11/12 Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread... IT'S BAAAAAAAACK!!!

[dhklauer]

said 6-8 at kirkwood. nuthon should be reporting back soon. i'm thinking it would have been pretty good with obstacles

Kwood was rough this morning..........about 6" on rocks in Sentinel Bowl. Had high hopes, but it brought a new meaning to "survival skiing". Low angle stuff wasn't too bad, but you still had to worry about obstacles. Best part of the day was the last 100 feet of vert skiing to the car......lookers right of chair 6.

[RaccoonFace]

I think i have fulfilled my quota for hitting rocks this year.

I think powdork fulfilled that quota for all of us before the end of August...

[powdork]

I think powdork fulfilled that quota for all of us before the end of August...

seriously though, i hit more last week at kirkwood than the whole previous year combined. still ended up trading 1 core shot for 1 face shot. good deal in my book.

like so (turn it up to get the full effect)

[hopelesslyadolescent]

Did some laps at Bear Valley Resort today, twelve miles south of Kirkwood as the crow flies. Early Oct storm was 12-20" when I got there, altho the BV site had reported nine inches. Today looked like 8" reported, but was hoping it would be more. Was actually 9-12" of very good snow. The combination of fast snow, thin snowpack, and poor judgement resulted in at least one core shot and a face plant. It skied really smoothly and quick, tempting one to go fast. Was great til you'd hit a rock and go down. Beautiful day, though, got some really nice turns in between rock hits.

[dookeyXXX]

Hey All!

Did anybody happen to talk to Vets today? He apparently skipped off to do some hike-to-ski this morning, but neglected to notify anybody where he was headed and hasn't checked in as of yet. If you have any beta on where he might have been headed or you happened to share some turns with him today, it would be appreciated if you'd let me know ASAP.

Danke!

[dookeyXXX]

Vets has been found!
Seems that his celly died and as such he was prevented from checking in all day. Then, thanks to the proliferation of cell phones, it took him some time to locate a pay phone so he could check in. He'll no doubt post to update us all on his November 6th turns soon...

[Vets]

Thanks for your concern. I'm fine. Today/tonight was an adventure. Late start at Carson Pass, low temps, light fluffy pow. Skied out under moonlight and headlamps. Scraped lots of rocks too. But it was a memorable pow day and I'm now up to 97 consecutive months skiing.
Here is MJ doing the hidden rock slalom:

[The Dad]

Good to hear it was a false alarm.

[UTaho']

Thanks for your concern. I'm fine. Today/tonight was an adventure. Late start at Carson Pass, low temps, light fluffy pow. Skied out under moonlight and headlamps. Scraped lots of rocks too. But it was a memorable pow day and I'm now up to 97 consecutive months skiing.

97 months! Skiing IS a year round activity & fun for the whole family

[Ottime]

Thanks for your concern. I'm fine. Today/tonight was an adventure. Late start at Carson Pass, low temps, light fluffy pow. Skied out under moonlight and headlamps. Scraped lots of rocks too. But it was a memorable pow day and I'm now up to 97 consecutive months skiing.
Here is MJ doing the hidden rock slalom:

97? That's it? Page me when you reach 100.

Also glad to see this was a false alarm. I logged on after Dookey's 2nd post. If it had been early, it would be concerning. This is always a scary time of the year with so many snow snakes out there. Be careful all you crazy folks. I'm sticking to the surf just a bit longer.

[SchralphMacchio]

Yeah I just want to chime in to second that things can be scary this time of year, especially next storm cycle.

If it stays cold in Tahoe be careful of the thin snowpack rotting out. A cohesive slab on top of that can rip easily with a skier trigger. Early season can be pretty damn dangerous in Tahoe ... Ottime and Zepp Skier can attest based on what they saw out at the Sisters a couple years ago this time of year.

[snapt]

Any mags voly or work with disabled sports far west at Alpine? Looks like I'll be helping out a bit this season. Stoked!

[Sinecure]

snapt, that's cool. There are a few mags that work and and/or frequent Alpine. Not sure if any work at DSUSA. It is an awesome organization and some of us do periodic fundraising for them.

Holy shit, you need to stop posting for a while. Just noticed your post count is at 666!


If Stev or any other maggots want to borrow a SPOT that is active through the end of this year, they're welcome to it. I don't plan to renew the service though. Unless they offer to replace my device with one of the new ones that connects to an iPhone.

[mugs4pres]

Hey! I just moved out to Tahoe and I'm homeless. IF ANYONE NEEDS A ROOMMATE CONTACT ME! Im 22, just graduated UVM, mellow, clean and not looking for anything special just a place to call home for until April or May. I will be working and skiing Squaw. If you know anyone looking for a person to fill a room send them my way PLEASE.

[fk]

Yep! Been volunteering there for last 2 years and it's been awesome - I'll be there this season as well

[SnowHot]

Hey Dookey, I looked for you at AM Sunday. Where were you?

[Sinecure]

mugs, Squaw will provide you housing if you ask. They have a few apartments, plus the old hostel that they own over by the SVL in the parking lot. Not sure what's available, but it is perfect for kids like you. I know a few employees who live there and they have a blast. Not a ton of privacy all the time, and it isn't fancy - but you can't beat the commute.

[dookeyXXX]

Hey Dookey, I looked for you at AM Sunday. Where were you?

I was quelling my Mark Harmon fetish via an NCIS marathon (that and at about noon it got overcast and the temps dropped and the more I thought about it, the less I felt like sitting on a chair for an hour freezing my toes off).

[kix515]

Alpine still surprisingly fun today (maybe its the whole first day of the season thing).

[gone2alpine]

Somebody will report some news soon. Page 2 bump

[powdork]

Somebody will report some news soon. Page 2 bump

and after this news is reported, will i be excited?

[Ottime]

I assuming you are up skinning at Alpine. What is the snow cover like? Have things been consolidating at all?

Watching this next system, it looks like we will be drenched pretty well Friday night, but not much for the Sierra. Bummer. I prefer sunny and toasty if we aren't gonna get snow.

[splitter]

here's a morning shot of the highest climbing wall in the world above the reno arch

[Zeppelinskier]

Yeah I just want to chime in to second that things can be scary this time of year, especially next storm cycle.

If it stays cold in Tahoe be careful of the thin snowpack rotting out. A cohesive slab on top of that can rip easily with a skier trigger. Early season can be pretty damn dangerous in Tahoe ... Ottime and Zepp Skier can attest based on what they saw out at the Sisters a couple years ago this time of year.

ya that was crazy, still have yet to anything like that since(not a bad thing).i cant remember if that was a natural or triggered but i do recall seeing folks hiking that way...

[dookeyXXX]

here's a morning shot of the highest climbing wall in the world above the reno arch

Reno needs to have better marketing folks, 'cuz when you Google "World's Tallest Climbing Wall" the top 4 results are this: http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/10/25...climbing-wall/