Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread...

[Ottime]

Anybody visit Heavenly, Kirkwood, or Mt. Rose over the weekend? !

PM Vets. He skied KW and Heavenly yesterday. As well as N*, Sierra and a few others. I dont think he ha a Rose pass, so no side by side intel from there.

[El Chupacabra]

Mt. Rose has everything open except for the chutes. Coverage is great -- they got a lot of snow out of the pineapple storms last week.

This weekend was springlike conditions, but colder -- frozen/groomed in the morning, softening some by mid-day.

[TahoeJ]

Thursday this week is shaping up to be pretty good - time to put in for a day off at work. Looking forward to some top to bottom skiing at AM. Downloading at Squaw is a buzzkill (better than last year at least).

[The Dad]

I got a pretty full first day in at Alpine on Saturday. Called it after the best run of the day -- skier's left of Sunspot, not quite to South Peril, where the snow had corned up quite nicely by 1:30. Figured it wasn't going to get any better, so I called it beer thirty.

[TexasGortex]

Kirkwood was 100% open but icier than shit this weekend. Heavenly was more limited in terrain and busier, but the snow was better. I even had some enjoyable tree skiing. I'd brave the headaches/crowds at Heavenly no question given a choice between the two as of yesterday.

[Marhankins]

Alpine was better than I thought it was going to be on Saturday. The sun softened things up and brought some fun lines into play.
Checked out Heavenly on Sunday. The long runs were nice, and the park was even enjoyable. It was colder, but I still managed to find some good snow.

^Texas, Heavenly didn't seem crowded. There were short lift lines everywhere, except downloading the Gondola, which wasn't that bad.

[TexasGortex]

I did score a free cookie while in the gondola download line, so that helped.

I didn't have lift lines at all, but some of the easier runs/funnel areas got a bit busy. Approaching the gondola area from the park comes to mind.

I'm admittedly a bit of a baby about crowded runs though... I'm always worried about killing someone/getting killed when sharing a run with a bunch of rookies, families, badasses, speed demons and everyone else on the mountain. Funnel areas just make me uncomfortable.

[RockChalk]

Kirkwood was 100% open but icier than shit this weekend. Heavenly was more limited in terrain and busier, but the snow was better. I even had some enjoyable tree skiing. I'd brave the headaches/crowds at Heavenly no question given a choice between the two as of yesterday.

If you knew where to look (anywhere in the sun) KW was pretty $$ all weekend, given the circumstances. Fast and sunny, felt like late April.

[SchralphMacchio]

^ (@TexGoreTex) then avoid the Sky to Nevada traverse on pretty much any Saturday between Xmas and Easter. That right there is one of the single most dangerous and laughable traverse trails ever graded. Heavenly's finest engineering work ever. It should be rated black diamond. Merging from Comet to Olympic traverse might be more dangerous, but not as laughable. Plenty of strong lift layout planning on that mountain.

Pretty much the only way for any snowboarder to make that traverse is to go really fast and straight, which would be fine if Heavenly weren't full of small children and beginner weekender snowboarders/first timers who weave erratically, clip edges, and then drift left when you yell from behind "COMING UP ON YOUR LEFT!"

Resort excitement in its purest form!

[old goat]

^ (@TexGoreTex) then avoid the Sky to Nevada traverse on pretty much any Saturday between Xmas and Easter. That right there is one of the single most dangerous and laughable traverse trails ever graded. Heavenly's finest engineering work ever. It should be rated black diamond. Merging from Comet to Olympic traverse might be more dangerous, but not as laughable. Plenty of strong lift layout planning on that mountain.

Pretty much the only way for any snowboarder to make that traverse is to go really fast and straight, which would be fine if Heavenly weren't full of small children and beginner weekender snowboarders/first timers who weave erratically, clip edges, and then drift left when you yell from behind "COMING UP ON YOUR LEFT!"

Resort excitement in its purest form!

More exciting than the mountain run? That should be even more fun on a Saturday afternoon after Squaw fills up it's parking lot with high rise condos.

[Ottime]

^ (@TexGoreTex) then avoid the Sky to Nevada traverse on pretty much any Saturday between Xmas and Easter. That right there is one of the single most dangerous and laughable traverse trails ever graded. Heavenly's finest engineering work ever. It should be rated black diamond. Merging from Comet to Olympic traverse might be more dangerous, but not as laughable. Plenty of strong lift layout planning on that mountain.

