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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Feb 20, 2011 - 12:18am PT
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Skied Mt Rose today. Great conditions. Off to Sugarbowl tomorrow. Still up for a mammoth trip Ri?
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Feb 20, 2011 - 12:33am PT
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Meet me and Lucky Pink at Sierra on Wednesday!
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Feb 20, 2011 - 12:50am PT
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Cascade conditions are fabulous. This trail was a posthole nightmare 10 days ago. Fresh tracks from the volcano's rim to the car - 1:15 minutes of bliss.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Kirkwood, CA
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Feb 20, 2011 - 12:52am PT
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Yeah I am working here this winter and it has been amazing!
Lots of powder. Saw a guy explode out of "once is enough" today and just everything went flying in all directions, skis, gloves etc.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Kirkwood, CA
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Feb 20, 2011 - 03:05am PT
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"Once is enough" is a chute on the Wall. It was in good condition today and will be for this whole week. Im too scared to do it though.
Backside opening tomorrow! :)
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Feb 20, 2011 - 09:57am PT
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Deepest and lightest powder I've ever skied in 22 years of living here, had the last 4 days off and have skied everyday, lucky me.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Feb 20, 2011 - 10:14am PT
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day three in park city. 15 inches of new!!!
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Feb 20, 2011 - 10:19am PT
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cali wins again!
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City (CC,NV)
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Feb 20, 2011 - 01:05pm PT
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Hit three days of it and have been working at the Resort the last couple. Freaking amazing. Have fun Daph and Riley.
Be safe out there Wes.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Feb 21, 2011 - 12:51am PT
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did my first run ever with my daughter yesterday, priceless!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Feb 21, 2011 - 01:06am PT
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powder (of the Sierra nature) to my chest on Friday. EPIC.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Feb 21, 2011 - 01:25pm PT
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There's a time to ski and there's a time to climb, such great choices!
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Feb 23, 2011 - 12:51am PT
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pushed 720 miles to get home today. tired.
yesterday ranks as one of the best days of my life. my boy, 4, was not really digging the skiing but yesterday asked to ride the chair lift. so fun watching him tackle his fears and take it all in stride. he got off the lift without falling, and we had a great run down, most of which was with me skiing him between my legs. He rode up twice more with my wife and was skiing by himself at the end.
Tessa took a lesson on her first day and demanded to take another one on her second day. Yesterday she skied with me and we crushed the blues off Saddleback Express at The Canyon's. At the end of the day we skied down to Tombstone, a different experience for her, but she took her lane assignment without my help and busted through the gate right when it opened and got on the lift just fine. Oh, did I say she crushed Chicane on the way down to Tombstone???
It was storming a bit on the ride up, and a much more gnar lift ride than she was used to. I was complaining about the cold, but she was having the time of her life. She actually wrapped HER arms around ME to keep me warm.
She then killed Red Pine Road and honestly there were a couple of times I had to start rippin to catch up.
Can't wait to go back, maybe in April. Love my life, love my wife, love my kids.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Feb 23, 2011 - 02:16am PT
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more pics, less text
not really the east side or tahoe, but my gal crushing the ice
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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Santa Rosa & Bishop, CA
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Feb 23, 2011 - 02:32am PT
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Saturday skied Sierra at Tahoe.....4+ feet of some amazingly light snow. It was light through all 4 feet of snow. Zero wind with it too. Soooo many people getting stuck.
Sunday...skiid Northstar...not as much snow but still good and a little more wind affected. More classic "sierra powder"..............
Monday Skiied 5+ laps down the water line (right under the GONDI) at Heavely. Epic. Great coverage on the lower half too. The snow had settled a bit by then but still deep and sick!
Now gotta study more pathophysiology and finish some other studies so that I can do it again...this weekend....more POW POW is on the way!
Charlie D......hahah on my drive back I almost stopped and snagged some turn down to the Leap in hope of catching a ride back to my car..Maybe this weekend.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Feb 23, 2011 - 08:52am PT
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Salad,
Teaching my two boys to ski were the best of times. They can't remember being a non-skier, truly a great investment for the rest of your lives together. They are both long gone, one up in Bozeman and my oldest in SLC working for BD. Lot's of fond memories and fun reunions in the mountains ranges of the world. Enjoy the moments and remember you will only ski as fast as your kid just one day in your life! BTW they are great for busting in skin tracks!
Charlie D.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Feb 23, 2011 - 11:53am PT
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Backcountry skied the long weekend around S Lake Tahoe. Waterhouse on Saturday - initially the snow was too deep and unconsolidated. Trail breaking was close to waist deep. We could ski only straight down the hill. Very mixed up snow with warmer layers as it fell. Skiing got better and better as the snow consolidated and by Sat afternoon we could start to turn on steeper terrain.
Sunday and Monday were much better. Toured Echo Peak Sunday - mid thigh deepness and some of the best snow of the season. Skied Freel Peak Monday. It's far enough out there were no snowshoing snowboarders to destroy our track (unlike everywhere else around Tahoe). Was quite a bit of work breaking trail the last few miles, but the skiing was amazing. More mid thigh dry pow and cold temps.
photo from Echo Peak:
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Friedo
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Feb 23, 2011 - 02:58pm PT
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Skied Heavenly on Friday 2/18. Absolutely EPIC. Waist deep, face shots every turn! All day!!! Unreal!!!
Another big storm moving in this weekend...
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grover
climber
The Gar, BC.
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Feb 23, 2011 - 03:10pm PT
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Wow nice pics!
Um......can ya'll send some pow north, where it belongs :)
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east side underground
Trad climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Feb 23, 2011 - 04:38pm PT
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The backcountry conditions on the eastside are about as good as it gets. Very stable with few slides. Some northern exposures up high got blasted by high winds Sun afternoon. North-east exposures seemed to be protected. Mc Gee is super good right now , Skied Laurel yesterday - excellent powder. More on the way- cold smoke they say :) Ps the mountain was beat but as of today the glory wind-buff has returned.:)
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