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

[Driver]

just fucking wow today

pretty massive crown on ebak that went during the cycle

Any sign of what the trigger was? I'm worried about the facet layer associated w the old rain crust from Dec 2

[skier666]

Even with the ridge-top winds, and only chair 6 for the goods, Kirkwood skied rather nicely today. Everything near the top was blown in goodness and the place was dead as dead can be. Lapped the fingers & oops for most of the day with one lap to Outer Palisades for some fast hippy pow. The Wall was shut for almost the entire day so there's going to be some classic blown in stuff tomorrow if it runs.

[unpossible]

lotsa fun windbuff turns to be had on KT today. Wind was filling in so fast that my line was covered up by the next lap most of the afternoon

How is the coverage over on Red Dog Ridge and East Face? Contemplating my storm day game plan for tomorrow.

Edit: Make that just Red Dog Ridge, saw that East Face was not so good.

[old goat]

How is the coverage over on Red Dog Ridge and East Face? Contemplating my storm day game plan for tomorrow.

Edit: Make that just Red Dog Ridge, saw that East Face was not so good.

My son skied it today--he found a line that hadn't slid but a lot of it had and was very icy, as was the traverse.

[powfiend]

Eastface slid down to the raincrust, not sure about Red dog, it looked like there were some spots far out the traverse that were skiing good. Good turns to be had on oly lady chairline, the nose, dead tree and the chute.

[powdork]

Any sign of what the trigger was? I'm worried about the facet layer associated w the old rain crust from Dec 2

Everything from within the last week seems to be bonding well which likely leaves the rain crust or the facet layer immediately above as the culprit. as far as trigger, the location of the slide suggests a cornice collapse or some other debris from above. too much snow has fallen since then to see the evidence of that though

[Consigliere]

What's the ballpark wind mph needed to start closing lifts? NOAA says peaks of 50mph this weekend. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...21961212158203

[powdork]

direction is equally important to speed. are those ridge top gusts? it's not just about winds with storms like these too. things can shut down for a myriad of reasons. excessive snow, avalanches, power outages, road closures, etc. these aren't common, but they're not rare either. most of them are not widespread.

[Consigliere]

direction is equally important to speed. are those ridge top gusts? it's not just about winds with storms like these too. things can shut down for a myriad of reasons. excessive snow, avalanches, power outages, road closures, etc. these aren't common, but they're not rare either. most of them are not widespread.

The NOAA report doesn't say if that's ridge top gusts.

As you might have guessed I'm trying to figure out when the best time to head up will be. It'd be brutal to take on the inevitable I80 shitshow and have everything be on wind hold.

[gone2alpine]

As you might have guessed I'm trying to figure out when the best time to head up will be.

Yesterday

[old goat]

What's the ballpark wind mph needed to start closing lifts? NOAA says peaks of 50mph this weekend. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...21961212158203

that's a forecast for 6200 feet--if it's blowing 50 at 6200 there's an excellent chance of closed lifts. If you play around by clicking on the local map I've been able to get forecasts for as high as about 7200, but not 8000+. Which lifts depend on actual speed, direction, in other words no way to know for sure, just like the forecast itself. And it's pretty common to see lifts open in the morning and then shut fairly quickly. The cynics among us might surmise that they're trying to sell a few tickets before they shut down.
BTW do you know how to find current ridgetop wind speeds? on the nws site go to this page:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/ by clicking on the north tahoe area on the US map on the home page, then click on remote data, under conditions. Alpine hit 70mph a little while ago, squaw 75.

[Ottime]

beautiful morning here in SC. Spectacular sunrise with a most;y clear sky. Calm before the storm.

[MrSmith]

I've been able to get forecasts for as high as about 7200, but not 8000+.

This is my go to point forecast, 8233ft on Ward Peak (bookmark it):

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...&FcstType=text

Click on the hourly forecast graph and you'll see that the winds will be pretty strong all weekend (and higher up on the ridge top, of course). I'd expect plenty of wind hold/closure (but I've seen worse).

