PowderMaggot Tahoe Summit '04

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Well FKNA its about that time of year again. Has it really been 2 years since the karaoke shenanigans, Super Saturday at Alta, and easyriders epic heated-truck-bound journey to the Utah Slummit? Has it already been an entire season since interior BC, a maggot's cat skiing op, and the pockets of Zero Ceiling was swarmed with maggots? Is it already nearly that time of year when 100+ maggots will swarm to Northern California March 5th - 15th for the 2004 PowderMaggot Tahoe Summit??? FKNA IT IS!!!!

Holeeey crap I had no idea what I was getting into when I volunteered to help with this thing back in July or something (hadda be the heat induced hallucinations)....but this focker's about to go down in little more than a week and a half!!! A FLOCKING WEEK!! Pretty soon, Heart Chute @ Kirkwood will be nothing more than a mere bump run. There will be a pain trains worth of maggots straightlining & hucking & wrecking & stomping the legendary lines @ Squaw. Pow will be schralped, lines will be slayed, beers pounded, cougars hunted, and ego's crushed. Old friends will reaquaint, new ones made, memories forged, and new places seen. It's going to be a freaking blast.

So w/o further adu....here's the dealio:


Itinerary/Schedule/where to go/where to be/whom to do, etc.
Due to some scheduling conflicts....an apres party that was originally scheduled for Saturday, 3/13 at Hoss Hogg's in South Lake Tahoe needed to be moved to the opening weekend. Specifically, to Saturday, 3/6, which as a result has caused some needed tweaking of the beginning of the ski itinerary which is listed below.

And please remember, the ski itinerary is only meant as a guide....as I'm sure there will be splinter groups going whereever they want, whenever they want, because hell, if you're only going to be here for a few days, and want to go somewhere that's not on the schedule...by all mean's go. Don't let this little schedule dictate your entire trip......but keep in mind, if you want to ski with & meet a bunch of maggots, then following the itinerary below is probably the best way to do so.

And again the suggested meeting times are suggestions. I included both a morning and an afternoon time in the event that groups get split up, people are late, etc. etc.

Friday March 5th: Alpine Meadows
On-hill Meeting Spot: 8:45 AM Base of Summit Six Chair
Apres-ski: TBD

Saturday, March 6th: Squaw Valley
On-hill Meeting Spot: 8:30 - 9:00 AM In front of Tram loading station for discount tickets
Apres-ski: private Summit Opening Party at Hoss Hog's in South Lake Tahoe 9 PM - 2 AM.

Sunday, March 7th: Kirkwood
On-hill meeting spot: Meeting spot will be in the Red Cliffs Lodge (which is where group sales is located) upstairs in the cafeteria (there's usually lots of open room near the bar where we can congregate). (Chair 10 @ 10 AM for the partiers )
Apres-ski: Bub’s Sports Bar (4 PM-ish)

Monday, March 8th: Alpine Meadows
On-hill meeting spot: 8:45 AM and Noon bottom of Summit Six Chair
Apres-ski: TBD

Tuesday, March 9th: Kirkwood
On-hill meeting spot: Meeting spot will be in the Red Cliffs Lodge (which is where group sales is located) upstairs in the cafeteria (there's usually lots of open room near the bar where we can congregate).
Apres-ski: Battered Beaver Saloon (4 PM-ish)

Wednesday, March 10th: Kirkwood
On-hill meeting spot: Meeting spot will be in the Red Cliffs Lodge (which is where group sales is located) upstairs in the cafeteria (there's usually lots of open room near the bar where we can congregate).
Apres-ski: Battered Beaver Saloon (4 PM-ish)

Thursday, March 11th: Squaw Valley
On-hill meeting spot: 8:30 - 9:00 AM In front of Tram loading station for discount tickets
Apres-ski: Le Chamoix in the base village. Cool pizza joint with cheap beer. Maybe even catch a local pro. *cough**cough*Alkasquawlik*cough*

Friday, March 12th: Kirkwood
On-hill meeting spot: Meeting spot will be in the Red Cliffs Lodge (which is where group sales is located) upstairs in the cafeteria (there's usually lots of open room near the bar where we can congregate).
Apres-ski: Battered Beaver Saloon (w/live music) -> Time TBD

Saturday, March 13th: Kirkwood
On-hill meeting spot: Meeting spot will be in the Red Cliffs Lodge (which is where group sales is located) upstairs in the cafeteria (there's usually lots of open room near the bar where we can congregate).
Apres-ski: Bub's Sport's Bar (4 PM - ish)

Sunday, March 14th: Squaw Valley
On-hill meeting spot: 8:30 - 9:00 AM In front of Tram loading station for discount tickets
Apres-ski: Le Chamois in the Base Village 4 PM-ish; It's Alkasquawlik's 21st f-ing birthday!!!