Pretty much the only way for any snowboarder to make that traverse is to go really fast and straight, which would be fine if Heavenly weren't full of small children and beginner weekender snowboarders/first timers who weave erratically, clip edges, and then drift left when you yell from behind "COMING UP ON YOUR LEFT!"

Resort excitement in its purest form!

I agree completely.


They should just ban those damned one plankers. Problem solved. :-)

If this storm pans out, I'll be up for this weekend. Maybe a tour on Saturday.

[TexasGortex]

If you knew where to look (anywhere in the sun) KW was pretty $$ all weekend, given the circumstances. Fast and sunny, felt like late April.

I worked pretty hard to stay in the sun, which was better, but I could have used a local guide. I am a Colorado skier visiting the area for the first time. Ice beat Wednesday's rain at least!

^ (@TexGoreTex) then avoid the Sky to Nevada traverse on pretty much any Saturday between Xmas and Easter. That right there is one of the single most dangerous and laughable traverse trails ever graded. Heavenly's finest engineering work ever. It should be rated black diamond. Merging from Comet to Olympic traverse might be more dangerous, but not as laughable. Plenty of strong lift layout planning on that mountain.

Pretty much the only way for any snowboarder to make that traverse is to go really fast and straight, which would be fine if Heavenly weren't full of small children and beginner weekender snowboarders/first timers who weave erratically, clip edges, and then drift left when you yell from behind "COMING UP ON YOUR LEFT!"

Resort excitement in its purest form!

If I am reading the map correctly, my fiancee actually had a mild collision on the Sky->Nevada Demolition-Derby International-Speedway under basically identical conditions to those you described.

[lepistoir]

Ice beat Wednesday's rain at least!

Yep. And rain on snow and fat snow up high even while thin at the base still beats skiing on dirt.

Nice to hear people remembering how shitty last year was. Gives you perspective. And go ahead and forget how nice two years ago was. Hopefully, when that happens again, you'll be pleasantly surprised (again).

[gimpy]

love the new sign at heavenry - NO STRAIGHTLINING

[lepistoir]

Birthday stoke Sunday at Northstar:


Saw world's #1 dad carrying three sets of planks (third one is on the backpack with the pizza pincher still attached)

[TahoeJ]

love the new sign at heavenry - NO STRAIGHTLINING

They have one at Northstar too. You just have to tell patrol you were making one really big long turn. ;-)

[powdork]

signs signs everywhere there's signs. fucking up the scenery, taking my lines

[SchralphMacchio]

^ How long until Vailwood gets one at the top of Once?

[skier666]

Kirkwood used to have 'no tucking' signs all over the place...

[dhklauer]

went for a little walk on saturday from CP to the wood. thought we might have been the first, but a solo track was out there.
sisters skied good and smooth with an inch on the rain crust layer.
lines down to the lake were pretty sketchy. so we opted for the low angle safe route. the lake is covered and looks frozen, but we decided not to cross. Cali and West shore should be prime after this next system..........for a good slide.

[splat]

West shore often rips a hefty wind load when it releases on a crust.
Ask Punani.

[powdork]

i was actually playing that out just last night in my mind. the scary point in my dream was where i outran the avalanche out on the lake, but the weight of the slide broke the ice around me and i was clinging to car sized chinks of ice that wanted to flip over

[kidwoo]

i was actually playing that out just last night in my mind. the scary point in my dream was where i outran the avalanche out on the lake, but the weight of the slide broke the ice around me and i was clinging to car sized chinks of ice that wanted to flip over

Just make sure the helmet cam is on. That's all I ask.

[SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING MORON!]

Fucking Vail MORONS!!!

[TahoeBC]

i was actually playing that out just last night in my mind. the scary point in my dream was where i outran the avalanche out on the lake, but the weight of the slide broke the ice around me and i was clinging to car sized chinks of ice that wanted to flip over

A couple years ago my buddy got this scenario on helmet cam on Ralston lake, minus the part of the ice breaking up. Dude transitioned onto the lake so hard he got a bloody nose when his knee smashed into his face.

http://contour.com/videos/watch/skie...g-an-avalanche