10/11 Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread

[unpossible]

Anybody going to light the wick tonight in SF? Doors at 830 show at 930. Say Hi as I will be attending by myself. I will probably be wearing an old vail beavercreek red hat. The names Jake.

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[Vets]

Just got back from a PNW trip, for the birth of grandchild #7 in Spokane.
Skied the Palmer patch on the way up early in the month to close the season at 83 (half mile patch to the mid load station), hiked 49 degree north after the Monday storm last week, skied the bottom of Timberline when they opened on Friday on 32" of fresh - decent coverage, then hiked Bachelor on Sunday.
Come On Mother Nature - Bring it South!

Let it Snow!

First, congratulations grandpa. That sounds like a great road trip. Where is the TR?

I'm one to talk though, having not posted a TR of Boreal's opening day WROD randomly moving and not moving human slalom course with four park features thrown in to make it an even more interesting experience. Fortunately, I ran into jla415 who guided me around so that I wouldn't get lost

Let it snow.

[PBR and POW = FUN]

Found somewhat decent snow in the Ridge Lakes area of Lassen on Halloween. The pics below are from the best line I found. Sinking to above my knees on the climb as I neared the top. It was windloaded to deep as hell up there, and I found the first cornice of the season. Although it was only about a foot tall, it was steep enough below to get a little distance off of. Further down the hill snow was still decent, generally about 8 to 10 inches and rode like spring snow. The best part was near the very bottom, where snow of about 1 inch covered tops of sharp volcanic rocks. Those damn near converted my ride to a splitboard for free! Also hit a few tree lines near here, but those were all much icier - lots of melt from overhead trees. There were a set of ski tracks at the bottom of this hill that roughly followed the Ridge Lakes trail that I hiked to get up here. Its flat down there more or less, so I'm guessing those were a X-country skier. Stopped to get gas and later stopped for a few groceries on the way home that night...a bikini-clad devil girl pulled up to use the other side of the pump, and a sexy Heidi's was behind me in line at Smiths. So yeah, Halloween was pretty sweet...deep snow and women riding around in red string bikinis, all within the same evening.

Here's a photo of the best line I found. I pushed a bunch of buttons in Photoshop until my turns showed best. Colors work Halloween anyway I guess.




Now, on to the real good shit...Boreal. I went up last night and rode. Typical scene..about 400 sixteen year old suburban white kids, errr.. I mean hardened gangstas from the mean streets of Roseville?? The best part was at the bottom of the quad lift where so much slush had accumulated that it was actually a pond skim. That really was fun. I got some pics:

Here we are getting on Boreal's new cable car...its actually used- they bought Squaw's. Since it doesn't get below 65 degrees at Squaw anymore they wont be needing it.



Here is the least crowded park line last night. It was pretty gnarley, at one point I even came close to having space to bend over and strap in.

[QuikR12]

Found somewhat decent snow in the Ridge Lakes area of Lassen on Halloween. The pics below are from the best line I found. Sinking to above my knees on the climb as I neared the top. It was windloaded to deep as hell up there, and I found the first cornice of the season. Although it was only about a foot tall, it was steep enough below to get a little distance off of. Further down the hill snow was still decent, generally about 8 to 10 inches and rode like spring snow. The best part was near the very bottom, where snow of about 1 inch covered tops of sharp volcanic rocks.

I was up there the same day (Sunday?), but headed up the closed road toward the summit. Snow was umm, hard up there... a light dusting on top of a solid rain crust and shit for viz. The ridge must have gotten a bit more of that latest storm + some good wind depo. You weren't the backcountry ski patrol volvo were ya, guessing not cuz that guy had some tele's in the back.

[lepistoir]

Warren Miller in Livermore. 9p Showing. Hoping to meet up with Kirkwood/South Lake rippers esp. like lots of bc touring. PM me for phone and we'll see you there, rejects.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

I posted these in the Eastside thread, but may as well get this back on track. Here are some conditions pictures of the Eastside as of this weekend. Mostly in the Evolution sub-range (but a shot of Morrison as well):

Morrison (Photo: Enginerd):



Mt. Gilbert N. Couloir (really just a dusting on rocks - no ice left (that is all melted out), but didn't appear to have a lot of coverage):



Mt. Thompson Couloirs - sketchy windslab on top of pure sugar facets..



