California/Nevada 2022-2023 Tahoe Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[Andy Mink]

Son of a
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Buffalo is just rolling their collective eyes!

 

[MarkG]

I can live with another feast or famine year. Particularly if there are a few more feasts.

 

[Dougb]

I managed to make it to North Star yesterday. Left the Bay Area at 6 and made it to snag one of the last paid parking spots a little after 9. We hopped right on the gondola but there were lines already at Vista and Arrow, because pretty much nothing else is running.

I took my son and his friend and set expectations low given how little is open. Still we managed to get in 10 runs and had a lot of fun. N* did a good job of grooming and the lifts and mountain were better staffed than last season for sure.

We broke for lunch and did one more run afterwards. Vista line was 15 minutes and the run itself was dangerous with a lot of out of control skiers. Plus it was getting scraped off in places.

All in all a good day. We were on the snow and it was a bluebird day. We got back at 4::45pm. It

 

[PupManS]

New Pali map is interesting (I know, this was so 1 page ago in the thread.) I think by combining lower OV with AM you do reduce the separate/distinct feeling of the two resorts. Getting harder and harder to say that you're in one tribe or the other.

I'm not judging the move one way or the other, I just find it interesting how a map can change perspective if you stop to think about it. (NO, I did not go to Donner Ski Ranch and relive my youth prior to typing this. )

I *DO* still struggle with what to call the OV side. Unless you ski there, nobody knows OV, and technically Palisades includes AM now. Ugh. Always awkward, and I fall back on SV for the sake of clarity as opposed to being purposefully cringeworthy.

My big gripe with this map is that it shows EVERYONE just how much terrain there is at Alpine to skier's left of the summit lift. There are large numbers of people who've never gone past Wolverine, and this new map makes that look every more enticing than the old map where it was on a separate sort of callout map.

 

[davjr96]

I think (hope) the overlap between people who were unaware of the terrain and people who can successfully hike to and ski it may be pretty small. I'm going to hazard a guess no one's gonna go ski idiots delight now because it's more prominent on the trail map. The drop into beaver bowl can be just as scary on a big cornice year. And nevermind the hike/traverse past that. Too much work!

That's my hope anyway.

 

[John Webb]

Every time I see that word, I read/hear it in this voice...

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Chopper is bring in Red Dog towers today ! lower bunny hill stuff closed for chopper.

 

[John Webb]

First weekend. Turned out to be rather crowded. But of course good stuff could be found… View attachment 183517

Otoh you could hit Mammoth instead. They have 15 lifts and 100 trails open. No lines & most all the good stuff up top is open in good conditions.

 

[MarkG]

My big gripe with this map is that it shows EVERYONE just how much terrain there is at Alpine to skier's left of the summit lift. There are large numbers of people who've never gone past Wolverine, and this new map makes that look every more enticing than the old map where it was on a separate sort of callout map.

I don't know about this. Comparing to an old Alpine Map the only real difference is OG map has Poma Rocks as double black...Alterra made it a single black. If it's crowded by EVERYBODY, I think it will be more due to Gondola than the map. (link attached: https://skimap.org/data/522/7/1257015085.jpg)

Of course I'm speculating.

 

[PupManS]

I don't know about this. Comparing to an old Alpine Map the only real difference is OG map has Poma Rocks as double black...Alterra made it a single black. If it's crowded by EVERYBODY, I think it will be more due to Gondola than the map. (link attached: https://skimap.org/data/522/7/1257015085.jpg)

Of course I'm speculating.

Well, my thinking is people will ride the Gondola and look up at it and say wow how do I get there, pull out the map, and then go there. And doubtless people will get stuck on the ridge unable to get down.

So I'll just sit above Beaver and yell down at those kids to get off my lawn.

 

[dbostedo]

Son of a
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It's been extended another day!

 

[SpeedyKevin]

It's been extended another day!

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Son of a X2. Leaving Mammoth on the 28th

 

[dbostedo]

Son of a X2. Leaving Mammoth on the 28th

Oh no! Maybe you should be NotSpeedyKevin and not leave so fast...

 

[Dougb]

Check out Kirkwood!

 

[jwilli]

I'm skiing on the 27th and 28th, so you're welcome for my departure bringing a storm!

 

[MarkG]

Thank you @jwilli. Please come to Tahoe as often as possible

 

[John Webb]

I started my season with Kirkwood today,
Nash Ambassador race car at Kirkwood
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1949 Bathtub Nash (black) just like the one in this photo was what our parents had when we were kids !

 

[4ster]

Thank you @jwilli. Please come to leave Tahoe as often as possible

Fixed it for you

 

[textrovert]

Alpine opening today. Roundhoude, Treeline Cirque and Yellow on schedule.

Thanks @Mendieta for the heads up

 

[jwilli]

Alpine opening today. Roundhoude, Treeline Cirque and Yellow on schedule.

Thanks @Mendieta for the heads up

Looks like I know where I'm getting first turns this season on Thursday!

 

[Andy Mink]

Woohoo! Word on the street is load test tomorrow, open Thursday if all goes well.