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Official Tahoe Thread

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easiestEC
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I decided to make this because there seems to be a lack of Tahoe information in this forum. so here it is,
the Official Tahoe Thread

anything that has to do with Tahoe goes here; winter OR summer. Discuss weather, mountain conditions, meet ups and hook ups, epic stories, sick ass places, things to do, pretty much ANYTHING!

first off, here are some sites for general information on Tahoe, whether your a local or planning a trip:

North Shore Information http://www.gotahoenorth.com/
South Shore Information http://tahoesouth.com/
Vacation Information http://www.laketahoe.com/home

secondly, here are some links to some of the mountains around the area;

Squaw: http://www.squaw.com/
Alpine Meadows: http://www.skialpine.com/
Northstar: http://www.northstarattahoe.com/
Heavenly: http://www.skiheavenly.com/
Diamond Peak http://www.diamondpeak.com/
Sierra-at-Tahoe: http://www.sierraattahoe.com/
Kirkwood http://www.kirkwood.com/site/
Sugar Bowl http://www.sugarbowl.com/home
Boreal http://www.rideboreal.com/winter/
Mt. Rose http://www.mtrose.com/

Tahoe and the surrounding area is a dope place with some even doper people, with a shit ton of stuff to offer. Whether you're a weekend warrior on the mountain, or a bar hopper down in the basin, this thread is for you.

that is all, shred on fellow shredders.
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Jahoe_Stuyve
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DingoSeanWell, thanks mother nature... You've forced me to involuntarily quit skiing to save my sanity...

Fuck. This. :(


Only spitters are quitters....
10 years ago
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RimJobber
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Jahoe_StuyveOnly spitters are quitters....

That means your mom is a Class A quitter
10 years ago
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Sn0wM4ng
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Goin up this weekend if anybody wants to carpool. Leavin Saturday night and comin back Sunday probably around 4. I'll pick pretty much anywhere in the bay ideally south or east bay and drop anywhere around north shore.
10 years ago
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RRhighrider
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How is Sierra at Tahoe looking. I am planning on riding there on Saturday.
10 years ago
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Campeador
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Like it's Memorial Day weekend.
10 years ago
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rickroller
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hows the park/snow levels at Boreal right now?
10 years ago
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TheRacker
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rickrollerhows the park/snow levels at Boreal right now?


Only Accelerator and 49er are open, but snow level is acceptable under both of those lifts. Park is fully open and pretty sweet, and I think they finally cut the halfpipe. I'm going up friday actually.
10 years ago
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SKI.ING
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Can't believe Sierra closed. Sad.
10 years ago
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goat00
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sierra is closed, heavenly sucks, northstar party on thursday
10 years ago
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RRhighrider
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I still have one more day left on my three pack to Sierra. At least I went this past weekend
10 years ago
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SKI.ING
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RRhighriderI still have one more day left on my three pack to Sierra. At least I went this past weekend


Never got to use my tickets. Fucked.
10 years ago
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MacNsteaze
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squaw... how is it? i know it won't be good but i want it to be worth the drive up. let me know

this winter sucks
10 years ago
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taylornicky
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I know it might not be worth it, but if anybody wants some half price lift tickets to heavenly, northstar, or Kirkwood, let me know and they're yours.
10 years ago
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goat00
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^im just gonna start giving mine to people in line
10 years ago
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taylornicky
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goat00^im just gonna start giving mine to people in line


I was thinking about doing that but I don't know if I'm going back up for the rest of the season and my last day working up at northstar was yesterday.
10 years ago
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quixotic
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goat00^im just gonna start giving mine to people in line



