Lake Tahoe 2015/16 - Year of Godzilla Baby Jesus

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I really can't take these internetz too seriously...

I think you already have.




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[TahoeJ]

LightRanger FTW - that was funny. Anyway, I hope Tahoe does get overwhelmed by folks from the bay area this winter - the "likes to ski but isn't a skier" crowd only comes if there's been a ton of snow and that was probably KungPow's point.

I agree we're well past jinxes. Maybe worrying about jinxing every storm is actually jinxing every storm? ;-)

[LightRanger]

Gotta keep my e-cred, bro.

KP, didn't mean to pick on you. Guess I misread what you were trying to say. I'm a beater when I'm not on the Internet.

And, indeed, the winter economy in the Sierra could use a bit of a shot in the arm after the last several seasons.

[Gerome]

OMG, can you believe it? Tahoe will be getting 15 inches of snow this weekend! I'm so stoked!!!

[interloper]

I'm a beater when I'm not on the Internet.
Buy that man a Beer.

[ScrewYou]

OMG, can you believe it? Tahoe will be getting 15 inches of snow this weekend! I'm so stoked!!!

Lol the forecast on open snow has changed from 15", down to to 6-8" for heavenly/kirkwood.

I feel bad for sierra weathermen, there is no reliability in models whatsoever. They must get a ton of crap for calling huge storms and then having them fade, or calling for almost nothing but then getting a few inches.

GFS cant predict jack for the sierra. It was so reliable in the tetons

[old goat]

Not sure why anyone follows Open Snow--almost always over-optimistic until the last minute, and isn't BA working for Squaw these days. NWS is far more realistic.

[jahoney]

Not sure why anyone follows Open Snow--almost always over-optimistic until the last minute, and isn't BA working for Squaw these days. NWS is far more realistic.

BA hit the nail on the head with his prediction from that mid Feb storm.. Said one lucky resort in NLT will get 26"+ and that was Squaw, 27" and the rest of the area got much less

[dookeyXXX]

Of course. How can we not be friends. I do snowboard sometimes though so it is possible I will slow you down on flat sections unless you stop to lend me a pole from time to time.

I just didn't like the whole call-out thing from someone with 6,000 posts... like obviously your a TGR og local... seemed like your still trying to win over the crowd, I mean cummon, I was just making a very sarcastic post about Godzilla Baby Jesus. And then you tried to take me out for not being genuine.... when I've been a Tahoe person my whole life and I've always tried to post stoke and on this thread and others.

I don't have work tomorrow and I've been drinking some coldies. I really can't take these internetz too seriously...

Don't let the inflated post count fool you. Lightranger is a B&T muhfuh who sits in a cubicle during the week and only gets about 9 days in the snow a season...and half of those are tubing at Kingvale.

[dookeyXXX]

Lol the forecast on open snow has changed from 15", down to to 6-8" for heavenly/kirkwood.

I feel bad for sierra weathermen, there is no reliability in models whatsoever. They must get a ton of crap for calling huge storms and then having them fade, or calling for almost nothing but then getting a few inches.

GFS cant predict jack for the sierra. It was so reliable in the tetons

I read on the Webz that they're calling for 162" up in Washington state over the next coupla days...

[SchralphMacchio]

B&T for the win.

[SchralphMacchio]

Also, anyone got a line on a pair of skis around 167 +/- 5 cm, ~100 mm underfoot, with AT bindings that can accommodate 280 BSL without being too far off factory mount line???

[lepistoir]

Not sure why anyone follows Open Snow--almost always over-optimistic until the last minute, and isn't BA working for Squaw these days. NWS is far more realistic.

This will be a good test then. BA freaked out today about a couple runs that had the jet tilted vertical like in the "storm of the century" last year. He thought that could mean less forcing and less snow in the basin, cutting his forecast in half. Meanwhile, NWS is upping their forecast and calling for 2-3" of liquid on the crest. We'll see who's right and who jinxed us on Monday...

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I read on the Webz that they're calling for 162" up in Washington state over the next coupla days...

Might want to look at the elevation for that forecast...

[TahoeJ]

I like this new west coast use of B&T, but shouldn't douchey SF tech bros who moved there last year be using it to refer to people in the East Bay and Marin? Remember guys, they're changing the world one app at a time!

[CaliBrit]

I like this new west coast use of B&T, but shouldn't douchey SF tech bros who moved there last year be using it to refer to people in the East Bay and Marin? Remember guys, they're changing the world one app at a time!

We do.

[SchralphMacchio]

I like this new west coast use of B&T, but shouldn't douchey SF tech bros who moved there last year be using it to refer to people in the East Bay and Marin? Remember guys, they're changing the world one app at a time!

Dude, your friends from the city must talk shit behind your back if you haven't heard that one used in SF before. I'm loving Dook's use of it to describe people crossing the Carquinez, Benicia, Yolo/Sacramento,, Brannen Island, and San Joaquin River bridges to get to the general Tahoe area. I'll like it even more when we get our Carson Spur snowshed tunnel ...

(Edit: there is a wink implied up there about your friends btw)

[TahoeJ]

Don't worry, I'm not sensitive. Most of my SF friends have already left by now so I spend surprisingly little time there outside of the occasional work meeting. I do like the Tahoe use as well so I will embrace my inner B&T-ness even if I don't have to cross any major bridges coming from the North bay.

If I move to Truckee next year as planned I'll make sure to drop all kinds of long-time local attitude to boot. And I'm not even from Vermont!

[lepistoir]

“I think that success in the mountains is not at all about reaching the summit or doing something super badass.

“Success is defined by lots of laughs, good snacks and good decisions.”

-Emily Harrington

http://www.rgj.com/story/life/outdoo...tory/74704514/

[teledad]

Guess I shouldn't whine about the weight of my airbag pack... Congrats to Emily and the rest.

[LightRanger]

Don't let the inflated post count fool you. Lightranger is a B&T muhfuh who sits in a cubicle during the week and only gets about 9 days in the snow a season...and half of those are tubing at Kingvale.

Bingo.

Edit: Actually, it's an office. No open-concept techy shit over here.

I bring my own tube as well. Air compressor in the parking lot FTW!!!

[LightRanger]

On the tubing note, does anybody know who bought that Cisco property? I recall REI was going to actually buy it (which seemed odd to me at the time). Don't think that happened though.

[ScrewYou]

Please let it get cold..

[smallies]

This satellite is fun to look at. Any weather masters want to comment? http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hur...Satellite.aspx

[somethingclever...]

[QUOTE=smallies;4584608]This satellite is fun to look at. Any weather masters want to comment?


Thanks for that link. Good radar and I like the various "layer" overlays as well.