Tahoe '24/'25 - This Thread Shall Not Be Privatized!!

[TahoeBC]

Friends of mine spent 2 hours in the car going from Meyers to parked at Kirkwood today, think they said stop and go from Caples lake

[~mikey b]

I heard the usual spots were quite busy today - time to go ski unusual stuff

[bodywhomper]

Friends skied some lift assisted trade routes near donner pass and reported minimal crowds and lots of fresh tracks.


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[~mikey b]

faaaaantastic

[~mikey b]

oh hay

the backcountry ski shop in Truckee that I work at has a deal going

follow us on the book of faces or the gram and you’ll find a post offering 2/4 off ski and bike service through xmas

come in and show us the ad to get the discount

[powdork]

Those pesky crowds



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[SnowMachine]

Ah yes--the locals blaming the resorts for saving the good stuff for the weekenders, and the weekenders blaming the resorts for saving the good stuff for the locals. Same as it ever was.

Not really. I remember a time when resorts competed for ticket sales and raced to get terrain open.

I was sent multiple pics of PT lines yesterday. I would have been wandering in the BC before standing in those. SB was status quo. Parked to DSR, but manageable. We were about chair 10 on Dis and had some of the best laps possible. Wrapped the day with a Judah hike. It was fantastic.

It's just busy around here now. That's the way it is. I have rules I've developed for skiing certain places on certain days with certain conditions. I generally dislike lines and crowds (I'm positive I'm not alone). Enough that I'll be human or moto powered if it's too busy.

[old goat]

Both Palisades areas have spent significant money on Gazexes to allow snow safety to start before first light, to avoid closing AM road while customers are arriving (and to make it safer for patrol). That doesn't sound like ignoring the customer to me. I've been skiing here for 50 years and I don't see the emphasis on getting stuff open having changed. There was a famous article in Powder in perhaps the 80s or 90s about snow safety at AM and Alta. At one point the patrol director shows the mountain manager his planned shots for the morning and mountain manager tells him too much, shorten the list. This was before Alterra, before the merger. Every few years a patroller gets killed getting stuff open. That doesn't sound like ignoring the customer. If they wanted to do it cheaper they could do only the snow safety necessary to protect the groomers and make all the other offpiste uncontrolled, ski at your own risk, the way it is in Europe. Stuff would open faster and skiers instead of patrollers would die once in a while.

That Powder article had a magnificent photo looking south across Beaver Bowl with patrollers on the ridge and humungous horizontal cornices extending 30 feet and more across the bowls. AM used it in their literature for a couple of years. I had it on my wall.

[old goat]

Snowing hard here (6000ft) at the moment. Fingers crossed re rain.

[GravityDT]

Sorta ski related question for the Truckee peeps… my daughter just moved to Truckee for the season, she’s looking for a pr of Kinco leather mitts. No luck at the ACE, any suggestions in Truckee??

[skier666]

I remember that Powder article...shot with the massive cornices.

Wet lower mountain at PTOV on Saturday with just Red Dog and Resort Chair. Just fun enough skiing Strainer under Resort Chair but by noon, we were soaked. Spent rest of the day digging out the car to prep for Sunday's early exit and just hanging out in the blizzard in the Village...fun with the kiddos. Sunday was the typical delayed start with Red Dog not turning until 9:30am. Did two laps on Resort and then ran to the Tram after seeing the Funitel line touching KT. Two reverse traverse Slot to CII laps (nice turns in CII bowl), Red Dog lap with the youngest and bolted. Left the valley at 1:27pm with an easy drive home.

[powdork]

GravityDT, without pictures of her and/or her mom how could we possibly know what size mitts?


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[Ottime]

KW was interesting Sunday.

As I was shutting off the water to the cabin to leave and head out and line up I realized there must be a broken pipe because there was a few inches of water in the crawl space. Fuuuuuuuuck.

Turn of the water and texted the owner and called the shuttle. We still got out around 9am. Took a lap off 7 (no line) and find this at 6. By this point I heard back from my buddy and he did have a sump pump, so we decided to head back to the caving to take care of shit.

One lap of 6 in outer Sentinel. Untracked until the bottom. Felt nice, if a bit thick.

After waiting about 20 minutes for a shuttle, David from Security gave us a ride in a pick up truck. This guy is pretty solid. He was taking my feedback on shuttles - they don't have nearly enough.

Drained the crawl space and we went back out for a few laps before heading home. No lines at noon. Good coverage and skiing well but things were pretty tracked out by noon.

Waited 40 minutes for a shuttle home before walking. It seems all three of their shuttles they were running on Sunday got stuck behind a tow truck they was blocking egress. Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket.

Talked a few people upset about parking. Several who paid for the parking but was told all the paid lots were filled by the time they arrived so they had to turn around and park out by 88. And then there was no shuttle back to their cars for over an hour.

For those wondering - KW was stopping cars and checking reservations along KW Meadow Drive. Security thought it was dumb and backing up cars on the highway.

They still dont have any plan on how to park cars efficiently. So it got backed up even more - which is what they are claiming paid parking and reservations would help them avoid.

Other people who paid were pissed they were not allowed to choose where they parked but were directed which lot they were filling at time of arrival.

I plan to reserve and take up a spot most days cause that shuttle service is too u reliable. They need to be running 6 mini busses and the open air wagon or it people will be waiting for 20-30 minutes to get picked up an another 15-20 to get where they are going.

So. If you pay for parking - still arrive early to be sure you actually have a spot, and even early if you want to decide for yourself which base you are parking near


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[MashedPotatoes]

dude, I was wondering what happened to you.. Would not have guessed sump pump ranger.

