13/14 Tahoe Thread -- Raddest Thread On The Internets!!!

**~mikey b** · 04-10-2014, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by wolfy

Goes to the dogs- $35 Squalpine lift tics--
Support the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, starting Sunday April 6th through the end of the season.
Available online w/paypal, full amount goes to HSTT- tickets were donated.
Maybe some fresh coming this next week (it's always next week) and some doggy/kitty stoke...

bumping for the kittehs

made a mistake - KW banked slalom Sat not Sun

- but big ups to tseeb for a 2fer1 - it'll get used

anyone heard Mt Rose closing date? Kirkwierd? I'll probably go to Tahoe for a couple days next week and the week after

**buckyb** · 04-10-2014, 04:47 PM

closing dates...
http://www.skilaketahoe.com/blog/clo...-closing-dates

**TurxSki** · 04-10-2014, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by telemike

bumping for the kittehs

Not doing tix online anymore:

Due to short supply, we are no longer selling tickets through Paypal.

http://www.hstt.org/events/3500-squa...y-lift-tickets

**~mikey b** · 04-10-2014, 05:08 PM

Bollocks!
But what about teh kittehs?

**southern_expat** · 04-10-2014, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by skier666

Yummy day last Saturday skiing some of my favorite lines...in WINTER CONDITIONS!!!

Rad track!

your vids always get me stoked.

WestCoastPDR · 04-10-2014, 09:35 PM

So I've been helping Splat out with some skis over the last few weeks. I finally got my pair out there today. I chose the pure carbon 179 bros. FKNA these are light.

Dropped in around 1030 after hanging out for a while with this guy.

The Death Star had warmed things up very well. (Left the sunblock in the wife's car too, I'm redder than a lobster fresh out of the steamer)

Granted today is my first day on these and I mostly ski'd soft snow, but I somehow managed to drop my brain bucket down the West side on Elephants back around 9am and had to ski down super firm unbreakable crust. It bounced about 1500 feet down the hill, and my buddies dog wouldn't bring it back as he got yelled at for chewing a helmet about 2 months ago. The tips didn't chatter any worse than what I thought. Splat lay'd down uber amounts of rubber to reduce this, and I will say that they exceeded my expectations on the up and the down.

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**ShawnB** · 04-10-2014, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by skier666

Yummy day last Saturday skiing some of my favorite lines...in WINTER CONDITIONS!!!

In the immortal word (singular) of Scot Schmidt: STEEP!

**LongShortLong** · 04-11-2014, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by telemike

made a mistake - KW banked slalom Sat not Sun

KW has some super cheap ticket rate if you're racing $25? $40?.
KW closes last weekend of Apr.
KW has corn, I'm gonna harvest me some.

**Ottime** · 04-11-2014, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by ShawnB

In the immortal word (singular) of Scot Schmidt: STEEP!

Finally got to watch some video stoke. Handrail. Very nicely slayed.

**jahroy** · 04-11-2014, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by ShawnB

In the immortal word (singular) of Scot Schmidt: STEEP!

heh...

hopefully somebody said "i'll ski it for sure" as well!

**truckee_splitter** · 04-11-2014, 11:24 AM

Corn at the resorts has been great, anyone getting any BC corn other than the Elephants back TR above? Anyone been back in Desolation? I'd like to get back there...

WestCoastPDR · 04-11-2014, 01:46 PM

Should have included that the original plan was to ski stevens peak but the whole mining road was melted out and would have been a long boot pack we were not prepared for.

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**ShawnB** · 04-11-2014, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Finally got to watch some video stoke. Handrail. Very nicely slayed.

Uh, yeah; about that: Went home to edit the sweet footage of you and Mashed and me on the 1 big day last week -- Oops firsts and all the fun hits/lines we got in the can -- and discovered the can had no bottom.

Not a thing in there. User error, and all my fault.

Sorryzz!!

Looks like we'll have to wait to get totally famous next year..
Super fun day, though.

**Driver** · 04-11-2014, 03:17 PM

It's not getting cold enough at night for a good melt freeze. Hence, es no bueno.

**shakyknees** · 04-11-2014, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by truckee_splitter

Corn at the resorts has been great, anyone getting any BC corn other than the Elephants back TR above? Anyone been back in Desolation? I'd like to get back there...

This am in the Carson Pass area found a supportable surface and nice corn on a SE aspect around noon; south-facing slopes were beginning to get overripe.

Maggs had good cover a week ago; I'd guess at this point its still skiable above the lake.

**Taldor** · 04-11-2014, 04:10 PM

Mt. Rose area - Incline Peak and Tamarack - still have decent coverage and quality. 2 laps on Incline Peak this morning and the snow is maintaining density underneath the top few inches. The surface is something between corn and slush, but if it doesn't start freezing overnight the coverage will not last much longer.

**TurxSki** · 04-11-2014, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by telemike

Bollocks!
But what about teh kittehs?

Oh, you can still by the tix, but not with Paypal

Tickets can be purchased with a credit card by phone at 530-587-5948 or by stopping by 10961 Stevens Lane in Truckee (Tues. - Sat. from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.)

What, what??

Originally Posted by EastCoastPDR

I chose the pure carbon 179 bros.

That is a helluva lotta rocker for a BRO ski!
Looks more like the front end of my 179 Lhasa's. I thought the BRO's were still like "conventional" camber, and what-not.
Has Splat changed the basic, tested-by-time profile?

SierraAtTahoe has added a Time-Lapse to their Cam page. Pretty damn cool!
http://www.sierraattahoe.com/webcams
What is not so cool, is we were headed to SaT on Sunday, but have got switched to Northstar now

(Not enough peeps on the bus)
But we do get Squaw tomorrow!

**Driver** · 04-11-2014, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by shakyknees

This am in the Carson Pass area found a supportable surface and nice corn on a SE aspect around noon; south-facing slopes were beginning to get overripe.

Maggs had good cover a week ago; I'd guess at this point its still skiable above the lake.

If it ain't freezing at night, it ain't corn, just baked crap. Could still be fun though.

**SchralphMacchio** · 04-11-2014, 10:26 PM

Wasn't it more clear earlier in the week? Near freezing and well drained snow can also be fun (i skied a bit in Norway last year), and of course the nighttime radiation loss can set a good freeze if totally clear. The forecast for tonight looks horrendous though.

**shakyknees** · 04-11-2014, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by Driver

If it ain't freezing at night, it ain't corn, just baked crap. Could still be fun though.

Thanks for clearing that up. Any more insights into the conditions you'd like to share?

**liketoride** · 04-11-2014, 10:36 PM

Sidecountry near everyone's favorite Tahoe area resort was fun today. All aspects are softening, manking up early on S and E facing.

https://vimeo.com/m/91769073