10/11 Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread

[burghschred]

Pass Information
Epic Season Pass:
• Epic Season Pass: The revolutionary Epic Season Pass features unlimited, unrestricted skiing and riding at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin in Colorado and Heavenly in California/Nevada at $629 for adults and $329 for children (ages 5-12) through Nov. 7, when sales end. Epic Pass holders will now also receive unlimited, unrestricted access to Northstar-at-Tahoe and Sierra-at-Tahoe – eight great resorts in total for the 2010-2011 ski season.
• Epic 7-Pack: New this season, the Epic 7-Pack features seven days of unrestricted skiing and riding at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin and Heavenly at $479 for adults and $239 for children through Nov. 7, when sales end. The Epic 7-Pack can now be used at Northstar-at-Tahoe and Sierra-at-Tahoe for the 2010-2011 ski season as well.
Northstar-at-Tahoe 2010-2011 Season Passes:
• Double Whammy Unlimited-Adult: The Double Whammy Unlimited Pass offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing and riding at Northstar-at-Tahoe and Sierra-at-Tahoe resorts at $799 for adults. Existing pass holders will be able to exchange their Double Whammy Unlimited Pass for the Epic Season Pass ($629) and receive a refund for the difference in the price (over $100 in most cases). Moving forward, we will promote the purchase of the Adult Epic Season Pass, providing unlimited and unrestricted skiing and riding at eight resorts at a much lower price than the Adult Double Whammy Unlimited.
• Double Whammy Unlimited-Teen/Child: Offering unlimited, unrestricted skiing and riding at Northstar and Sierra, the price of the teen ($449) and child ($119) pass will remain unchanged. Teens will have the option to upgrade to an adult Epic Season Pass. Children will have the option to upgrade to a Child Epic Season Pass or a Child Heavenly Pass.
• Double Whammy Limited: The Double Whammy Limited offers skiing and riding at Northstar all season long with 10 restricted dates and unlimited, unrestricted skiing at Sierra at $519 for adults and $299 for teens. Adult pass holders will now receive skiing and riding at Heavenly, with the same restricted dates as Northstar. Teens will have the option to upgrade to a Teen Heavenly Pass at $309.
• Double Whammy Value: The Double Whammy Value offers skiing and riding at Northstar and Sierra with some restricted dates and no access to Northstar on Saturdays between Dec. 18, 2010 and March 26, 2011. Pass holders will now also have access to Heavenly with the same restricted dates. The pass price is $419 for adults.
• Northstar Only Pass: The Northstar Only Pass offers skiing and riding at Northstar on weekdays only at $319 for adults; not valid at Heavenly.
• Sierra Only Pass: Will remain valid at Sierra; not valid at Heavenly, Northstar or other resorts.
Heavenly 2010-2011 Season Passes:
• Heavenly Pass: Ski and ride at Heavenly all season long at $379 for adults, $309 for teens and $199 for children. Some restricted dates apply. Heavenly Passes will now offer access to Northstar and Sierra with some restricted dates; not valid at Northstar on Saturdays from Dec. 18, 2010 through March 26, 2011.

From Heavenly's website... http://blog.skiheavenly.com/2010/10/...star-at-tahoe/

[irul&ublo]

Vail is in truckee? Fuck that shit, I'm gonna go to the ritz Carlton and leave a big turd in the presidential suite bidet as a protest

[RaccoonFace]

Did anyone notice the skiing clips in the Oakland/Denver game last night...? Are they skiing already?

kbye

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

Can anyone offer any beta on how much snow fell in the Eastside this past weekend? In particular, down south around Mt. Gilbert?

Also, any beta on how much snow fell up around Tioga Pass/Saddlebag?

[BGnight]

Can anyone offer any beta on how much snow fell in the Eastside this past weekend? In particular, down south around Mt. Gilbert?

Also, any beta on how much snow fell up around Tioga Pass/Saddlebag?

I'm guessing less than a foot around Gilbert if much at all (guessing from webcams). No idea around Saddlebag but I'm sure they got more. You do realize there's a 14k foot mountain w/ 4 feet of new snow 4 hours to the north, right?

http://bishopweather.com/

[unpossible]

Did anyone notice the skiing clips in the Oakland/Denver game last night...? Are they skiing already?

kbye

Pretty sure that was the WROD at Loveland, which opened on Sunday.

[dookeyXXX]

Loveland opened Sunday, A-Basin yesterday.

For those that don't know, it's a yearly race between those two resorts to see who opens first. Heck, they both import top-of-the-line equipment and workers from New Zealand and ishit (they run stories in the Denver Post every season interviewing the crew, showing photos of the equipment and getting quotes about which resort will open first). Them Denverites love their WROD (I used to go out every Halloween to ski A-Basin's strip, but patch skiing in the Sierras is much cheaper!)

Looking to perhaps hit our WROD @ Boreal on Friday...

