Based on the Forecast I decided to head up on Thursday night and hoped for some good snow. We got great snow. Skied w/ Freshies, 3Pin and 3Pin’s non-maggot friend Bones.
This was arguably the best snow I have skied in 14 yr of tahoe skiing.
Not 666 quality, but here is the TR.
Quick Dinner w/ Family:
Preparing beverage for the road.
Snowing in Line up (about 30 minutes worth of snowing on skis)
Freshies chatting it up
Maggot Chair. (3pin & StormDay)
Found some sun in Expert Shortcut
3Pin:
Bones ….
Started to cloud up when we hit Art’s
Options in Art’s
Bones:
3Pin:
StormDay enjoying Pow day facial
End of a good day:
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Thread: Alpine 3/10/06 TR
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03-10-2006, 05:13 PM #1
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Alpine 3/10/06 TR
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03-10-2006, 05:21 PM #2
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More pics of wife please.
Sweet TR
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03-10-2006, 05:23 PM #3
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How in the hell did you get that at Alpine, when I got styrofoam & chunky crud at Rose?
Nice pics...
Originally Posted by powder11
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03-10-2006, 05:25 PM #4
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03-10-2006, 05:25 PM #5
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HELL YEAH! Great photos StormDay! These two pretty much sum up the day. Originally Posted by StormDay
This was arguably the best snow I have skied in 14 yr of tahoe skiing.
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03-10-2006, 05:35 PM #6
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Great shot!
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03-10-2006, 07:59 PM #7
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OMFG!!!
If I knew that was going to happen I would have called in sick and went to Alpine!!! Rose got squat...the precip just wasn't spilling over to them.....happy for you guys but soooo so jealous
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03-10-2006, 08:03 PM #8
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Nice pics StormDay. Looks like it was DEEP!!
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03-10-2006, 09:16 PM #9
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The snowfall over these last few days is almost all convective -- so the front of the Crest forces most of the moisture out. There's not a lot left for East-side resorts like Rose and the Heave. Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
I figure it's payback for all those days in December and January where it rained at Alpine and Squaw but we skied creamy goodness at Rose.
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03-10-2006, 09:34 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Spats
and kirkwood gets it all. just sayin.
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03-10-2006, 10:54 PM #11
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I missed framed this one and didn't have time to crop it before driving back. Originally Posted by 3pin
Looks like you are working on a beard....
BTW: Traffic going up the hill looked REALLY REALLY bad. I think there will be plenty of people getting a late start tomorrow.
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03-10-2006, 11:08 PM #12
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I heart Kirkwood, but I've skied there for so many years that I needed a change. Originally Posted by AKA
and kirkwood gets it all. just sayin.
I still have unfinished business and one lift ticket, though. You'll see me there, just not this weekend. Holy traffic cluster$%@#!
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03-10-2006, 11:12 PM #13
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nice one guys. i had a funny feeling when i left my house this morning that this was going to be a good one.... especially when i pulled into the office and figured out they had 5"-7" of snow vs. my house which had 2"-3" of snow and they are only 2 miles apart!?! just one of those storms where snow dumps in some places and not in others.
oh well.... great shots...
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03-11-2006, 07:35 AM #14
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Got into TD last night around 9:45. After we got the kids into bed and cracked open a bottle of '03 Chappellet Merlot with our first-timeskier friends and our housemate, I found an excuse to check the site. Pulled up this thread, laughed at the espresso machine porn pic, then got to the skiing pics -- exclaim some superlative, show the screen around, retrieve laptop, page down, repeat.
Then I got to this pic:
... and I absolutely chortled. That is the definition of the snow-eating grin, my friend. Originally Posted by StormDay
StormDay enjoying Pow day facial
Wish you were up today to hit it with us. But if today is half as good as yesterday, I will be a happy man.not counting days 2016-17
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03-11-2006, 11:42 AM #15
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that one with the tree if my new desktop. werd!
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03-12-2006, 11:23 AM #16
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whoo hoo! great day one of the best ever @ alpine for me, 'fo sure. great skiing w/stormday and 3pin for the morning...
hit a little BC shot yesterday, and am heading back to marin this morning....I will be back up Thur night as yeat another storm is rolling in (2 actually: Mon/Tue andThur/Fri) and next Fri should once again be $$....
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03-13-2006, 01:31 AM #17
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Oh man, that was soooo gooood. I made it over to Alpine too, and found Irul&Ublo at the base of Summit. Unfortunately, we never managed to scare up the rest of y'all's, but it was pretty hard to stand around at the bottom and shout out some nonsense about change when there was ALL THAT FREAKIN' GOODNESS to be slayed, just waiting impatiently for us up top.
In short, I agree with the previous posts; one of the best powder days of my 32 ski years, no question. Sisters was gorgeous. High Yellow was beyond any words I have at my command. And far-traverse-(skier's)right of Scott, thru the notch and down to the drop over the rockband guarding the big glade overlooking the Promised Land runout, was sooo nice I just did laps for 2 1/2 hours straight, grinning all the time. Irul, it was a pretty damn fine day to meet you; thanks for tooling around w/ me and sorry I didn't find you for that 4pm last-chair hike over to High Yellow. What you didn't miss was the small avvy I set off going over the nose, so count your blessings.
ANYhoo, I hope I'll catch up with you (and the rest of the N. Tahoe gang as well) some future day at AM.
Peace,
-Shawn
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03-13-2006, 04:12 PM #18
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Miracle March just keeps on coming...this storm to be followed by another on fri/sat, and another early next week...
...MORE WINTRY WEATHER FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA..
.ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BRING SNOW TO NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...THE SIERRA...AND WESTERN NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE SIERRA TONIGHT AND INTO
EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES AND ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AROUND MIDDAY
TUESDAY.
ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SIERRA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY
ON THE VALLEY FLOORS OF WESTERN NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
DURING THE PEAK COMMUTE HOURS ON TUESDAY MORNING.
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03-13-2006, 04:18 PM #19
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Leroy Jennnnnnnnnnkkkkiiiiiinnnnnss....
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03-13-2006, 04:42 PM #20
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NICE!!! Cool to see some North Lake Photo TR's.
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