Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread...

[lepistoir]

Tamarack was excellent.

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No worries looking for folks to ski with. Quite a few folks out.

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The light was cool.

We were there too. Tried to post last night, but internet was buggered and didn't follow through. Looks like hourglass was nice. We hit the east bowl a couple times. Fantastic, fast, fairly light snow, well bonded to supportive base. Skied like 6-12" or so. FUN!

[~mikey b]

Tomorrow?

Trying to convince Meggers to skip class.

Have not mounted those skis yet.

[MrSmith]

Thinking of sliding Squaw on Thursday. Opinions, guestimates, what is wed showers going to due to the snow.

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I have the same plan. Looks like Siberia and Emigrant ran today, so that bodes well for getting into some better snow up high, but my expectations aren't high. Expecting primarily firm or dust on crust until it warms up.

I'll be solo, always up for joining folks for a few runs/beers (PM me).

[lepistoir]

Tomorrow?

We are pretty well cooked, also headed to the bay so probably just going to N* for a few runs.

Next Sunday or Monday?

[4matic]

Kirkwood was ok. Once the crust was broken seconds were pretty good. Some very good snow lookers left in the sun off ten.

[lepistoir]

For Racoon Face, since he created this thread to post stoke:

girlfriend stoke:

[lepistoir]

For Racoon Face, since he created this thread to post stoke:

girlfriend stoke:

[mmmm...pow!]

For Racoon Face, since he created this thread to post stoke:

girlfriend stoke:

Second pic not working. Is she naked? Ullr likes that, ya know.

[TahoeJ]

The upper mountain at Squaw is pretty nice right now - a lot of stuff filled in really well with this storm. They weren't spinning many lifts - especially after the power went out and they had to rely on generators - but you could hike up from the top of Gold Coast (which a few of us did and it was absolutely worth it) or traverse over towards Siberia for some fresh turns.

[~mikey b]

We are pretty well cooked, also headed to the bay so probably just going to N* for a few runs.

Next Sunday or Monday?

I won't be around again until mid-Dec.

[tahoearmada]

Wind Buffed niceness at squaw today, more tomorrow!
I think thursday will be fun... prolly gonna be more of that cream cheese tomorrow night

[MTT]

I sure hope the weather guys are wrong!
Anyone else looking at the forcast?

So tommrow its might RAIN, but for sure it will be cloudy and windy.
And then its really gonna rain everywhere ALOT, and then its gonna be windy and maybe rain some more. And again the next day. Then near the weekend its gonna get cold and windy (So you can ski on ice. then it might rain some more.

WTF!!

[SchralphMacchio]

Conditions update on what we found at the Wood on 12/3:

Not as good as hoped for, but still fun. Terrain opened from Pali to Eagle. 6 opened at 11AM, and 10 opened at 1:30 PM. This week looks to be frozen railroad tracks so stay in the sun until the new stuff re-plasters everything.

It rained to the top on Sunday until 10:30 AM and then the snow level crashed down to 6K feet but they only got 6 to 10” after that. So what happened was, anything that was wind exposed didn’t get the fresh snow to stick to the wet raincrust, so then the raincrust just froze into bulletproof crust (I even lost a heelside edge twice). Anything leeward got this weird heavy crusty powder, kind of like 1-2 day old powder in March that has warmed up and refroze a bit. But then in the high elevation N-facing trees that were wind and rain protected, it was dry, consolidated powder that was really fun to rip. Also, where the patrol avies had ripped off the rain crust, the snow was softer and more skiable.

The drain has about 3 big holes in it, but otherwise, coverage is great and plastered all around. Most lines/airs apart from Vista should be good to go after the next storm - takeoffs and landings are plastered.

Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the Vail niceties - water cooler in front of 6, hot chocolate for people waiting in line while patrol/safety work was being done, organized mazes, organized parking ...

KW is working on "something exciting" for this Friday.

[~mikey b]

Raining at Tamarack on top when I bailed out. 2 laps - 1 each on Hourglass and east bowl. A touch of a crust on east bowl, but otherwise excellent.

[4matic]

It rained to the top on Sunday until 10:30 AM and then the snow level crashed down to 6K feet but they only got 6 to 10” after that. So what happened was, anything that was wind exposed didn’t get the fresh snow to stick to the wet raincrust, so then the raincrust just froze into bulletproof crust (I even lost a heelside edge twice). .

It rained at Kirkwood Sunday afternoon. That's what glazed the snow over and why the snow under the crust was fluffy.

[Ottime]

good water year so far... Can't believe Schralph lost a heel side edge... twice.... And my guess for exciting is opening more terrain... OMG, it is gonna be crazy.

Watching this system and trying to decide if it is worth driving up there this weekend. Guessing, not really. Sunday looks chilly, so sunny stuff is not likely gonna soften. Oh well.

[powdork]

im assuming the 'something big' means opening the whole mountain. there's plenty of snow and this is when they like to do it when they can. plus the bennies of saying your the first resort to be 100% open provides a big marketing bump for the holidays. they are a marketing company now, after all.

[Hoss Worthington]

Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the Vail niceties - water cooler in front of 6, hot chocolate for people waiting in line while patrol/safety work was being done, organized mazes, organized parking ...

I'm curious where these "niceties" were on Saturday. I stood in the rain for 3 hours waiting for them to load 6 and all we got were rumors and lies about when that might happen.

[Ottime]

im assuming the 'something big' means opening the whole mountain. there's plenty of snow and this is when they like to do it when they can. plus the bennies of saying your the first resort to be 100% open provides a big marketing bump for the holidays. they are a marketing company now, after all.

Me too. And agreed about snow/timing. They openned up back there with way less last season. But then again, it was almost Pres. Week. And they have always been a marketing company. I am giving them a thumbs up so far, except for waiting so long to open up. I skinned TC Thanksgiving weekend, and except for ramps, it was great over there. FB post have been pretty spot on. From reading what is posted Saturday night, it really did not look likely that they would open on Sunday. And they have to deal with plenty of stupid questions. People were asking about Chair 4 for Saturday. Anyway, I think it will be too cold this weekend for the Backside to be much.

I'm curious where these "niceties" were on Saturday. I stood in the rain for 3 hours waiting for them to load 6 and all we got were rumors and lies about when that might happen.

Dude, it was raining. The hot cocoa would get diluted.

[old goat]

Trying to sleet at 6000'--could this storm be colder than predicted. One can only hope.

[Hoss Worthington]

Don't tease me.

[SchralphMacchio]

Don't tase me.

[gimpy]

yesterday the textured was the goods at the cp along w/ the usual wind buff n board you'd expect after 100 mph winds in the alpine. this am i needed arm twisting to continue up on luther after seeing water droplets on the snow up to close to 9k. mad gloppage up high but actually skied ok. and by ok i mean at least it wasnt trapcrust. sigh

[dookeyXXX]

I ate lunch yesterday with 666...

[SchralphMacchio]

Ottime, I'll be falling on groomers on two purple planks over the weekend (I pulled the telemarketing binders full of women off of them and have the fiddletown binders on). If you need to dig out stairs / scare women and children in the red sleds / stretch out the legs or what not ... we'll be there.