[dutch1]

posted this in tech talk, but thought i would try here as well.

am looking for anyone in the tahoe area with a salomon (driver) and/or look jig. would love to provide beer and meet folks i haven't had the opportunity to cross paths with.

cheers.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

I'm guessing less than a foot around Gilbert if much at all (guessing from webcams). No idea around Saddlebag but I'm sure they got more. You do realize there's a 14k foot mountain w/ 4 feet of new snow 4 hours to the north, right?

http://bishopweather.com/

Thanks - not for skiing. Climbing approach issues.

[kona12]

Way to get after the Lake surfing this weekend. It looked fun but down right cold. Surfing & Paddleboarding Lake Tahoe

That is some sick shit. I spent many a wind day staring at the waves crashing on the lake wondering if anyone ever surfed 'em!

That Shasta Pic gave me tingles too!

I still have to knock out my October turns and boy is it going to be tight. Looks like Sunday Morning may be my only chance. Looks like they are dialing back this next system so I may have to go patch hunting or go poach Boreal. The funny thing is Heavenly looked like they laid down more coverage than Boreal!

[Lane Meyer]

More pics from the session here.

[The Dad]

I'm looking for some lodging or a short ski lease for part of the season (Dec Jan Feb) around Truckee/ north shore.

What Sinecure said.

And bring wine.

[freshies]

More pics from the session here.

cool pics, but man, that shit looks cold!

[Dark Star]

Honestly, as far as Lake surfing goes, the water was about as warm as it gets. It only looks cold beacuse it was super stormy and some surfers/paddleboarders had hoods on.

In other news, skiing was fun today

[kona12]

Honestly, as far as Lake surfing goes, the water was about as warm as it gets. It only looks cold beacuse it was super stormy and some surfers/paddleboarders had hoods on.

In other news, skiing was fun today

Care to share? I may have to rethink my October plan based on that photo!

[tahoearmada]

looks like the saddle between freel and jobs...

[Dark Star]

Yeah Kona12. A write up is on unofficialsquaw right now, and the picture is of my partner skiing off Freel's summit. The north bowl was good too. However, I wouldn't tell anyone to go for it really, unless you're fine with walking and some extremely adventerous/questionable maneuvers on the south side. Could also slog from the north side if you were set on giving it a go. Rose might have a turn or two as well...maybe sonora pass? hope that helps

[DHogg]

Sorry to get off topic...BUT

Who can recommend me a cellphone provider? I'm gonna be around for 12 months max, is it worth just getting a plan? Last year i had an T Mobile at first which SUCKED for coverage in Tahoe, but was pretty cheap (prepaid), and then got a verizon which has good coverage, but was hella expensive to call. Don't really wanna spend more than $50 a month which i did easily on Verizon and didn't even call much.

Any better options?

[Sinecure]

I'm not sure how good Sprint's coverage is in Tahoe generally, but know it works at Alpine. Maybe The Dad or someone else with Sprint could weigh in on that. If it is satisfactory, Virgin Mobile has some pretty cheap pre-paid plans.

ATT service is better than T-Mo generally, but I'm not sure what the pre-paid options are like on ATT or if there's a re-branded version that's a pre-pay option. VZW wants a lot for their pre-pay option. If you have a US friend willing to add you to their VZW plan, that may be the cheapest option. Just go buy a CDMA phone on ebay (or use the one you may have from last year) so you don't have a contract and activate it on their plan. You'll pay ~$10/mo to be their "family" member plus you'll have to work out some payment to them to account for the minutes you'll use.

[The Dad]

Depends on where. I've had pretty good coverage with Sprint at Alpine, and IIRC, it was better at Squaw. Virgin Mobile uses Sprint's network for pay-as-you go. (Boost might too, dunno.)

[m01766]

I switched from AT&T to VZ when I moved here. Sprint may be worth trying if you can get it significantly cheaper than VZ, otherwise the general consensus seems to be that VZ has the best coverage up here...

[freshies]

hands down VZ has the best coverage in Truckee/Tahoe, trust me, I have tried them all.

[HiGrade1]

DO NOT GET T-MOBILE IF YOU WANT RECEPTION IN THE TAHOE AREA...

I have stood on top of numerous peaks on cloud free days and had zero bars more times than i can count......

cheap. yes. dependable. not so much.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

To get back on track, BGNIght - when are you going to post your TR from Shasta on Tuesday? Saw it on Mike's Tahoe forum. Post it up man!

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Charlie,

There will be a bunch of college-age kids working at Alpine this winter. Stop into Alpine's HR office at the beginning of December and ask the people there if they know of any employees looking for housemates. You'll find some fun people to share with who will be heading to Alpine every day. If you have a car to drive them, you'll be their hero. There are usually a bunch of smoking hot south american girls living in various locations. None of them have cars and they love gringos.

The HR office is at the bottom of the access road, next to the Crest Cafe.

Good luck and see you at Alpine.

Thanks,
I think I'll head up to the job fair they are having next weekend and try and get things figured out. I'm not so sure I would want to work there, but it should be easy enough to straighten out a living situation.

What Sinecure said.

And bring wine.

Will do.