Fall color is all but over, but it was a good October
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Fall color is all but over, but it was a good October
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There's a Fund Raiser Movie for SAC on Friday at Alibi Ale Works, in Incline Village. Doors at 6, movie 7:30. $5
*"Before Blank" is a "light-hearted ski film" that tells the origin story of Blank Collective, a group of North American skiers who aim to share their love of skiing through video and imagery.
The movie features Alexi Godbout, Vinnie Gagnier, KC Deane, Josh Daiek, Mike Henitiuk and Max Morello
The screening is part of Local Freshies Lord of the Boards Movie Tour.*
Isn't Josh Daiek some kinda hero around here?
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Not that you shouldn't see it on a larger screen and support SAC, but also available here. It's a good one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKaqKskmGxU
Same for Sherpa's Children of the Columbia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd5COZ655cQ
Working on top of Kingsbury today and it’s damn cold. Was wondering if the temp listed on heavenly’s website is at summit or down in town.
They are blowing snow at Rose right now, so...Quote:
Originally Posted by lepistoir
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https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/reportG...ue,TOBS::valueQuote:
Originally Posted by lepistoir
Heavenly Valley (518)
California SNOTEL Site - 8534 ft
2018-11-08 01:00 0.0 0 0.8 27
2018-11-08 02:00 0.0 0 0.8 25
2018-11-08 03:00 0.0 0 0.8 24
2018-11-08 04:00 0.0 0 0.8 24
2018-11-08 05:00 -0.1 0 0.8 24
2018-11-08 06:00 -0.1 0 0.8 24
2018-11-08 07:00 -0.1 0 0.8 24
2018-11-08 08:00 -0.1 0 0.8 26
2018-11-08 09:00 0.0 0 0.8 26
2018-11-08 10:00 0.2 -1 0.9 29
2018-11-08 11:00 0.2 -2 0.8 31
2018-11-08 12:00 0.2 -1 0.7 32
2018-11-08 13:00 0.1 -1 0.7 32
2018-11-08 14:00 0.2 -1 0.7 33
2018-11-08 15:00 0.1 -1 0.7 31
Not sure what that means. Heave www said it was 38 which seemed possible, with the wind, to feel as cold as it did (without winter acclimation). But then again my iPhone didn't die so it was obviously above 55.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeBC
Thanks Turx.
I don't know if Google has the answer but THIS is an important question:
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Vibes to those in/near Paradise
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Down south too, ugh. Some friends in Thousand Oaks are pretty sure they lost their home, and they just mandatory evacuated Malibu. Shit is out of control.
Sorry for my poor international relations, but why are they evacuating people in those areas? is it something not related to the shooting?Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
WildfireQuote:
Originally Posted by pow_pow~
Fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by pow_pow~
GFS model shows a storm for Tahoe & Mammoth on Sun November 18.
Fingers crossed, and keep sacrificing pigeons to the snow gods Ozzy style, Maggots!
On my way to the Bay Area this evening I noticed that Boreal is up and running with a WROD and integrated TPOD accessible via the "Castle Peak" lift, fwiw.
That “storm” was a weak shortwave between a dying system inland and a cutting off low to the west. I wouldn’t count on it. When the ridge moves out near the aleutians around thanksgiving, that’s a really good sign that we get something significant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
Yep. It’s gone on GFS now. Fucking HIGH pressures of California. So lame.Quote:
Originally Posted by lepistoir
I miss Canada ALOT, but stuck here for work.
More pigeons!
A bit smokey up on the Crest today
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Spooner to Marlette Lake
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I was going through some old pics today and saw these, taken exactly three years ago today Nov 10, 2015.
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Surprise view from Galena that morning. Time to check Rose. 11/10/15
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Looks good enough from the parking lot, time to go ski. 11/10/15
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Turned out to be a pretty fun day. Looking back at ski tracks, I had gotten in 10 days by the end of November 2015 that year.
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Fast forward three years to the same date as the pics above. Today on Galena Creek trail. At least the Mtn biking is still good.
The storm window from the 21-25 seems to be sticking around... hopefully it cools down some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
Ran across that map last week also, truly sad that people are so fucking stupid that they think spray painting a map means anything. Mountain biking is getting dusty again, need rain at the very least.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
Winter comes when winter comes. Stop fucking pigeons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
Oh, and the GFS is only accurate about three days out and kind of so a week out. Looking beyond that is just playing games for fun.
