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Solid Gilligan's Island patch skiing tour apres work yesterday with Vets up on Forestdale Divide. We schussed 6 patches, all of which contained pretty damn bueno snow (very minimal suncups and lottsa soft-serve). Found a pond that Powdork woulda skimmed the f@#k out of, too (we dubbed it Luniz Lake as we got 5 turns on the patch above it). Pretty sure the area will get severely burnt in the next week, so this might have been the last hurrah. I, naturally, forgot my camera (forgot my ski socks, too, but learned that gold toe dress socks work rather well), so pix will be forthcoming once Vets sorts 'em out.
^ Quality snow on a variety of patches.
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More Here:
TRs - Patchskiing, Spring Summer, And Autumn 2014, page 2
great references to Luniz by Dooks in previous post, hah.
Oakland represent!
Also, you guys should really get mountain bikes or something. Don't you remember that patches have a 10-turn rule? 5 isn't enough.
I regret these remarks. You should ski whenever and wherever you can! Stupid drought season.
Every time I see a patch of snow while mountain biking, the running joke is do you see Vets on it :rolleyes2Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Vets I salute your passion :the_finge
I like bikes also, so I'll leave those 5 turn patch's to you guys :biggrin:
Here I am starting to descend 4500 feet last Sunday
Photo Credit goes to First Track Productions - http://firsttracksproductions.com/
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I would take 5 ski turns over a mountain bike ride right now.
Dying here in Los Angeles with the heat...lack of water.
Nice shot TBC. Where is it from? SW of Freel?
Jobs Sister, that's Star Lake down there