South Lake and the Evolution Range (Photos: Enginerd):

[PBR and POW = FUN]

I was up there the same day (Sunday?), but headed up the closed road toward the summit. Snow was umm, hard up there... a light dusting on top of a solid rain crust and shit for viz. The ridge must have gotten a bit more of that latest storm + some good wind depo. You weren't the backcountry ski patrol volvo were ya, guessing not cuz that guy had some tele's in the back.

I got a late start that day (Sunday), just one of those days where I couldn’t get out the front door. I ended up getting there around 3, and there happened to be a Ranger in the entry ticket booth with the cashier lady. He said there was a report of 10 inches at Ridge Lakes and supposedly it just got deeper from there up. I had planned to hike up the closed road too, but took his advice and went the Ridge Lakes route. That trail kind of tops out and then traverses a very minor ridge that is in between taller ridges on either side. The ridge left of the trail had most of the snow throughout the whole hike, which was a north to north-east facing ridge. The other ridge was shallow, and in spots bare (at the base of this ridge is the stream that drains down to the big boiling spring right behind the gate at the road). Anyway, I obviously rode the left, north facing ridge. I found the pictured spot below Ridge Lakes actually, but the deeper snow was up top, which would actually be higher or near same elevations as the lake even though it is downstream. When I reached the ridge top, and faced back down, there was occasional moments when fog/clouds would clear enough to let me look across Ridge Lakes drainage and see the west face of Diller, which looked real thin and rocky. I think the key was finding minor peaks or ridges and riding their north, or really northeast facing sides. Staying out from under trees also helped because there wasn’t all that dripped melt refreeze each night that I kept running into under trees.

I did find some of that hard, frozen stuff on Saturday, down in the Sonora Pass area though. I drove up Little Walker Rd, which is just south of 108, to the wilderness parking, and hiked from there for a long ways, a really long ways, until I found some blower pow on top of real thin hard snow/ice on top of steep rocks – kind of shit that made me wish I had brought my helmet, or at least more beer. Scenery down there is always great though, and the only other tracks I saw were deer, which is sometimes nice.

No, that patrol guy you saw wasn’t me. I can’t afford a Volvo, and would have found a new sport a long time ago if I were a tele skier. I was driving a Honda CRV and riding a Rome Artifact - a flimsy park board that Sunday at Lassen. I wasn’t expecting to find such deep or steep lines; figured I’d be building little kickers on patches all evening.

It has been warm since Halloween. I figure Lassen isn’t going to be nearly as good this weekend, and I’m still trying to figure out where to go. Some splitboard forum I found on google had a TR for Shasta reporting a couple feet on Bunny Flat this past weekend. I wonder how good that stuff will be this sat/sun.

[Dhelihiker]

OK so I watched Deeper and I want to find that mega steep roll over. Would anyone care to ratiocinate to its location. I feel very strongly that it is near K-wood. I think they were heading out the Forestdale way. The rock is volcanic, so I am discounting desolation or beyond. I also think North of Truckee is possible but, its all snowmobile access land and why would he have not already done this?

thoughts?

[nickwm21]

I just got a job offer to work lifts at alpine meadows, anyone have any experience working lifts there? Curious how much actual ski time I will get, the pay is pretty weak, so it is going to take a lot of skiing to make it worthwhile.

I worked for Kate at lift ops for three seasons. She generally has too many people on payroll so you work around 3-4 days a week, and ski the other days. Typical work day allows you to ski for the 1 hour on your lunch break. Eat lunch while working so you can ski all break. "Breakers" get to ski more, but I doubt you will be a breaker as it is your first season there. You will most likely be crowd control at the bottom until you earn the right to operate and bump chairs. It is a good gig as you get a season pass, meet the Alpine crowd, and work is easy. If you are trying to make a living, you will need to get another job.

[~mikey b]

SLT mags - is it cool to camp in the Heavenly parking lot in my camper? I've got a class Saturday morning at 0700.

[3snowboards]

Are you looking for job or gear?
And no, I wouldnt park there unless you are pulling in there about 630.

