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

[UTaho']

Korny goodness on SE aspect from 9000' down at 11:30 AM yesterday. Pretty firm above that. I would post a picture, but they changed the process. I am too much of a jong to figure it out, so here is a shitty video instead.



May get out to Kwood today, hope it softens up a bit.

[gageyk]

Tahoe's host of the 1960 Olympics was about as good as Spring skiing gets on Saturday. First chair at Noon found most east faces of KT to be good. North and west faces frozen. Runs off of BA perfect all day. At about 2 or so they opened the north faces off KT but they didn't get real good till closer to 3. Lines at KT got close to 5 minutes for a while.

Temps this morning look similar to Saturday so another late morning arrival should lead to another perfect day.

[jahroy]

today will rip. should be even better than yesterday... which was quite sweet.

[Old_Skool_Style]

End of chairlift skiing season for me, was a powderful season.

Time to put the skins on.

Tahoe rules!

[SchralphMacchio]

today was like this

looks like the histograms are helping?

[powdork]

i definitely broke them out a little yesterday, but in general i prefer the bigger image on the back. more than the histogram i like the highlight/shadow alerts.

today was good too. i'll prolly have more of a last weekend tr at some point, but i wanted to put up some pics for some guys we ran across behind chair 10 today

[ja_surf]

Found beautiful corm on Red Lake Peak in the AM followed by a fun day closing out Kirkwood. Props to Kirkwood for handing out free tics!




Last chair


Going for Gnar points

[Sierra Cement]

Well I'm glad I missed that last run at kookwood.
However, I will say that today was one of the best last bullwheell days I've ever skied. Been a while since I rode lifts all day at the wood, and the skiing was great til the end. Really good chalky wind buff off the top of the wall ridge and pretty much cornicopia every where else. I've never seen a ski resort close for the season with so much snow, and I've never seen a ski resort stop the lifts just as the skiing was getting to be perfecto. It was just getting ripe everywhere at 4:00....what a year. This spring the hiking will last long and deliver the goods deep into the summer. Go git it mags.

[G]

Back Sack

[RaccoonFace]

Quick edit of the little bit of video I managed to collect today.




okbye

[powdork]

ok, so is that g taking the picture in the background in ja surf's pic, and ja surf taking the pic in the background of g's pic?

if so, that's pretty funny

[Nevada29er]

Any update on the condition of the guy who straight lined the wall, arms flapping, and rag dolled down the waterfall gully at KW yesterday? That was the most spectacular carnage I've seen in a while, guys lucky to be alive.

[dookeyXXX]

Shenanigans were at a minimum for Sugarbowl's closing day. There was a crew lapping The Palisades and straightlining some serious chutes, but that's about it.

I arrived in the Judah lot around 10:45 and while suiting up realized I'd left my helmet back at the cabin. 30 minutes later I was back at SB with a parking spot further away from the snow and suiting up. I was hillside and skiing around 11:30 and basically made a b-line for Strawberry Fields. Spent the rest of the day lapping the lower part and around 1 p.m. hiked up to Crow's Nest for lunch and some fresh tracks. Ended out the day lapping Crow's Nest a couple more times before putting in my final runs on Blitzen (the Christmas Tree lift allowed for a great vantage point of the folks ripping The 'Sades). Ran into Kona on one of my final laps off of Jerome, too.

Overall the snow was pretty decent, if a bit crispy before noon, but it softened up and held nicely in the late afternoon.

[powdork]

Any update on the condition of the guy who straight lined the wall, arms flapping, and rag dolled down the waterfall gully at KW yesterday? That was the most spectacular carnage I've seen in a while, guys lucky to be alive.

i heard someone else got javelined by a runaway snowboard as well.

[The Dad]

I'm fine, thanks. Suspected spinal compression fracture turned out to be just a bruised coccyx.

Here I was, ready to post a "heal quickly and well."

But this just writes itself.



Sherwood was tits yesterday. Rather than brave a not-yet-defrosted Hi T, my daughter and I traversed Kinsey's Cut to the top of Sherwood and found perfect corn the whole way down. Connected with UCL and OHC at various points and enjoyed repeated speed runs in the corn before heading back to finish packing up the house. A very nice way to end the lease.

[splat]

The Funnel at 3 o'clock yesterday was some of the best corn I've ever skied.
And my first corn day of the season.

[El Chupacabra]

Any update on the condition of the guy who straight lined the wall, arms flapping, and rag dolled down the waterfall gully at KW yesterday? That was the most spectacular carnage I've seen in a while, guys lucky to be alive.

I saw that as I was skiing down to his right. Looked like it hurt.

Also saw the runaway snowboard chasing a skier through the gully below Chair 10. Plenty of stupidity at KW yesterday... took awhile for most of the mountain to soften up, and some never really did. Good last day (and actually first and only day of the year at KW for me).

[ja_surf]

ok, so is that g taking the picture in the background in ja surf's pic, and ja surf taking the pic in the background of g's pic
if so, that's pretty funny

Looks like that was the case

From the top of 10 on the headwall we watched that snowboard tear down the slope and hit that person, hopefully it was just a glancing blow, hard to tell so far away.

Finally did not have to wait at all today for the corn to ripen. perfect just after 10am on this east facing shot.

[Nevada29er]

i heard someone else got javelined by a runaway snowboard as well.

You sure it wasn't from the snowboarding pirate with sword drawn?

[RaccoonFace]

The Funnel at 3 o'clock yesterday was some of the best corn I've ever skied.
And my first corn day of the season.

I thought I saw you up there... Apparently no one else thought you were you so I thought I was crazy. And, how did you get to the funnel? Did you walk all the way up, or score a ride?

okbye

[splat]

Had to hike it from top of Gold Coast.
Was hiking up Sibo ridge for the goodness there, too.

[gimpy]

hah!!! saw that runaway snowboard from 10 as it was arcing perfect gully turns all the way down. kwood management finally did something to shine their tarnished local image so props to them for hooking it up yesterday.

[gone2alpine]

... my daughter and I traversed Kinsey's Cut to the top of Sherwood ...

Thats a new name for me Former Alpine Dad...I am curious where you're suggesting. We braved CB Chutes to get to Sherwood. I may have jarred some fillings loose.

[The Dad]

Kinsey's Cut starts under the top station of Alpine Bowl Chair, and goes through the Palisades, under Keyhole, under the Lower Saddle, across High Yellow Face and Gully, and ends at the top of Sherwood Chair. You can usually see the traverse from Summit after you crest the top of D8. It tends to get cut quickly after a storm, because it's the fastest way to the top of Sherwood and it's almost always open even if the hikes are closed. Be careful not to go too high, particularly in Keyhole, where you can find yourself cliffed out.

[old goat]

Kinsey's Cut starts under the top station of Alpine Bowl Chair, and goes through the Palisades, under Keyhole, under the Lower Saddle, across High Yellow Face and Gully, and ends at the top of Sherwood Chair. You can usually see the traverse from Summit after you crest the top of D8. It tends to get cut quickly after a storm, because it's the fastest way to the top of Sherwood and it's almost always open even if the hikes are closed. Be careful not to go too high, particularly in Keyhole, where you can find yourself cliffed out.

Hmm. A traverse that cuts (blindly) just under some of the best steep skiing at Alpine.