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

[gone2alpine]

The fookin rain can FKN stop any farking time now.

[Driver]

good water year so far... Can't believe Schralph lost a heel side edge... twice.... And my guess for exciting is opening more terrain... OMG, it is gonna be crazy.

Watching this system and trying to decide if it is worth driving up there this weekend. Guessing, not really. Sunday looks chilly, so sunny stuff is not likely gonna soften. Oh well.

I'm guessing you are right, but I really hope not.

[BaNosser]

b-cuz misery loves company.. it was puking buckets at White Salmon Lodge base of Baker today.... !

[Ottime]

I ate lunch yesterday with 666...

Did you extend him your employee discount? Do you get free chili? What were the snow conditions? Can you describe your lunch and the snow conditions with the same words?

[lepistoir]

yesterday the textured was the goods at the cp along w/ the usual wind buff n board you'd expect after 100 mph winds in the alpine. this am i needed arm twisting to continue up on luther after seeing water droplets on the snow up to close to 9k. mad gloppage up high but actually skied ok. and by ok i mean at least it wasnt trapcrust. sigh

We drove to Berkeley for a snowpals meetup and slideshow about warm, sunny spring skiing on Shasta. The mountain's known as the Sierras Nevadas were also briefly mentioned as the raddest range of light. Mr Smith was there and taught me His english.

Seems like a couple runs at N* in the morning and heading to the bay was the right call today. Hoping for better tomorrow for y'all.

At least it wasn't trapcrust? I'm glad to hear some perspective. Remember this time last year? We were saying "at least it wasn't bare ground".

[skier666]

I'll help....

We talked about skis and ski boots....INCREDIBLE RIGHT???? heh.

Northstar Monday was pretty decent. Nothing else other than Comstock lift is open for anything remotely with a pitch, so that was the call all day. No crust layer but went from slush at the mid-mountain lodge to a couple feet of condensed winter pow up top. I've been testing the differences between the Moment Deathwish & latest Jaguar Shark. Deathwish could be a definite one ski in your Tahoe quiver. The Jag Shark has been stiffened and feels more like a Legend Pro this season...they ski the piste like a fat DH board and I'm stoked

Upper mountain caked...



Fast groomers with the Mrs...



Took the 4 year old for some father/son bonding...



Today...just rallied Comstock all day and bombed every run possible. Trace of rain in the morning around 10am up there but remain cool on Comstock all day. A few flurries and ice pellets but no accumulation. Nobody is really here so its fun to clock the vertical. They opened a few more pow runs that skied more like classic Sierra Cement but fun to ski some untracked nonetheless...



Nice rainbow today over Martis....



No better time than to take our 18 month old for her first ski day....5LAY3D!



The rain never came until 6pm or so. It was spitting big flakes at 7000ft at 5:30pm when we went to dinner but all rain on our return. I'm skiing in the morning and then headed back to SF...we'll see how bad it is

[~mikey b]

little miss 666 for the win!

her big brother looks good too, yo

right on Dad

[powpig]

2-3" here in Serene.

Just drove up from Reno, was raining hard the whole way from Gold Ranch to the DLI.

Chain Control over Donner, the first mile + was tough as it transitioned, like driving through an endless puddle, the spray up into the headlight beams made for some cool visuals. Full on compacted snow on the roads up top, now sliding off the roof.
Seems to be warming as the snow level yo-yos but still an unexpected surprise that it wasn't full on rain here at 7K.

[MrSmith]

No better time than to take our 18 month old for her first ski day....5LAY3D!

Good work. Just showed this pic to the MrsSmith to start getting her used to the idea of getting our 2.5 year old out on skis this season. I may be looking for tips on this down the road a bit. Hardest part will be getting MrsSmith to rally.

Pleasure to meet Lepistoir at the mixer and chat about english and healthcare reform and, oddly enough, nothing related to skiing.

[powdork]

2-3" here in Serene.

Just drove up from Reno, was raining hard the whole way from Gold Ranch to the DLI.

Chain Control over Donner, the first mile + was tough as it transitioned, like driving through an endless puddle, the spray up into the headlight beams made for some cool visuals. Full on compacted snow on the roads up top, now sliding off the roof.
Seems to be warming as the snow level yo-yos but still an unexpected surprise that it wasn't full on rain here at 7K.

WTF? I lived here 18 years now and, where the fuck is Serene?

[powpig]

WTF? I lived here 18 years now and, where the fuck is Serene?

My girl has a house up in Serene Lakes, so I end up here quite a bit.