[gimpy]

i'm guessing the ebak slide was from that wet wet storm last weekend that prolly overloaded the upper pack above the crust causing it to collapse. the pwl is under that crust which was so stout we havent been able to get it to budge at all so it must have taken tremendous loading to cause it to collapse. and eback is one of the most windloaded bowls around here w/ a typical sw flow.

warm this am

[4matic]

I like this link for the fast and easy view of wind:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/remotedata/screst.php

[Quadzilla]

This site has real time wind from all the sensors that put their data out online so there is a lot of info for anywhere. So just type in location, zip code ect ect.

www.windscore.com

[TahoeBC]

Great site, thanks Quadzilla!

[TahoeJ]

As you might have guessed I'm trying to figure out when the best time to head up will be. It'd be brutal to take on the inevitable I80 shitshow and have everything be on wind hold.

If you haven't left already - leave NOW. There's no way the 80 won't have intermittent closures between Friday night and early Monday morning with the white-outs coming. It's killing me but I'm opting not to go because I can't get stuck up there, or my skiing availability would suffer for the remainder of the season.

I'd also be very surprised if Summit at Alpine and the upper mountain at Squaw are open before Monday. Not that you can't still have plenty of fun on Roundhouse and/or Red Dog / KT-22. Or Northstar or Homewood for that matter if it's windy.

[MTT]

WINDY!! That the plan for the next 4days?

I have a plan inmind for the next two days. I guess we will see what we see.
Today Snow. High near 31. Strong and damaging winds, with a south wind around 60 mph, with gusts as high as 90 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight Snow. Low around 23. Strong and damaging winds, with a southwest wind 55 to 60 mph, with gusts as high as 85 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Saturday Snow. High near 26. Very windy, with a southwest wind 45 to 50 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches possible. Saturday Night Snow. Low around 15. Very windy, with a southwest wind 45 to 50 mph, with gusts as high as 70 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible. Sunday Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 19. Very windy, with a southwest wind around 40 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible.

[lepistoir]

My plan is hotlaps at Northstar this pm.
Tomorrow may go back to N* for opening and then tour on Rose after 11 to get more fresh.

Of course, I leave for CO on Sunday morn so that's all I get out of this storm. You all enjoy it for me.
I'm looking for a place to leave my car in Reno from Sunday to the 1st if anybody can help out. Least you could do since I'm leaving the state and making sure the storm rages even harder.

[powpig]

I'm looking for a place to leave my car in Reno from Sunday to the 1st if anybody can help out.

We've left cars at Grand Sierra for longer than that without a problem. You can take their shuttle (every 30 min) over or grab a cab. If you've gotta ton of baggage (skis), you can drop 'em off at the airport and then go drop the car.

[Marhankins]

I usually park in one of the downtown garages and give a nice tip to the shuttle bus drivers. It shelters the vehicle, and you don't have to worry about the GSR moving it for events. Although this time of year should probably be fine.

[pajamas]

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[snuttypants]

My plan is hotlaps at Northstar this pm.
Tomorrow may go back to N* for opening and then tour on Rose after 11 to get more fresh.

Of course, I leave for CO on Sunday morn so that's all I get out of this storm. You all enjoy it for me.
I'm looking for a place to leave my car in Reno from Sunday to the 1st if anybody can help out. Least you could do since I'm leaving the state and making sure the storm rages even harder.

hopefully Ill see you out there if 88 is open

[Ottime]

It's killing me but I'm opting not to go because I can't get stuck up there, or my skiing availability would suffer for the remainder of the season.

Same here. I fly east on Sunday for the week. Right now, it looks like this cycle could continue until I return. That would not be horrible. The we have a six days up at KW. As much as I love being in the valley during a cold, snowy run, with my youngster now, I'd opt for lots of fresh cold snow, a break in the weather and cool temps. Makes it much easier to get him out of the cabin and onto the slopes.

Enjoy this round folks. Looks like a good run.