[~mikey b]

looking for nothing - is there a swap and job fair?
attending an Outdoor Emergency Care class
thanks for the advice

[nickwm21]

^^^ Truckee ski swap on the 6th at the rec center near pioneer. Pretty far from Heavenly

[Nuthon]

SLT mags - is it cool to camp in the Heavenly parking lot in my camper? I've got a class Saturday morning at 0700.

Cab Over? I've got an open spot next to my house out in Meyers if needed. let me know

[Dhelihiker]

Anyone travelling from Truckee to the Bay Area this weekend? I have some skis in Truckee that I would kindly pay for someone to grab and bring down with them. I live 1 block off of 80 so it would be an easy drop off.

?????????

[Eastside]

SLT mags - is it cool to camp in the Heavenly parking lot in my camper? I've got a class Saturday morning at 0700.

Park in the back of the Horizon casino in Stateline

[RaccoonFace]

Skins are here, time to find some trouble!

Anyone know when the RNO ski swap is? I have some stuff to unload...

okbye

[ninjabirdman]

anybody have recent photos or can report on snow conditions on rose, the resort or galena bowls area? how about anywhere down on the eastside? trying to get an idea of what coverage is like before this storm system rolls through . . . skiing monday?

[RaccoonFace]

When I left work last night, rose peak looked like it was slightly powdered and rose resort looked dry and dirty. From what I saw this storm had better do us a solid if there is going to be any skiing Monday.

[AKbruin]

Hourglass looks like shit right now. Very little coverage. Use the rock skis for sure.

Uggh, t-shirt weather in Truckee and Incline right now.

Truckee ski swap was lame-o.

[theetruscan]

I just got a job offer to work lifts at alpine meadows, anyone have any experience working lifts there? Curious how much actual ski time I will get, the pay is pretty weak, so it is going to take a lot of skiing to make it worthwhile.

Pay is crap, job is most boring in the world. you get 1 hour of skiing in when you work. Work a few days a week and do something else for income.

[bodywhomper]

the best part ~ the truckee ski swap was the red food truck! also scored the next round of grom alpine gear. the 2 hour line to buy the shit was a fun exercise in patience, especially for a kid.

i ain't packin' up my shorts, but things are gonna be different by monday!

the wrod at boreal looked scary today.

autumn colors are peaking on the west slope.

[ninjabirdman]

Hourglass looks like shit right now. Very little coverage. Use the rock skis for sure.

Uggh, t-shirt weather in Truckee and Incline right now.

Truckee ski swap was lame-o.

bummer . . . doesn't sound like this storm is gonna cover the rocks w/o a patch of snow to land on.

eastside maybe? anybody gotten a look at virginia lakes, bloody, etc. lately?

[BGnight]

OK so I watched Deeper and I want to find that mega steep roll over. Would anyone care to ratiocinate to its location. I feel very strongly that it is near K-wood. I think they were heading out the Forestdale way. The rock is volcanic, so I am discounting desolation or beyond. I also think North of Truckee is possible but, its all snowmobile access land and why would he have not already done this?

thoughts?

What rollover are you talking about? That one rad face w/ the cliff band at bottom is a few drainages to the W/SW of Twin Peaks. It's completely visible from Alpine Meadows.

[stoepstyle]

So my friend and I are beginning to think about building a backcountry ski hut about two years out from now. Were starting to talk to the forest service concerning the rules and regulations and such of where it can be located. My friend and I have started to put a decent amount of cash away for construction costs and would run it off a standard rate per night similar to all the Sierra Club huts. After all the repair costs/permit fees were paid for the next season we would donate 2/3rds-3/4s of the profits to the SAC/other worthy organizations and the rest would be put back into the hut. Do many of you guys use the Sierra Club's Huts? If not, why not? I am just doing some preliminary research into if people would be remotely interested.

While I would share with you some locations that I have started to look at, I dont want to really talk about that until I finally manage to get a hold of someone from the Forest Service so they can tell me what is actually legal. All I know is that it cannot be located on wilderness land. Obviously I would try to convince the forest service to allow me to build it somewhere that would provide access to great terrain difficult to day trip to.

Cheers
-Kyle