$20 to park out on 88 and **hope** they shuttle you. That is pretty outrageous. For me I got there sort of early and parked in the Cornice lot. Guy asked if I had a rez and I said yes and that was it. Sort of like it always was except now I have to fork out $20/day to ski on weekends or be reserving weeks in advance.

Good skiing though. Bit of a junkshow with that early season cliff band in All the Way. Some guy broke his leg. Watched some guy send Once. It looks so gnarly to me with like a 1 ft wide landing zone but dude stomped it. Palisades bowl was pretty dreamy in the afternoon but the traverse was kicking my ass, I'm outta ski shape.

[dookeyXXX]

Sorta ski related question for the Truckee peeps… my daughter just moved to Truckee for the season, she’s looking for a pr of Kinco leather mitts. No luck at the ACE, any suggestions in Truckee??

To the best of my knowledge nobody has Kinco Mitts around Truckee (or Reno). I have looked at most shops and hardware stores the past several years to no avail.
All of the folks I know who have them either bought them in Mammoth or online.

[TahoeJ]

Sorta ski related question for the Truckee peeps… my daughter just moved to Truckee for the season, she’s looking for a pr of Kinco leather mitts. No luck at the ACE, any suggestions in Truckee??

There's the other "new" Mountain Hardware over by Raley's off 267. Beyond that, you can get some flylow baked mitts / gloves (I have both, they're awesome) at Tahoe Sports Hub and probably other ski shops.

[gone2alpine]

The morning session today at the Ghettos made up for the fustercluck yesterday.

[lepistoir]

This is why you need chains on your AWD when the roads are wet.

[LongShortLong]

lepistoir has some skis for a Tahoe Maggot

193cm Voile Hyper V8 with Dynafit Radical ST10 bindings




see them in Gear Swap

Well the (ancient) obsetheds I eyed are gone. Those (classic) 179 Pontoons you posted might be just my speed, if not my price. Picked up some (oldish) 179 hellbents so that'll be my first water er powder ski. Not counting the half-dozen 68-105mm skinny skis I've shredded with.

[Ottime]

I recall skiing with you on straight skis on a powder day. Or so it at least seemed.

Today looked dreamy. I almost made a plan to bringing up a dehumidifier to the cabin tomorrow.... but my buddy said there was no need, so no skiing for me.


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[Dark Energy]

Country Club storm day on Sat at SB. Refills each lap and everything spinning thanks to the SB crew and karma for picking up a DSR employee trudging along 40 on the way to work. Although the wind was doing its thing, it got colder and the snow lighter about 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at SB was a parking-palooza with cars out to and all along 40. Uncertain where everyone went since by mid-morning the lift lines were seemingly only a couple of minutes. Although tracked out, the snow stayed cold and soft all day.

Took the long way home with a side country tour. ~5in. ski penetration on W and SW faces in open areas above 7,500 ft. Obvious wind pillows, but no whomping or cracking. mixed in with softer scalloped snow. ~10in. ski penetration from 7,500ft to 6,800ft on W and SW faces and N. facing trees from 7,900ft to 7,000ft. At Onion Creek about 3 to 4 feet total snow at 6,800ft, with some brush popping out. A few open spots with water running but plenty of snow bridges for an easy crossing.

Able to confirm that skiing soft snow is fun.

[StevieG]

Anyone know anyone who left poles behind today, Monday 16th at Kweed when they drove off? Let me know where you were parked and the poles and we can sort out a handover.

Don't really trust lost property to not nab em.

Refills today we're creamy and fun
Glad I didn't go up yesterday.

[Eastside]

I woke up Sunday morning and scored a Kirkwood blue lot reservation. Rolled in about 0730 hours (usual for a powder day). Made my way to 6 and got in the line which was short. Got a couple good laps then my third ride they opened it up out towards wagon wheel as I unloaded. Followed a patroller down the ridge and got a really good untracked, silky, decently deep lap down and lined up at 10. Got a killer first lap and a couple more good laps. Rode 6 again, traversed out past Palisade and got a nice lap back to the car and bailed. Pretty good day.

[SnowMachine]

Both Palisades areas have spent significant money on Gazexes to allow snow safety to start before first light, to avoid closing AM road while customers are arriving (and to make it safer for patrol). That doesn't sound like ignoring the customer to me. I've been skiing here for 50 years and I don't see the emphasis on getting stuff open having changed. There was a famous article in Powder in perhaps the 80s or 90s about snow safety at AM and Alta. At one point the patrol director shows the mountain manager his planned shots for the morning and mountain manager tells him too much, shorten the list. This was before Alterra, before the merger. Every few years a patroller gets killed getting stuff open. That doesn't sound like ignoring the customer. If they wanted to do it cheaper they could do only the snow safety necessary to protect the groomers and make all the other offpiste uncontrolled, ski at your own risk, the way it is in Europe. Stuff would open faster and skiers instead of patrollers would die once in a while.

That Powder article had a magnificent photo looking south across Beaver Bowl with patrollers on the ridge and humungous horizontal cornices extending 30 feet and more across the bowls. AM used it in their literature for a couple of years. I had it on my wall.

Still not what I'm talking about. There doesnt seem to be much urgency to get Headwall or KT open. I'm not talking about after storms. I'm talking about a seasonal opening at a mountain that is getting sizable crowds for existing terrain.

[SnowMachine]

Sorta ski related question for the Truckee peeps… my daughter just moved to Truckee for the season, she’s looking for a pr of Kinco leather mitts. No luck at the ACE, any suggestions in Truckee??

Will second that Flylow gloves are a bargain. I have both the Oven Mitt and Unicorn Mitt. It's worth the extra $10 for the waterproofing in the Unicorn Mitt.

They have them at Sports Hub and Paralell in OV.