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

[4matic]

Got it! 8)
Cin & me will be finding out in coming weeks.
But with awd 2000 Suby Forester. My first ever car -
got my license last month...you look worried...
Old dog/new trix...

Playing at Alpine a lot this season, if anyone wants to give us a parking lot "how to" lesson sometime.

Congratulations!

My .02. Always leave early to avoid problems when it's slick roads.

When there is no traffic take some time to learn your car. Stomp the gas, slam on the brakes. Panic stops. Always be testing! You need to know the surface you are driving on.

[mmmm...pow!]

Go Turx!

Does that mean no more bus or just more days in snow?

Consistent torque and consistent velocity are both your friend.

Plan way ahead.

Don't slam on the brakes.

Okay. Your good.

Ppffffttt...this is CA, that shit don't fly around here. Drive fast, take chances. The left lane on 80 is the only lane. And every other driver on the road is your competition. Don't let them win. You'll fit right in.

[emcee]

The lady, kb, got out at Alpine today and gave a great report. Uncrowded fresh turns off Scott chair starting at 830am without an opening line.

It was deserted. Where are the holiday crowds?

[Ottime]

I should have been skiing today. Damn holiday family life. At least the surf looks better by morning. Hope it stays cold so I can do a Friday morning back 40 lap.

[Paul Blart]

I hear they're all coming up today, Nstar occupancy jumped from around 80ish% to 99% today

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

How are the twins doing? I remember reading Dr. Spock when we had our first kid--the advice about twins was "Get help." Hope you didn't get busted when you snuck back into the house yesterday.

Thanks - they are doing awesome. My wife went into pre-term labor at 24 weeks back in Feb, bed rest for 2 weeks in the hospital and they made it to 26 weeks before being born in March (due in June). Long NICU stays of 110 days, and then chaos at home! Doing awesome now, sleeping through the night and no long term medical complications. Crazy to think 1/3 of 2016 for me was at the hospital. We are super blessed and they are awesome. Can't wait to get them on skis one day!

[Marshall Tucker]

9 months of preemie infant twins

I've torn a bicep tendon 100%. 2 dislocated sholders both requiring induction to get back into place. Assorted broken bones and stitches. Tore caritiage in my right knee on collins face then immediate 1.5 hrs in the hot tub. Swelled up like a baloon it was not pretty, 3rd day of a week trip slopeside snowbird.

Would gladly do any of them again vs. that first 3-4 months.

[TahoeJ]

Thanx. No more bus. End of an era.
More days on snow. Midweek days anyway...is ze plan.

Congrats on no more ski bus! My main advice for going to Alpine is to slow way down before the second bridge, right after the turn... I can't even count the number of accidents I've seen there because it always ices up. Also, turn left at Chalet road and go into the backside of the parking lot over by the Subway lift... much easier to get in and out of there.

[B__]

^^Came upon this late yesterday afternoon on the north face of Ralston proper. Per the observation on the Avalanche Center site, it happened about 12:30. It looks like it was boarder triggered near the drop in near the summit, and you can see a track heading skier's left out of the slide a few hundred feet below the ridge. The crown was about 1'.

There was still some very good unconsolidated snow in open areas above treeline late yesterday, though a wind crust was beginning to firm up. Anything near trees on cold aspects was still pow.


^^The Echos are no longer sporting vast open water, though I did not get down on them (turned back around at a very frozen Ralston Lake).

[SchralphMacchio]

2000 Suby Forester

Congrats!

Welcome to the lesbostrap 9000 club! I swapped from the clown car (96 Subaru Impreza, sold at 250K miles) to a 2009 Forester (sold at 120K miles) that was a great ride but an oil burner, and now am on my 3rd Subie, a 2016 Forester Turbo. So as you can see I'm clearly destined to retire in Portland with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

Two words of unsolicited advice that belong in tech talk, but this thread has plenty of chatter anyway:

(1) Measure your tire tread depth. If less than 5/32" (or if they are just not very quality tires, or more than 3 years old), I'd recommend getting a brand new set of the best rated all season tires, as awesome of tires as you can afford - or even a set of all year winter rated tires (mountain snowflake symbol). Subies are amazing on snowy roads but they really need good rubber to show their struts, otherwise they are just as crappy and sketchy as every other car on the Donner Pass junkshow.

(2) Not sure how many miles or how much money you are into this ride, but if it's a worthy ride, when your timing belt is due for replacement, I suggest you spring the extra cash to do the head gasket service as well, for preventative maintenance. That's the best way to get your Subie up to 250k+ miles. The Forester is legendary, but so is the 2.5 head gasket issue.

[FormerKnuckleDragger]

chaos at home!

Welcome to the next, oh, about five years of your life. Our twins just turned four and started ski team at Squaw. So we're going to have 2 of everything, and nobody to hand it down to in the family. Feel free to hit me up for gear and/or bad parenting advice.

[gimpy]

Nice b! N face looks spackled
I found similar windcrust out in open up high in cp today

[powdork]

earthquake. run for your lives!!!!!

[chickenmonkey]

earthquake. run for your lives!!!!!

http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/20...8-00-utc-5-8-0

[gnarbro365]

Those first two quakes had our bed rocking pretty good. Enough that my old lady woke up and said to me, "What are you trying to do? It's the middle of the night...I'm trying to sleep."

[TahoeJ]

Does anyone in this thread *not* have twins? ;-)

So, uh, this may impact operations at Homewood a bit this season. This would be the South lodge early this morning... I guess that's one way to move up the time-line for the new village.

[LightRanger]

Damn. That sucks. I assume nobody was in it...

[mcski]

Shit. That's gonna stick in my wheel plans today. Rip ski bowl

[wolfy]

Homewood-- hmmmm, let's break out the old pocket guide:

Large, well established fire at time of first report- check
Building slated for demo and redevelopment- check
Fire occurs late at night with no witnesses or chance for injuries- check
Long history of opposition to the redevelopment- check

In firefighter lingo- that's called "suspicious"...

[liv2ski]

^^^^ I like how you are thinking

[SchralphMacchio]

Yikes that sucks!

Not sure how it is for businesses, but us California homeowners and renters know that fire insurance is different from earthquake insurance. I wonder if they would be screwed if this turned out to be earthquake related? Like a broken gas line in the kitchen ...

[TahoeJ]

Homewood-- hmmmm, let's break out the old pocket guide:

Large, well established fire at time of first report- check
Building slated for demo and redevelopment- check
Fire occurs late at night with no witnesses or chance for injuries- check
Long history of opposition to the redevelopment- check

In firefighter lingo- that's called "suspicious"...

That was kind of my implication with my original post... but I don't completely buy it due to the inconvenience timing wise, especially during a holiday week. Now if it happened in April right after closing I'd be far more suspicious.

On the skiing note, has anyone been around Andesite / Castle after this past storm? Wondering how the coverage is in the trees.

[wolfy]

i don't think it shook that kind of hard on the West side of the lake.
several times fires "sourced" to a broken gas line in the kitchen get "ignition" from a candle left burning at the exit door. not saying that it was the case here.
there are good investigators in the area- the process will take quite a while, we have to let them do their job.
it's still smoking this am.

[snapt]

In firefighter lingo- that's called "suspicious"...

Actually the proper term would be "under investigation".

[AKbruin]

So is The Backcountry forum now dead? If so, it's a shame. There were some stellar TRs there, particularly for the eastside.

That sucks about Homewood. I always enjoyed the old-school feel of that resort. No faux-village, no dog bakeries or sushi restaurants. Just a place to ski. Hopefully they're well insured.