I had a bunch of extra tickets last summer and tried giving a FREE gondola ride ticket to this older couple at Heavenly and they started to get mad at me. yes, mad. They kept asking me what the catch was and if they had to sign up for a timeshare... even with me wearing a Heavenly uniform and clearly explaining multiple times that it was nothing but a free ticket. They still didn't believe me so I told them forget it and handed it to a family standing next to them who were really stoked and quickly went to the ticket window to redeem their free gondola ride. Fuck those old ma'fuckahz.
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RimJobber
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Heading up to Boreal tomorrow and Northstar sunday. These will probably be my last few days on the hill in Tahoe this year
10 years ago
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jeano
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RimJobberHeading up to Boreal tomorrow and Northstar sunday. These will probably be my last few days on the hill in Tahoe this year


yoo ima be at northstar tomorrow (sat) til like noon then heading to boreal for the night sesh lets ski
10 years ago
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You lucky fuck. I am 99% I won't make it up to ski any fresh snow from this storm
10 years ago
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RimJobber
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I'll be heading up to Hood from the 14th-20th this month if anyone else is going
10 years ago
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Jahoe_Stuyve
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#jahoebums
10 years ago
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SKI.ING
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easiestEC
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Well, it's almost that time of year again. I moved to NZ for a year so I wont be around to experience the "El Niño" everyone has been talking about. So I'm hoping you guys / this thread will keep me updated on how the snow is and how all the resorts are doing around the Tahoe Basin. Got my figures crossed that it'll be a good one for Tahoe, its long past due for one. Cheers!
10 years ago
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violet_sasquatch
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Who here knows of some big mountain or ski mountaineering competitions that are locally around the Lake this winter? My first season competing and I really want to keep it local before I go out into the big bad world of IFSA.
10 years ago
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PacificRimJob
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Reporting from Truckee - The snow is good, and more is on the way. Good news.
10 years ago
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quixotic
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heavenly and northstar opening saturday... it's snowing right now... and i'm going to boreal on thursday. ferk yeah
10 years ago
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taylornicky
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SO STOKED. GOT A SQUAW PASS.
10 years ago
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Chunter
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So happy for you guys
10 years ago
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RimJobber
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Gonna go to Northstar on Sunday.

If anyone wants to ride this winter just add me on snapchat and hit me up. @kodyweil286
10 years ago
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NoTeefa
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There's a couple of rails already set up at Heavenly. I had a blast there on Thursday, it was crystal clear and 52 degrees.
10 years ago
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PacificRimJob
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Can I just say that... 17" reported at Squaw is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I mean, what a downright fucking lie haha.

I've been working here all week and we've maybe had 11-12" at most in some places.. and with how dry it all is, it's not packing down into a very deep base anyway... so by California standards, maybe 7 or 8" in reality.

Silly.
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Sn0wM4ng
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Anybody know of cheap places to stay/have a couch available to crash on around new years in North Lake? Was gonna stay at Hostel Tahoe from the 26th-2nd but its all booked.
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quixotic
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well... if you want to hit any jibs or jumps don't go to heavenly. they have pulled the only 3 features they had. so..... yeah. fuck them.

anyway, who has seen the opensnow BA forecast for tahoe in the next week?! two big storms supposed to be rolling through.
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japanada
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quixoticwell... if you want to hit any jibs or jumps don't go to heavenly. they have pulled the only 3 features they had. so..... yeah. fuck them.

anyway, who has seen the opensnow BA forecast for tahoe in the next week?! two big storms supposed to be rolling through.


They probably pulled them so the coming 1-3 feet of snow doesnt bury them
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quixotic
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japanadaThey probably pulled them so the coming 1-3 feet of snow doesnt bury them



i get your reasoning, but i don't think that has anything to do with it.

a few years ago heavenly had four terrain parks with multiple jumps in every one and a total of about 80 rails/boxes. last season, heavenly had one park, with one 20 foot jump, and about 10 rails / boxes. they are definitely moving in the opposite direction of terrain parks. the shitty three features they had were removed on saturday... 5 days before a storm. but... does breck or key or PC or northstar pull all their shit before it snows? nope.

i dunno.. just kinda bummed that they don't give a fuck about their park anymore. replaced one park with epic mix racing. replaced another park with "family cross"... which is just snow berms.

ugh.. it hurts to think about it. heavenly truly is a weekend warrior gaper paradise resort and that's their business model.
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japanada
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Well the dismal snow year last year may have played a bit of a factor Id imagine. PC/Key/ect dont get 3 foot dumps at base elevation either. Who knows tho, Im a northern rockies skier looking to get down south for what will hopefully be a big season.

Anyone need a rooommate?
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quixotic
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fingers crossed for a fat year. if it's snowing, who cares about the park (sorry goat).

i've got friday off so hopefully i'll be in 3ft of snow at kirkwood.
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juicedrummer11
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quixotici get your reasoning, but i don't think that has anything to do with it.

a few years ago heavenly had four terrain parks with multiple jumps in every one and a total of about 80 rails/boxes. last season, heavenly had one park, with one 20 foot jump, and about 10 rails / boxes. they are definitely moving in the opposite direction of terrain parks. the shitty three features they had were removed on saturday... 5 days before a storm. but... does breck or key or PC or northstar pull all their shit before it snows? nope.

i dunno.. just kinda bummed that they don't give a fuck about their park anymore. replaced one park with epic mix racing. replaced another park with "family cross"... which is just snow berms.

ugh.. it hurts to think about it. heavenly truly is a weekend warrior gaper paradise resort and that's their business model.


that kinda makes me sad. the fact that heavenly used to have so many features in 4 different parks was so bad ass. we used to always go shred until the sun dipped below on one side then jump over to the small jib park til it closed. good times were had there. i remember one year about three years back or so they set up their big ass jump line on the main park but everytime i was there it was too windy to have them open
9 years ago
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OMGimDADDY
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Anyone going to be working at Alpine this year? Got hired a couple weeks ago and start training on the 19th.
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HeathR
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japanadaWell the dismal snow year last year may have played a bit of a factor Id imagine. PC/Key/ect dont get 3 foot dumps at base elevation either.


They decided to take those jibs out well before the storm was even forecast. They are pretty over staffed, it would have been super easy to dig three features out. The sad truth is they just don't seem to care anymore. After 5 years of trying to make the parks better its sad to watch them go downhill so quickly, even if im just watching now.
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quixotic
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HeathRThey decided to take those jibs out well before the storm was even forecast. They are pretty over staffed, it would have been super easy to dig three features out. The sad truth is they just don't seem to care anymore. After 5 years of trying to make the parks better its sad to watch them go downhill so quickly, even if im just watching now.


it's true heath. totally sucks.

little update... my boy goat00 talked with one of the guys involved with the parks and as of right now they are "blowing snow and preparing features for groove park".

so... as of now there have been zero features for a week anywhere on the mountain and the answers we've received have led to zero concrete dates of when to expect any park features.

like i said, no features currently, no set date or immediate future for groove park (which is the baby beginner park)... they are currently only blowing snow not even setting features for pushing anything out.

"high roller terrain parks"... more like penny slot parks.

the 24" of pow i got to ski at kirkwood yesterday was sick, though. keep it coming.
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japanada
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quixoticit's true heath. totally sucks.

little update... my boy goat00 talked with one of the guys involved with the parks and as of right now they are "blowing snow and preparing features for groove park".

so... as of now there have been zero features for a week anywhere on the mountain and the answers we've received have led to zero concrete dates of when to expect any park features.

like i said, no features currently, no set date or immediate future for groove park (which is the baby beginner park)... they are currently only blowing snow not even setting features for pushing anything out.

"high roller terrain parks"... more like penny slot parks.

the 24" of pow i got to ski at kirkwood yesterday was sick, though. keep it coming.


Im glad you finished with that last line...with the shitty winters of years psat, this season you should be slaying pow and hiking for lines
9 years ago
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ThaLorax
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japanadayou should be slaying pow and hiking for lines


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9 years ago
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taylornicky
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Screw you because my only day to ski is tomorrow. Looks like your plan for wind hold is working though.
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