Recent content by Monomoy

Jay has a lot of snow and the amount can't be easily described with common measurements. Trail signes were buried in snow, in some places completely covered. Landmarks and references were obscured by the snow depth making older navigational points obsolete. Parking was at a premium and cars...

Friday 3/16 was a warm, sunny and windless day. Magic was a powdery at the summit and little firm at the base early in the day. Mtn Management ran a groomer over wizard and talisman which broke the crust to expose creamy packed powder. Once the sun warmed up the trails most of the lower 2/3...

Magic is 100% open and had wonderful loose and packed powder. Saturday was warm and the snow at the bottom of the hill was lsightly crusty, but who's complaining. Today there were fewer people, but a healthy crowd by Magic standards and both chairs were running. <BR> <BR>The trails held up to...

The drive from San Jose to Squaw got really slow in the Sierra. It was wierd for an Easterner to drive on a paved road with chains at 30 mph. The last vehicle I drove with chains was a log skidder. Judging by the terrible snow driving skills I saw the chains were warranted. <BR> <BR>Got to...

I am heading to the SF area on business and have a couple of days when I can ski. Should I head to North or South Tahoe? I have skied in the Truckee area 15 years ago and had a blast, but I'm curious about Kirkwood and Heavenly. <BR> <BR>What would you choose and why?

The weather forcast looked pretty good except for the word 'breezy'. Breezy at most mountains can mean a gale at Wildcat, butI had a back up plan and headed North. Rt 16 was sloppy and the fresh snow was a good omen. <BR> <BR>The sun was out at the 'Cat, Mt Washington's summit was in a...