Yeah, California sure is a shitty place to be stuckQuote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
I'm calling BS on that one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
It is once you taste 7 weeks skiing Blackcomb with no work whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robojerry
Right now, I'm working and stuck in a desert. Sucks pretty bad.
Anyhow, hitting up Squallywood next weekend to ski with the Tahoe posse. Should be fun even if it is man made snow.
Sounds like the Heave will make their projected opening date (Fri) offering up Cal Trail to Tamarack Return.
Pretty amazing considering the fall we have had so far. Snow makers are the real heroes in Tahoe.
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For the new thread, a title: "Tahoe 18/19: More Pigeons!"
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Tahoe should be off the chain next weekend. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
True that. 15 years ago investing in a snowmaking company would have been a good idea. It’s amazing how far the technology has come but I wonder if this is the future of skiing. I hope not...Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarbro365
Seen that sign too. Don't get it. That's located right on the Fiberboard, which wouldn't exist without logging, along with many of the trails in that area. Yeah, the loggers back in the Comstock era fucked things up, but without any of the recent logging activity that area would be an overgrown mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by GrumpyPilot
Enjoy the dust. At this point in the year, if we get precip, the ground turns into that weird crunchy frozen texture in spots that don't get direct sun. I'm ok with dust. And fuck skiing until mountain biking is shut down. I will never understand wasting resources and money to provide a shitty skiing experience on a couple trails, and then shutting things down in the spring when there's plenty of snow.
Im not saying that never happened, but it is few and far between because it's damn near impossible to evict anyone SF. The Airbnb market there is much more a symptom of rent control issue there than anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorCalNomad
Anyway, Im enjoying the mtn biking that this abominable jinx of an early thread has given me so thanks for that I guess
Soooo, what can we do to fix it? Self policing is key.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!
FIFY.Quote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
There's differences you'll see and love if we have a good season. And obviously vice versa. You'd be hard pressed to find more easily accessed safe steep backcountry lines anywhere than the northern sierra. But that's our jam. There's loads of other stuff too. Glades for days with lake views are a great thing. Hopefully you tour cause that makes a huge difference. Resorts are resorts. Whichever one(s) you pick, you'll learn to love if you spend enough time to learn the secrets.
if you want more of the alpine experience head south to Carson Pass or for the true alpine head to the eastside. While different, it easily competes with anything in the BC.
except, i have never seen anything anywhere that competes with your pillow lines
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!
Except surf until there is snow instead of MTB.
Jobs?Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!
Also, I remember a few seasons not too long ago where the majority of the skiing in the basin was on man made. Resorts to have hedge their bets. Plus, when it actually does snow, it'd be nice to have a base for that all to land on.
Anyways, all aboard the hype train?
https://mammothweather.com/
X3, except MX instead of surf/mtbQuote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
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I do tour. Ski’d Bloody Coulior, Wahoo Gully, and Mt Johnson N Coulior out of Bishop in my 2nd year skiing this past spring. The time spent on Blackcomb was necessary for my progression to ski those lines, and I wouldn’t have achieved that skill level without Canadian terrain. Canada is the standard for which all winters are measured, personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
As far as the easily accessible BC terrain of N Tahoe, it gets ruined by BC skiers who don’t know what they’re doing according to my mentor who has been in Truckee for 20 years. Thirsty BC skiers go out and scrape or cause small slides on terrain, bc the snow hasn’t had a chance to bond or cure to the old layer. His words, “We would have more snow on more terrain for longer if fucks would just be patient with storms.”
I imagine N Tahoe was great in it’s day. But, will never compare to the great white north due to fickle snow and mobs of city folk even in the BC. The E Sierra is pretty world class though.
^^south shore is way better for bc. And it sounds like your mentor is bitter other folks get after it before him. One could easily argue folks skiing on it packs it down and keeps more of it when the east winds come.
And I'm confused. Are you saying you've only skied two seasons, or am I reading it wrong? Or did you convert?
He's only skied two seasons but he already knows that BC is the only worthwhile skiing around.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Shane, Cody, JT and co probably should've headed across the border!
I'm not going to rip on the skiing in Canada - it's awesome - but if you think CA sucks then you're doing it wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Best Mexican Skier from Da South
Your mentor sounds like he yells at kids to get off his damn lawn - what a ridiculous complaint. From what I hear, the BC in BC is way more crowded than California. Probably because there's more parking spots. ;-)
Also: holidays are a big deal. If we had Thanksgiving in April you'd better believe it would be a big ski week.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarbro365