Lake Tahoe 2015/16 - Year of Godzilla Baby Jesus

[Tri-Ungulate]

Tahoemeboys, gonna be burning my Mtn Collective Squawlpine days this coming Fri/Sat, anybody up for a few turns? And which boards should I bring?

[shakyknees]

Thought I'd check out the snow conditions/levels on this break day, booted up the trail toward Maggies about 15 minutes before switching to skinning (you can ski from the old/new trail intersection). Snow was supportable in some places but deep and wet in others, not particularly good turning, but I was pleasantly surprised at the coverage, here's a look at the Kalmia region:

[skier666]

Here's my full report from the snow event on last Saturday:

http://snowbrains.com/sierra-cement-...rkwood-040916/

[TheK12]

The 2nd pic is fantastic!

[~mikey b]

Yeah wowzers!

[MakersTeleMark]

Winning.

[Ottime]

Monkey ascot killing it. As is lil sis. Nice work on developing ski buddies Casey.

[stoneman]

anyone been up tallac in the last week? curious about the walk in from the road.

[FormerKnuckleDragger]

anyone been up tallac in the last week? curious about the walk in from the road.

On April 3, continuous snow was less than a five minute shwack from the end of the pavement in the housing tract.

The shwack out from Cathedral Bowl was heinous.

[stoneman]

nice, thanks.

[~mikey b]

Not going to make it to KW today. Doesn't seem worth the $$. Maybe in s few days.

[powdrhound]

One to two inches at 7,800'.

[Ottime]

Not going to make it to KW today. Doesn't seem worth the $$. Maybe in s few days.

What? You don't like dust on crust?

Actually skiing much better than expected. Just scored perfect porn in Pali.

Good day with the son and buddy. Sun is out. Spring pow.

[TurxSki]

Maybe in s few days.

Are you still expecting to be there on Sunday?
We should be coming up on the Bus.

[~mikey b]

Yeah

I think we will make it up

[number nine]

I want to give a shout out here to the guys at Expedition Kirkwood for the great old farts clinic yesterday

[Driver]

Can't wait to shred some slush bumps tomorrow.

[~mikey b]

Do what does a KW buddy pass cost?

[davieboot]

KW buddy pass was around $70, mid-season on a weekend. I don't know if there are different levels of buddy passes.

[Ottime]

From what I understand there is not. Same price now as New Year's Day.

I'll be around Sunday with the family. Looking forward to my first day of spring conditions. My son will wonder where all his layers went.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

Left work after half a day and got to Rose just after 1:00 p.m. Glad I didn't get there any earlier as it was just starting to soften in some spots. Temp was cold all day with a brisk North wind blowing. When the lifts closed at 4:00, the skiing was just getting good. Chutes never opened today. Ventured off the groomed once. Not good. Frozen death gnar.


Kit Carson at 3:45 p.m with Reno in the back ground.


Slide side just after closing. Couldn't talk Ralph into one more chair ride.


Life's better with this view.

Big warm up is on tap for this weekend, and with the cold temps the last two nights it could make for a good corn cycle the next few days. Back up tomorrow with an earlier arrival time scheduled.

[4matic]

Pat searching packs with high profile security at Kirkwood today. A bit odd. Snow was pretty good.

[NorCalNomad]

Pat searching packs with high profile security at Kirkwood today. A bit odd. Snow was pretty good.

They worried people are stealing snow?

[Dhelihiker]

Yeah the backpack searching was definitely odd, is that even legal?

[TahoeJ]

Yeah the backpack searching was definitely odd, is that even legal?

Yep, just like a baseball game.

Were they looking for booze or what? I feel like this has been discussed in this thread before (or previous versions) around closing day but can't remember for sure.