It's the subdivision across the tracks & up Soda Springs Rd, where Royal Gorge CC is located.

http://www.slpoa.com

More importantly, when I got up at 6 to check the conditions, it had turned fully to rain and 80 was free of controls

[Ottime]

Moderate to heavy rain down here on the coast. And warm.

[SchralphMacchio]

great weekend for an early season longboard day!

[powdork]

My girl has a house up in Serene Lakes, so I end up here quite a bit.

It's the subdivision across the tracks & up Soda Springs Rd, where Royal Gorge CC is located.

http://www.slpoa.com

More importantly, when I got up at 6 to check the conditions, it had turned fully to rain and 80 was free of controls

sounds nice. are you in the area recently purchased by (insert name of organization that bought it here)?

[SchralphMacchio]

At least TAFF will be awesome on Saturday! See you maggots there.

After a year of review, countless hours of screening and some tough decisions, the following films are announced for the 2012 Tahoe Adventure Film Festival. We'll see you on December 8th at MontBleu!

First Tracks Productions "I Skied Every Where"
A creative fun short film that covers skiing in every North American ski resort in about three minutes.
www.firsttracksproductions.com

Sender Films "3.0"
Alex Honnald’s FREE SOLO of the three largest rock walls in Yosemite in less than 19 hours.
www.senderfilms.com

Warren Kommers "Racing the End"
A black and white documentary of an underground cycling race that crashes the LA Marathon before it’s 6 AM start.
www.warrenkommersdp.com

A Corey Rich Film "A New Perspective"
Amazing first time premier of footage of David Lama’s ascent of the Trango Tower in Pakistan with breath taking perspectives taken from a remote control helicopter that flew to 22,000 ft.
www.coreyrich.com

INTERMISSION - BENEFIT RAFFLE (10 min.)

Team 13 "Bird Men"
A segment from a full-length film that follows the pursuit of human flight with the best wing suit proximity BASE jump flying ever captured on film.
www.team13.com

Red Bull Media House "Where the Trail Ends"
A segment from three-year project using the most advanced film equipment ever used in the action sport world. Features mountain biking on dirt spines in China’s Gobi desert.
www.wherethetrailends.com

Switch Back Entertainment "Tempting Fear"
From the ski film diaries of extreme skier Andreas Fransson. Includes footage of his mind blowing first ever descent of Denali’s South Face.
http://www.salomonfreeski.com/others.../tempting-fear

Billabong "Code Red"
Surfers defy death on the largest waves to ever hit Teahupoo Tahiti.
www.billabong.com/us/blog-post/3131/teahupoo

[powpig]

sounds nice. are you in the area recently purchased by (insert name of organization that bought it here)?

Foster & Syme paid $37 million for Royal Gorge, with the idea to develop some of the ski area acreage. They had huge plans for several thousand homes, but for rich guys, (the Foster family originally developed Foster City) they were incredibly dumb and definitely did not do their homework. They did not actually purchase any of the existing subdivision but the Royal Gorge trails basically wind around the perimeter of the area and are easily accessible out the back door just about anywhere. It eventually played out that there was insufficient water and they had no water rights for their planned development. It went into bankruptcy and receivership and the Truckee Donner Land Trust (through donations alone) has now put a deal in place to purchase Royal Gorge and make it public land. Sugar Bowl will be operating Royal Gorge this year (whenever it stops raining) and has played a part in the whole process.
Much more info at the SLPOA website and also a link to make a donation if you're so inclined.

[Jim S]

Drizzling rain at Mt Rose Summit 431 late this morning.

[powdork]

Foster & Syme paid $37 million for Royal Gorge, with the idea to develop some of the ski area acreage.....Sugar Bowl will be operating Royal Gorge this year (whenever it stops raining) and has played a part in the whole process.
Much more info at the SLPOA website and also a link to make a donation if you're so inclined.

ahh yes now i remember reading that. good to read it again though cause its a great story with a great ending

[powfiend]

Took a couple laps up on a misty tamarack. There was a super saturated 6 to 8 fresh inches. Was super heavy but skied fun up top.

[skier666]

All rain at Northstar today even at the top of Comstock. Corn groomers I guess. Took the 4 year old out on his first rain session. Now back in SF. Good report eh?

[Jim S]

I thought about hitting Granite Chief at Squaw but chose Mt Rose for it's elevation.
No help: mixture of flurries and light rain with snow quality varying between sierra cement and glue. Slide side had some of the most dense fog I've encountered in my life.

Remember it's only Dec 5. It can change in one day with a good un' from Ullr.

[powdork]

Remember it's only Dec 5. It can change in one day with a good un' from Ullr.

especially now that we have all the base

[splat]

Oh, I thought was the base that went by our shop....

[Jim S]

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FKNA!

[WestCoastPDR]

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