Monday, March 15th: Alpine Meadows
On-hill meeting spot: 8:45 AM and Noon at bottom of Summit Six chair
Apres-ski: just go the hell home already!!!

Unfortunately, I’m not going to be able to ski most of the weekdays (traveling for work…might even be out of the country, which might be the safest place to be for these dates ). Therefore, soon I’ll add some suggested meeting spots at each resort to hook up with the maggot swarm.

The après-ski events will gradually be filled in over the next few days.

Attendees (as of Noon PST 3/2/04)
altachic 3/6 - 3/7
natty dread 3/6 - 3/7
phUnk
geoff
powho
Vtskibum 5th - 10th +1
ubersheist
SheRa
kush 3/5 - 3/13 +3
Snow_Dog 9th - 14th
char 3/5 - 3/7
joey bag'o donuts 3/11 - 3/12
lumpy 11th - 15th
Alex P. Keaton 3/5 - 3/13 + a few
BobMc 3/12 - 3/14 + a few
Schmear 3/12 - 3/13
LegoSkier ALL; except 3/10
Telenater 3/5 - 3/15
board 5th - 8th
Greydon Clark weekends
Brown Monkey 3/6 - 3/16 +10
Arty50 ALL
Laght
sssDave
Skidawg 12th - 14th
Grandpa Cletus ALL
lph ALL
Ditch 11th - 17th +2 or 3
Z-BO ALL
DJ-Sapp weekends?
Endlesssseason 3/9 - 3/15
watersnowdirt weekends
1080rider 1st half +1
Superstar Punani weekends
Walter Sobchak ALL
Teledave 10th - 15th
tuffy109 weekends
Alkasquawlik
Thumper ALL
Powstash +1
Omen
Flanker769 3/4 - 3/9 +3
Snowsprite 3/10 - 3/15 +1
gimpy
Sheebz 3/6 - 3/9
Carnivore 3/6 - 3/9
spatters weekends
britney
PHXSNBDER
Bullet weekends
slim both weekends + maybe more +1
skier666 weekends
Clack weekends
Splat ALL
divegirl 3/5 - 3/15
stoneywall
Steeleman
Tyrone Shoelaces most
Crinkle
Frozenwater? 3/6 - 3/7
Meat's of Evil? 3/6 - 3/7
bad_roo 3/6 - 3/16
noodles 3/6 - 3/12 +1
barnballs 3/12 - 3/14 +1
kellie both weekends + maybe more
antisocalskier 3/5 - 3/10 +1
MT 3/5 - 3/8
SponsoredByDuctTape 3/4 - 3/6
Rehabit 3/6 - 3/13 +1
Crash 3/10 - 3/15
Mtn Man 3/10 - 3/15 +1
grrrr "1st half" +1
Crinkle ALL
gincognito 3/6 - 3/13
Viva 3/11-3/15
irul&ublo Alpine dates
up and down
lunch "7-8 days"
Thumper ALL
funkendrenchman 3/11 - 3/15
Red Baron 3/3 - 3/8 + a few
Weibo ALL
Nightpanda weekends
acostiga 3/11 - 3/19 +4


-----Reserved for more upcoming TahoeSummit'04 brain dump-------

meanwhile....enjoy some Tahoe pics.

"Kodak" at Kirkwood (spinning skier = JD Thompson):


Eagles Nest at Squaw:


More Squaw (Headwall as viewed from KT-22)

[chill winston]

some perspective on squaw and the surrounding area. Click on the image to -- ahem -- enlarge (heh heh, he said "enlarge")

[Arty50]

I'd like to nominate this thread for sticky status. 2 weeks...

[Endlessseason]

Looking forward to being there in two weeks.
Hey--if anyone's interested, Crash, ColdSmoke, and I, are doing Mammoth on Thursday the 11th. And if anyone feels like sharing a little local's perspective we could use it at Sierra on Friday.



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"If Powdermaggots.com were a porridge, it'd be just right."

[Skidawg]

Ty,
Those Squaw pics look to be from a damn high snow season. Maybe I'm reading Squallywood too much but those pics make all that shiznit look "easy".

[G]

So, I have this song I've been listening to alot lately. It's called "Fast times in Tahoe". It was written and perfromed by a Kiwi band. (!)

I would like to nominate it to be part of the 04 summit soundtrack.
I want to share it here, But it's a 5 meg MP3 file and this bulliten board won't accept it.

How can I get it out there for all to listen?

[G]

And what the heck does B.F.N.R. stand for anyway?

thanks

[Dr. Crash]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
Looking forward to being there in two weeks.
Hey--if anyone's interested, Crash, ColdSmoke, and I, are doing Mammoth on Thursday the 11th.

