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

[Driver]

Yes there is. There is no network pass this year. That is the crunch. So, for instance, my friends, a family of four saw there family pass price increase from $739 per-Vail to $1360 for next season.

And my pass went from $0 to $439... Bummer but the network pass was bound to die eventually.

[splat]

Yes, the $439 the KW-Only pass (No blackout) is the same price as the Tahoe local pass (KW, Heave and Gapestar, but with blackouts).

....and to quote Splat, "...I make it a point that the only money these fuckers will ever get from me is my season pass dollars. BAAHAAHAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"

Good thing I have you around to remind me of things to remember. You must be referring to one of those spring days I took a sack lunch and a thermos onto the plaza tables just to piss Cohee off.

[powpig]

Was raining hard on Donner, finally turned to snow around 9:30 and the deck is now getting spackled.

[powdrhound]

Live from 7,800':

3-4 inches of thick fresh on the un-frozen slushy base. More in spots.
Snowing pretty well at 8:30am. Light/no wind.


Let it Snow!

[Superstar Punani]

Good thing I have you around to remind me of things to remember. You must be referring to one of those spring days I took a sack lunch and a thermos onto the plaza tables just to piss Cohee off.

When he approached our table to tell our dirtbag group off for bringing food and beer, I've never seen anyone's face turn from a slight disdain, to wide-eyed jaw-dropped horror, complete with a 180 degree turn and running away as soon as he heard your cackle.

You skiing anytime soon? I might be up this weekend.

[splat]

Squaw Friday...

[powfiend]

Dont think squaw will be too good friday, maybe the granite hike. Alpine was super heavy everywhere below 7500. Decent amount of snow though, would have been 3 ft if it was cold. Lots of big wet slides on steep lower elevation terrain. The bowling ally ran full path.

[powdork]

^when i got to carson pass in the afternoon i talked to a guy leaving. he said watch the mini golf lines everything you touch runs full path. he was right. the stuff was oozing when i looked at it. kirkwood-dangberg may have been the same at that time, but it wasn't when i was there a bit earlier.

[gimpy]

oozing snow. do the native americans have a name for that???

it'll settle out tonight

[powdork]

dammit, i have video, but there's a giant water spot in the middle of the lens.

did you sell the kids yet?

[shakyknees]

Floundered around in 7 or so inches of very dense snow on P-House this afternoon. Yeah it was slidey, esp. where the crust was firm. But elsewhere the turns were 3-dimensional in dry glop with foldy sounds.

[splat]

Dont think squaw will be too good friday, maybe the granite hike. Alpine was super heavy everywhere below 7500. Decent amount of snow though, would have been 3 ft if it was cold. Lots of big wet slides on steep lower elevation terrain. The bowling ally ran full path.

Here's hopin it doesn't freeze too hard...

oozing snow. do the native americans have a name for that???

Kattaooche.

The death ermine.

or

Oo-oo-woo.

Ejaculate.

[Jim S]

Squaw had Gold Coast and most but not of Shirley open on Thursday; and that was IT for the upper mtn. Should be lots of untracked stuff this morning...for a few minutes.

[Ottime]

The 3-5" that KW reports fell after the lifts closed looks more like a generous 3-5mm. Pretty tracked here. Drive was pretty stunning at about 7k. Thick heavy snow ghosts everywhere. Spring pow.

[Driver]

The 3-5" that KW reports fell after the lifts closed looks more like a generous 3-5mm. Pretty tracked here. Drive was pretty stunning at about 7k. Thick heavy snow ghosts everywhere. Spring pow.

So what are you saying about the 17" listed on the page of lies?

[frorider]

Ugh. Snow at kwood yesterday was much more powder-like than today's consolidated slab fest.

[TahoeBC]

powder-like / dry glop with foldy sounds
to a
Consolidated slab fest

Friday should be spectacular!

[Ottime]

So what are you saying about the 17" listed on the page of lies?

No.

Not debating that. And once I got up and around the hill, there are spots where it feels like inches. Spackled real nice. Been finding plenty of untouched landings. Side country up high is real fun. Anyone want to ski tomorrow.

[powdork]

And once I got up and around the hill, there are spots where it feels like inches. Spackled real nice. Been finding plenty of untouched landings.

and take-offs


at the top of the the spur yesterdays skin track was gone, so i would say 3-5 is about right. just about everything steep had rinsed itself

[Driver]

and take-offs


at the top of the the spur yesterdays skin track was gone, so i would say 3-5 is about right. just about everything steep had rinsed itself

Nice shot....

[powdrhound]

The 3-5" that KW reports fell after the lifts closed looks more like a generous 3-5mm. Pretty tracked here. Drive was pretty stunning at about 7k. Thick heavy snow ghosts everywhere. Spring pow.

No, I would have called it at 3-5 centimeters, "after 4pm yesterday". And a good 3-5 millimeters at 7,800'.

Storm total about 10" overall average. That big Sentinal slab today was good wind deposition from the whole storm, not blown yesterday. (Not enough patrollers to open the entire hill yesterday.)


Respect!


Pali was lovely.


Let it Snow!

[brannen]

dude, snow sucked!!!




https://vimeo.com/62402441

[jahroy]

^ sick. thanks!

that may have just convinced me to take the 4 am bus for the 4th week in a row...

tho i will do none of those things and go to none of those places!

[LightRanger]

^^^ Captions were great. Thanks for that.

[powfiend]

Looks like squaw was fun today. Nice hot pow laps brannen. Heard big blue closed today due to 3 consecutive roll backs, so much for the brand new chair... Had some fun out in Jackson Meadows, made it out to the black buttes. Things are burning out fast below 7. Hot pow is fun i guess but kinda hard to get fired up about after spending 2 weeks shredding 8k of blower out of the bucket in chamonix