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

[powdork]

not a rumor. guy fell on the 100'+ gap (pretty sure he cleared it though) and i heard probable broken ribs. care flight sat about 30 minutes before taking off though so it doesn't seem too serious. today seemed to be about still pictures and i 'hear' tomorrow will be video. Didn't seem as though the Red Bull folks were there yet today as banners were still going up and when I skinned out on the shore of Caples I saw a large Red Bull Trailer (presumably snowmobiles, maybe helicopter support) rolling in. Snow was money up high even at 3:00. Three other folks I watched with from top of Thimble all came up from Chair 7 or the new road up 10. i skinned up from Caples through the venue and was told not to take pictures.

[Mr. Toad]

Is Kirkwood enforcing the no skinning policy?

[Ottime]

it is more of a don't start here, and climb our cat road, that may have building materials for the new shed at the top of ten, and get run over, thus slowing down operations and really bumming some folks out policy. if you douche them, and are parked in their lot, well, they may fry ya. if ya dont douche and/or dont park in their lot, then you are clear.

100' gap? holy fuck. maybe part of the quiet about superslope is they don't want the kid who just played way too much ssx since the season ended hiking out and going for a triple linty.

[powdork]

the folks i was watching with were considering hitting the top jump, which was like a medium to large park jump but were not even thinking about the big one. it had been closed off to the pros earlier in the day as things got slower so it was pretty clear there was no clearing it at this point. two of them did skin up the new road on 10, the other came from 7. they all lived in valley.

[TahoeJ]

Someone needs to create an alias and post a pic of this 100 foot gap jump.

[powdork]

no alias necessary. this was before i was asked to not take pictures. i have pictures of a few people hitting it as well (also from before I was asked not to) but i won't post those since i don't have the athlete's permission (even though their faces aren't recognizable) and I'm relatively certain they would have some sort of agreement with Red Bull to not post any pics before Red Bull gets the value out of their media.

[Vets]

Here is a link to a Carson Pass Dusk Patrol TR.
The background on some of the photos gives a pretty good view of the coverage on Elephant's Back, Roundtop, Sisters, etc.
I skied some of the smoothest corn so far this spring Friday evening.

[skier666]

Where's the closing day Alpine stoke?????

S.P.C, unpossible, Kush, Arty50, and I had an absolute blast of a ski day! Early morning groomers were horrendous, but the East facing slopes Estelle delivered early on. Kangaroo was the corn groomer of the day (after dirt skiing to get to it), Sisters, Pete's Peril, park laps, Keyhole sessions, triple straightlines of nun's cunt, and late in the day laps of High Yellow to Sherwood were amazing. Hell, I even met Gone2Alpine in my boxers and he gave me a hotdog...long story.

POV video forthcoming...delayed due to trackpad issues...thanks for understanding.


Wayne Wong and lift-line vibez...



Kush makes the last hike to Estelle for the season...



666 knows this zone well...



S.P.C gets aggressive for my iPhone...



Gunner's...



Twin Peaks area...



S.P.C in Sherwood Cliffs...



I needed a good lap on my last run...too bad I entered the chute in the wrong direction. Took it slow...didn't want to get hurt on the last lap.



VINE VIDZ:

JAH CHAIRLIFT -

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SIDESTEP FRESH -

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BOURBON -

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HOUR LEFT -

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CHARGIN' -

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KILLIN' IT -

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13-14 best be BETTER!

[Nevada29er]

^^666, I watched your crew drop into keyhole at the end of the day. Yellowshirt guy got hung up pretty bad. You jumped from #2 to #3 and I heard what sounded like skis hitting rocks and laughing, was there carnage or did you kill it?

Supposedly Plake was there too, anyone see him?

[skier666]

Didn't see Plake, but skis hitting rocks and laughing, but no injuries. On my last lap, I attempted to ski the upper portion and air out skier's right without stopping and just barely cleared the rocks and holes. All good fun for a last Tahoe lift served run.

[gone2alpine]

Nice TR 666. There shall be no hot dog and bun references on this thread.

[Nevada29er]

Nice, I could tell you were tearing up some pretty skied out conditions, even by Alpine standards!!

[powdork]

^^666, I watched your crew drop into keyhole at the end of the day. Yellowshirt guy got hung up pretty bad. You jumped from #2 to #3 and I heard what sounded like skis hitting rocks and laughing, was there carnage or did you kill it?

Supposedly Plake was there too, anyone see him?

was he wearing a pixelated onesie?

[TahoeBC]

was he wearing a pixelated onesie?

Pixal man was headed to the bay area on Sunday, so I doubt it was him

And Saturday he was on a bike

[Nevada29er]

The naked guy did make an appearance sometime after the lifts closed, prolly the same guy who ran the chinese downhill BN in 2011.

[powdork]

i'm certain there were naked dudes off to the left of spats in that pic above too...

[mmmm...pow!]

Any word on how Mt. Rose Chutes are holding up, and how they might be skiing in the evening?

[mcski]

nice pic. where is this??

[powdork]

that there is secret cove, on tahoe's east shore.

[tahoearmada]

the chutes were really fast and firm today... skied fuse at 1030 and it was scary (still frozen bumps), I skied el cap at 1130 and it was still too firm to be really fun

It will be better inna week or so once we get some warmer days (looks like highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s the next few days up there)

Im gonna build a lil booter over a dirt gap in the east bowl tomorrow if anyone wants to shred

[kidwoo]

i'm certain there were naked dudes off to the left of spats in that pic above too...

Why else you think he was riding down there?

I mean you DO see the fanny pack right?

[skier666]

WooHoo last day of Da Ghettos and last day of lifts in Tahoe!

[Steven S. Dallas]

If I knew a little whiskey = park laps, I'd roll with a mini-keg around my neck St. Bernard style.

[TurxSki]

...at Mammoth Mountain!

This weekend is the Maggot Mini-Summit (Cinco de Mini)!

I'm kinda dissapointed that there aren't more Bay Area Mags, and Tahoe Mags making their way down there
(We are heading down tomorrow, and returning on Monday. In a Prius ferkrissake!)
Man, what's wrong with Y'all? Sonora Pass is open!

We were offering to pay for all your gas, if you drove, and can offer you a place to stay for free, too...but no takers??
AND did you know about this? (Unconfirmed)

Unadvertised special for Mammoth.

Pass holders from other resorts get $49 lift tickets until the end of the season. I just spent the last 3 days closing down the Canyon Lodge side of Mammoth taking advantage of this special. The people at the ticket kiosk didn't know about it. I asked them to call their boss and it was no problem. Excellent deal!!

Well, if you want to redeem yourself, MM is open until Memorial Day (Tioga Pass scheduled for 5/11).
Wanna drive us down for a weekend????

[gone2alpine]

^^^ Nailed it...damnit that was supposed to be for 666's post.

You rock though too Turx. Mrs G2A and I will be at Mammoth this weekend and may catch a lap or two with some mags on Sat or Sun.