Sweet. Where am I meeting you guys? It must be another Crash, I wish I'd be there though...

drC

[SponsoredByDuctTape]

Originally posted by Geoff
And what the heck does B.F.N.R. stand for anyway?

thanks

I'm guessing "Brady Family..." something, something.

I'm looking to share a room with someone the nights of Thursday the 4th, Friday the 5th, and Saturday the 6th. Anyone, anyone? I posted this before, but I'll be in Mammoth on the 3rd if anyone wants to ski or needs a place to crash, or both.

Who's skiing on the 4th, 5th, 6th?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Originally posted by Geoff
And what the heck does B.F.N.R. stand for anyway?

thanks

heh....I really don't know. Ask Innominatus....

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[Viva]

That saddle between the Palisades and Emigrant is where the Western States trail passes....four more months...

[Endlessseason]

Originally posted by Dr. Crash
Sweet. Where am I meeting you guys? It must be another Crash, I wish I'd be there though...
drC

Heh.

Dr. Crash--You be correct.
The guy who's going with me (alias "Crash," without the Dr.) is actually a Dr.
Now, I've been told that you have Dr. as part of your alias but actually do something besides doctoring for a living. This may or may not be the case but, either way, if both of you DO go to the Summit it should be easy for all of us to keep you straight: The Dr. Crash with the Dr. may not really be a Dr., but the Crash without the Dr. really is.


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"Not to be confused with the raving lunatic of the same name."

[Viva]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
...but the Crash without the Dr. really is.

If dood's a plastic surgeon you can call him Dr Cash.

[splat]

Ty - if you need any help with last minute phone calss, etc., gimme a call.

Also - what date and day of the week is the Battered Beaver Party? We should be booking the condo(s) above the bar soon.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Originally posted by splat
Ty - if you need any help with last minute phone calss, etc., gimme a call.

Also - what date and day of the week is the Battered Beaver Party? We should be booking the condo(s) above the bar soon.

I'll give you a call.

Battered Beaver bash is Friday, March 12th.

[splat]

Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
I'll give you a call.

Battered Beaver bash is Friday, March 12th.

Anybody who wants to stay in the schwankest condo in Kirkwood and not drive home that night should pm me:

Got ski in/out condos right above the bar that will go for $320 a night with beds for about eight and plenty of floor space. That's $40 a night for eight, $30 a night for ten. Two condos per floor, so if enough people want to stay slopeside, we can get two units on the same floor. Same price as any hotel in town with no driving a wicked road (especially if it snows) and chairs outside the door.

[funkendrenchman]

Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
I'll give you a call.

Battered Beaver bash is Friday, March 12th.

Excellent! I'll be there for that!

[Pinner]

I been hemming and hawing on this trip and now after looking at those pics of Squaw I'm crying and whining.

Maybe I'll buy a winning scratch ticket this week and be able to fly myself and a few other stragglers out at the last minute. Otherwise I'll just have to Hound Powder Vicariously through you doods. It's gonna go offski.

[splat]

Originally posted by Pinner
I been hemming and hawing on this trip and now after looking at those pics of Squaw I'm crying and whining.

Maybe I'll buy a winning scratch ticket this week and be able to fly myself and a few other stragglers out at the last minute. Otherwise I'll just have to Hound Powder Vicariously through you doods. It's gonna go offski.

DON'T MAKE ME BEAT YOU!

[DINMS]

Huh, dude... like two weeks....dude.........................

[Telenater]

Originally posted by Pinner
I been hemming and hawing on this trip and now after looking at those pics of Squaw I'm crying and whining.

Maybe I'll buy a winning scratch ticket this week and be able to fly myself and a few other stragglers out at the last minute. Otherwise I'll just have to Hound Powder Vicariously through you doods. It's gonna go offski.

Don't make ME beat you either....

[divegirl]

Splat, PM sent. Check it!

[LegoSkier]

Originally posted by divegirl
Splat, PM sent. Check it!

Same here.

[snowsprite]

I gots my plane tickets in the mail. I used freakin' flyer miles. SO very stoked here. I'm going to be like "what's all this soft stuff?" and "how come it doesn't scrape when I turn?" Better yet...no need to turn!

Sprite

[Endlessseason]

Thanks for the PM--Sierra's dialed for Friday the 12th.

We'll be sure to ask around for change while we're at Mammoth on Thursday.

As for Homewood, Kirkwood, Squaw, Northstar, and Diamond--Californy here we come!!!



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[OK...so Diamond's not technically in California, but Nevada-at-Tahoe. "Mostly Californy and some of Nevaddy, here we come," just doesn't have the same ring to it.