14/?? The OFFICIAL Tahoe Thread

[Nevada29er]

Palisades were sweet, no one out there. Getting back was a bit of a chore.

[LightRanger]

E-S facing trails at 6,000-6,500 are already kind of dusty, per ride yesterday. Nuts.

[Gerome]

How are conditions around Relay Peak? Is there enough snow to snowmobile from the highway to the summit of Relay Peak, or is it already too burnt out to take snowmobiles out in that area? I'm dreaming of one more day of sledding this Friday, although I'm certain that my last day of Tahoe snow this season will be a couple Shirley Lake laps instead.

[dhklauer]

How are conditions around Relay Peak? Is there enough snow to snowmobile from the highway to the summit of Relay Peak, or is it already too burnt out to take snowmobiles out in that area? I'm dreaming of one more day of sledding this Friday, although I'm certain that my last day of Tahoe snow this season will be a couple Shirley Lake laps instead.

We used sleds for access the weekend of March 6.........and the road was burning off. I'm confident that you should bring your mountain bike.

[TahoeBC]

Capture from the Diamond Peak Resort Cam today

[wolfy]

Alpine Meadows- 33 years ago today, never forget.
tip one for all of them tonight, and one more for 23 Billy
If you don't know, well, never mind. rookie...

[Gerome]

Alright, thanks for the info. I think I'll be putting fuel stabilizer I. The tank the next time I see the sled. Turns out Friday is a flexible holiday for me, so I'll be using it the following week on a long weekend trip in the Tetons. No sledding for me.

[~mikey b]

Alpine Meadows- 33 years ago today, never forget.
tip one for all of them tonight, and one more for 23 Billy
If you don't know, well, never mind. rookie...

Cheers to that!

[LightRanger]

X2. Bernie's wasn't named for a the guy in the movie.

[Ottime]

Anyone out at KW, or will be out before mid day Thursday, happen to have one of those fix a flat canisters lying around. And could get it to me in the valley.

Got a double flat on the way up. Noticed the front tire around Jackson. Put on the spare and continued on my way. Notice the rear tire was low wen I returned from skiing around 4:45 (built a kicker with my son at the base to session).

Anyway, seeing it took at least 3.5 hours to show deflation, thinking one of those things might help. Planning to have roadside assistance fill the tire on Thursday and hot tail it back to the coast, stopping for air along the way. Super fun.

Great day on 7. Everything just clicked for my dude in the past few weeks and he is killing it. He prefers the gnar (mud, rock and brush) over the fully snowed slope. Things are getting super thin around here. Plan to explore tomorrow and put him in ski school.

Anyway, do those tire repair things even work?

[~mikey b]

You can actually repair the tire yourself. Get a repair kit too and follow instructions. It's easy.

Or stop at a tire shop along the way. It's a quick repair.

I'll be coming through KW on my way to Mammoth Thursday morning. I'll hook you up if no one else already has.

Fix A Flat works

[WestCoastPDR]

Anyone out at KW, or will be out before mid day Thursday, happen to have one of those fix a flat canisters lying around. And could get it to me in the valley.

Got a double flat on the way up. Noticed the front tire around Jackson. Put on the spare and continued on my way. Notice the rear tire was low wen I returned from skiing around 4:45 (built a kicker with my son at the base to session).

Anyway, seeing it took at least 3.5 hours to show deflation, thinking one of those things might help. Planning to have roadside assistance fill the tire on Thursday and hot tail it back to the coast, stopping for air along the way. Super fun.

Great day on 7. Everything just clicked for my dude in the past few weeks and he is killing it. He prefers the gnar (mud, rock and brush) over the fully snowed slope. Things are getting super thin around here. Plan to explore tomorrow and put him in ski school.

Anyway, do those tire repair things even work?

I got you covered. Check your pm for location.

[Ottime]

Awesome. And thanks (other) Mike for the offer. This place truly does rule.

[LightRanger]

I used FAF on a 32" Load Range E BFG AT a decade ago and drove it another 20-30,000 miles. That stuff is cool.

[El Chupacabra]

Wouldn't recommend fix-a-flat if you have TPMS sensors, or if you intend to try to patch that tire the "correct" way (i.e. tire shop way - dismount and patch from inside). Like the Slime sealant, it leaves the inside of the tire very messy, and can clog the TPMS sensor.

If you have no choice, fine, use it. But if you can see the cause of the leak (e.g. a nail) then I'd recommend using a DIY plug kit instead. They work fine, although tire shops tend to dislike them -- they aren't as safe as an internal patch.

[~mikey b]

I got you covered. Check your pm for location.

Consider me your backup plan. I've got FAF and a plug kit on board. If there's something in the tire we can pull it and plug it to get you down the hill.

[LightRanger]

Wouldn't recommend fix-a-flat if you have TPMS sensors, or if you intend to try to patch that tire the "correct" way (i.e. tire shop way - dismount and patch from inside). Like the Slime sealant, it leaves the inside of the tire very messy, and can clog the TPMS sensor.

If you have no choice, fine, use it. But if you can see the cause of the leak (e.g. a nail) then I'd recommend using a DIY plug kit instead. They work fine, although tire shops tend to dislike them -- they aren't as safe as an internal patch.

Good tip. Mine was long before I had a vehicle with TPMS.

[Rodneyyee]

Alpine Meadows- 33 years ago today, never forget.
tip one for all of them tonight, and one more for 23 Billy
If you don't know, well, never mind. rookie...

Atta boy---good memory you have.

Lotta rookies round here bubba-you rule.

[Ottime]

Does a 2010 Jetta tdi have tpms? I'm trying to ski. No chance to browse the whole internet.

[El Chupacabra]

Does a 2010 Jetta tdi have tpms? I'm trying to ski. No chance to browse the whole internet.

Yes. It was federally-mandated by 2007, started in 2005.

... unless you've installed other wheels without using TPMS sensors in them. I do that on a second set of wheels with snow tires -- I just ignore the TPMS light on the dashboard when snow tires/wheels are on the car. But, if that was the case for you, you'd know you had TPMS because you'd see a light on your dash like this:

[~mikey b]

So that's why I have that light on... Used FAF once to get home. Never made the connection. Thanks El Chup!

[El Chupacabra]

So that's why I have that light on... Used FAF once to get home. Never made the connection. Thanks El Chup!

And, in all seriousness -- "check the spare."

A lot of times the spare gets ignored, and the pressure drops over time, which eventually triggers the TPMS warning. Check that the spare is inflated to where the rest of the tires are.

[~mikey b]

Copy that. Good info I probably should already know...

[~mikey b]

How do those sensors work anyway?

[TEXASS]

Two different type metals are spaced apart with a tiny gap. They are both placed inside a container and one side will be pressure sensitive. When pressure changes the gap between the metal strips change which causes a change in voltage ( millivolts) they are able to calibrate the change in air pressure to a certain change in millivolts. and then at a certain amount of millivolts the light comes on. MAGIC

The FAF clogs this tiny pressure sensing surface