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

[shakyknees]

1:15 from 89 to summit? that sounds superhuman.

How about the slowest time. Took me 5 hours on XCD skis with 3-pins skinning up sun bowl.

[FormerKnuckleDragger]

1:15 from 89 to summit? that sounds superhuman.

How about the slowest time. Took me 5 hours on XCD skis with 3-pins skinning up sun bowl.

He regularly does 2-3 laps of Jakes in the time that it takes us to do 1. It's infuriating, but also inspiring.

[TurxSki]

Went to Sugar Bowl yesterday and it was howling...

We went to Sierra. Soggy storm day skiing.
Untracked in trees was dense, but very skiable.
Cut up crap was a drag. No Grandview lift, but West Bowl & Nob Hill ok.
Lot of cars, but not crowded on hill.
But shit man, drive home was pretty gnarly. Fresh snow on road, and no good using high beams, or you get blinded "where is the road?"

[xtrmjoe]

Went to Sugar Bowl yesterday and it was howling...with the rain today and the next few days, I just gambled that something would be open. They announced Lincoln wouldn't run at all around 10am with a 'in an hour we'll report on Disney.' However, it was blowing, snowing on and off, and just a blustery day up there so it was no shock to me Disney remained closed. To be honest, it was fun lapping the windbuff under the Jerome lift...and it even ran at high-speed for most of the day. It was a quiet day but one of those days were the lack of people and crazy weather made it fun just to be out there.

I was hoping for Disney as well but Jerome and xmas tree kept me smiling till about 2. Not many folks out there yesterday.

Great picks 6er.

This was 8:50am on the Disney side.

[SD16]

For us flatlander desk jockeys, Tallac is about 3 hours from your car. As far as Tahoe skin tracks go, the standard route is pretty mellow.

A friend who lives up there, is in the top 10 in Strava on pretty much every mtb climb, and is about as fit as a middle-aged man can be, does Tallac in about 1:15.

Initials T.E.?

[TurxSki]

It us amazing how quickly the snow has developed those melt water "runnels" on top. Stuff you normally see in Spring.
Kinda vertical pillows of snow with fairly deep channels between.
Skiing it is gonna be bouncy!
Also, some pretty decent cornices that had formed on back of KT (Alpine side) have collapsed.

[FormerKnuckleDragger]

Initials T.E.?

Nope. I just checked his last Strava recording for Tallac. His climbing pace was 2,200 vertical/hour. So a little over 1:30 for the climb. He's got the hookup for one of the cabins on forest land, so no road required.

[TurxSki]

ALSO:
How come this thread (in app) is still showing Ruin&Rose Movie picture?
It used to show like the most recent posted pic. So it would be constantly changing.
All other threads seem to get the recent pics showing...
It is boring.
And it is an MSP pic isnt it?
Like you know, thah enemy?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Nope. I just checked his last Strava recording for Tallac. His climbing pace was 2,200 vertical/hour. So a little over 1:30 for the climb. He's got the hookup for one of the cabins on forest land, so no road required.

I've done 2200' in an hour about 10 years ago, it's not really fun. In fact, being in that kind of shape you have to be training all the time and it kind of takes the fun out of it for "normal" people. I happy with 1200-1500' and hour these days.

[LightRanger]

If anybody needs a full-face, I've got one for you for free (pick up in Truckee sometime in the next month when I'm around, or other arrangement). This thing takes up too much space. Rights reserved to give it to somebody with more than a handful of posts. http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...emedy-S-Carbon

[teledad]

x-post....Keep an eye to for my thing #3 (name's Cooper) when you're at SB. He's there every day but Monday usually with the free ride team unless they're elsewhere for a comp. Bright yellow Flylow Jacket, Blizzard Cochises. Tell him you're one of my internet buddies.

Heh... Saw him with Mikey and the gang over the weekend. Thought I recognized that jacket from the Instagram you posted. They seemed to be having fun.

[TurxSki]

If anybody needs a full-face, I've got one for you for free (pick up in Truckee [/URL]

Tentative dibs. Thanx.
Need to see if big enough.
Will pm.
If others wanna jump in & grab, thats ok.
I already use a FF but is fibreglass, would like to try cf.

