MAKE TAHOE DEEP AGAIN ~ 2016/17 OFISHUL SNOW/FOOD/WHINE & STOKE THREAD

**SuccessfulRoach** · 11-22-2016, 01:22 PM

i have a place on the lake, it's very nice

**hercule33** · 11-22-2016, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Hit Sunrise Bowl again this morning before work. The cold temps overnight sucked some moisture out of the snow so it was actually better than yesterday...

Attachment 193233

Attachment 193234

Attachment 193235

Damn that looks good. Should have gone up!

**Ghetto.Creek** · 11-23-2016, 12:30 AM

Hiked Rose today, fun times. Quite a bit of surface hoar so be careful going out into the backcountry when the new storms roll through.

**TahoeJ** · 11-23-2016, 12:58 AM

^^ Yep. Unless the sun came out later today and really did some work it's not looking great.

Click image for larger version.

Name: ImageUploadedByTGR Forums1479884258.667760.jpg
Views: 240
Size: 512.0 KB
ID: 193305

**LegoSkier** · 11-23-2016, 11:12 AM

http://snowbrains.com/squaw-valley-l...country-tours/

$695 to ski Munchkins!? For that price the van that picks you up to shuttle you back to the base better be full of hookers and blow.

**jahoney** · 11-23-2016, 11:21 AM

Hmmm tram ridge... that's awfully close to the tram face. Wonder if they could be talked into that? Lol

**TurxSki** · 11-23-2016, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by LegoSkier

...$695 to ski Munchkins!?
For that price the van that picks you up to shuttle you back to the base better be full of hookers and blow.

It must be this season's "flavor".
Did you see that NoStars is offering a "Platinum" Day Pass for $216...you can skip the lines...

**powdork** · 11-23-2016, 11:14 PM

kirkwood opens friday. right now they have race course/outlaw park etc. it looks like with cold temps they could possibly have lower zack as well by then. buckboard and other stuff off 11 looks good with another 6" so that could be in the near future. the stuff around timber creek looked surprisingly good. like they could open friday good and they have the big gun blowing at the base.
this will be open

Name: kirkwood-041.jpg
Views: 1208
Size: 386.6 KB

this will not

Name: Untitled-1.jpg
Views: 1199
Size: 208.4 KB

this will also not

Name: kirkwood-033.jpg
Views: 1180
Size: 500.3 KB

**supersquid** · 11-24-2016, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by LegoSkier

http://snowbrains.com/squaw-valley-l...country-tours/

$695 to ski Munchkins!? For that price the van that picks you up to shuttle you back to the base better be full of hookers and blow.

Are they going to close the gates to the public in order to make the "guided experience" also an exclusive experience?

**CaliBrit** · 11-24-2016, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by LegoSkier

http://snowbrains.com/squaw-valley-l...country-tours/

$695 to ski Munchkins!? For that price the van that picks you up to shuttle you back to the base better be full of hookers and blow.

So you can go Cat skiing for the day.....or this joke.

**rod9301** · 11-24-2016, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by supersquid

Are they going to close the gates to the public in order to make the "guided experience" also an exclusive experience?

don't give them any ideas.

**emcee** · 11-25-2016, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

^^ Yep. Unless the sun came out later today and really did some work it's not looking great.

Oof, the first layer... That's some nonsense right there. For the first time ever I hope tonight's storm brings feet and feet of wind and not much else.

**Ottime** · 11-25-2016, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by powdork

kirkwood opens friday. right now they have race course/outlaw park etc. it looks like with cold temps they could possibly have lower zack as well by then. buckboard and other stuff off 11 looks good with another 6" so that could be in the near future. the stuff around timber creek looked surprisingly good. like they could open friday good and they have the big gun blowing at the base.
this will be open

this will not

this will also not

Is that jims I see over your right shoulder?

Might get my son up there for a day this weekend. Or next. Getting stoked to get on snow. And that surf keeps on coming.

**powdork** · 11-25-2016, 10:40 AM

no that's the diamond shaped bowl above chair 11. i think it's called the headwaters.
upper sentinel looked good but the lower half had a lot of manzanita showing

**TahoeJ** · 11-25-2016, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by emcee

Oof, the first layer... That's some nonsense right there. For the first time ever I hope tonight's storm brings feet and feet of wind and not much else.

That was from Tuesday morning so it was already buried by the 8 inches of blower that fell Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. Per S.A.C. it sounds like it hasn't been an issue and the layer of concern was from the week before.

**jskierpx** · 11-25-2016, 11:08 AM

Not to beat a dead horse but for anyone heading into the BC definitely look at the SAC bulletin before heading out each day. Early season Tahoe with cold temps and a shallow snowpack is (normally) the only time of year we get an interesting snowpack, with hazards beyond storm slabs/wind slabs.

Taking it as a positive though, it's educational to see some positive test results, makes you appreciate our bomber snowpack we have most of the season, and solidifies our choice to live in Tahoe and not somewhere with a sketchy snowpack like Colo/MT/WY

**skier666** · 11-25-2016, 12:48 PM

Because I'm bitter and stuck in SF with 3 kids, here's some pretty pics of Moon Crescent tour from 2011:

http://www.slaythegnar.com/category/...rkwood-011611/

**MTT** · 11-25-2016, 04:01 PM

Sugar Bowl opened to day.
It was much better than I anticipated. (I need to tune / wax my skis.)

So I snap a few shot with my phone while riding the first chair of the year/

Click image for larger version.

Name: SB first chair 3.jpg
Views: 188
Size: 951.7 KB
ID: 193481

Click image for larger version.

Name: SB 2016 first chair 1.jpg
Views: 205
Size: 976.2 KB
ID: 193482

Click image for larger version.

Name: SB first chair 2.jpg
Views: 223
Size: 1.03 MB
ID: 193483

Thats All I Got

**powdrhound** · 11-25-2016, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by skier666

Because I'm bitter and stuck in SF with 3 kids, here's some pretty pics of Moon Crescent tour from 2011:

http://www.slaythegnar.com/category/...rkwood-011611/

I well remember watching you that day. Then we watched Barnaby and Tele Dave stomp it behind you.

**Eastern Sierra Skier** · 11-27-2016, 01:17 AM

Skied Rose on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Thursday was okay as crowds left early for TG. Friday was very busy. First time ever I couldn't find a parking place in the main lot (parked up above in small lot). The crowd could best be described as diverse, as evidenced by the half dozen different languages I heard in the lodge. Seems like the bay area has discovered or taken a liking to Rose in greater numbers than I have seen in the past.
Positives-Lots of skiers/riders, good money maker for the ski area.
Negatives-Lots of skiers/riders and not much terrain. Rocks starting to show in between bumps, snow to shallow to groom.
Will see what this storm brings.

**powdork** · 11-27-2016, 01:44 AM

I think it's mostly to do with current conditions being what they are compared to elsewhere and a growing Reno.
Things are currently resetting in a huge way though and those problems will disappear as will the crowds. especially on the south side of the lake where we have been getting the short end. this storm is gonna be a game changer giving us options beyond Round Top/sisters and opening huge chunks of resorts (should get kirkwood open top to bottom).