[LightRanger]

PMed ya.

[emcee]

It's not tahoe-specific but I owe it to Bob to post here:

If you've ever been out in the Wasatch backcountry you've probably come across the tracks of Bob Athey, better known as the "Wizard of Wasatch" . A soft spoken man with a great love of skinning and taking macro photos of insects, we would all be so lucky to earn as much vert as he has accumulated over his life.

Bob recently fell on hard times: his house burned down and when he was taken to the hospital he was also diagnosed with pneumonia. If you've ever been so lucky to benefit from his pre-dawn skin-track, now is the time to pay it forward:

https://www.youcaring.com/bobathey-741550

[LightRanger]

Let me take just a moment to remember a friend who left us last night, after a battle with cancer. Mark Nadell, also known as Captain Nordic, was an outsized personality in north Tahoe XC, and also an unconventional backcountry ski adventurer. He was known for his single-day ski treks deep into the Sierra backcountry, approaching by dark and ripping up the miles of corn snow on lightweight skate gear.

Years back, I remember coming out of the Sierra on the last of seven days in and around Evolution country and the Ionian Basin, solo, having only seen other people on Day 6 at the Muir Hut. And, about to descend the 40 degree north side of Echo Col, I spotted footprints with the sole pattern of Salomon XC racing boots. "That's gotta be Mark", and, turns out, it was, he'd been out for a little morning skate (with a few friends) through Evolution Basin.

He remains an inspiration. Rest in peace, Captain.

Thanks Bob. Dude was an inspiration for sure.

Here's his SmugMug page:
https://macbethgraphics.smugmug.com/BACKCOUNTRY-SKIING

(Seriously guys, if you haven't seen his stuff, it's sweet.)

[TurxSki]

Looks like he really loved his life.
Who can ask for more?

[skier666]

x-post....Keep an eye to for my thing #3 (name's Cooper) when you're at SB. He's there every day but Monday usually with the free ride team unless they're elsewhere for a comp. Bright yellow Flylow Jacket, Blizzard Cochises. Tell him you're one of my internet buddies.

I'm rarely there dude...but when I am, I'll look out and tell him 'I know your dad...but only on the internet' [emoji12]

[bodywhomper]

Circa 10-20 years ago, SB often ran Disney until they needed to close down the gondola due to wind and visibility....

[oftpiste]

Heh... Saw him with Mikey and the gang over the weekend. Thought I recognized that jacket from the Instagram you posted. They seemed to be having fun.

Those kids love Mikey, can't blame 'em. Good people. You should roll up to him and say, "your dad told me to keep an eye on you.... " or some other sorta creepy thing to hear from a perfect stranger....

[iwoody808]

Report of rain at 8000-9000 ft by failing and totally dishonest NWS is fake news! SAD

[smallies]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQk0Pk2HLk

[powdork]

^tech talk jong!?

[emcee]

if you can read this, you still have power. batten down the hatches

[bodywhomper]

It's not tahoe-specific but I owe it to Bob to post here:

If you've ever been out in the Wasatch backcountry you've probably come across the tracks of Bob Athey, better known as the "Wizard of Wasatch" . A soft spoken man with a great love of skinning and taking macro photos of insects, we would all be so lucky to earn as much vert as he has accumulated over his life.

Bob recently fell on hard times: his house burned down and when he was taken to the hospital he was also diagnosed with pneumonia. If you've ever been so lucky to benefit from his pre-dawn skin-track, now is the time to pay it forward:

https://www.youcaring.com/bobathey-741550

This should be a sticky on the main page. Many of us are in debt to bob.

[powdork]

^Thanks for the quote/link I missed that the first time around.

One of these things is not like the other

The heaviest precipitation has moved down into Mono County this
afternoon, with lighter showers continuing over the Tahoe- Reno-
Carson areas. Latest models show diminishing precipitation tonight
as the atmospheric river starts to break up temporarily and begin
to wave further north into the northern Sierra by Wednesday
morning. The AR begins to reload on Wednesday, bringing moderate
rain into the northern Sierra from Tahoe north to Lassen County.