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We missed No Kings events in June as we were hiking at Tahoe so my wife and I went to downtown San Jose yesterday. We mostly stayed in shade on edge of crowd that was estimated to be 10,000 as my wife did not want to be in the middle of it. SF had estimated crowd of 100K. There were...

Two of those upper lifts are not new. Mayflower lift is 40+ years old. Sultan lift is 20 years old and replaced lift from 1981. https://liftblog.com/deer-valley-ut/

I skied Deer Valley from next East Village entrance last year. It was in the middle of drive from CA to Steamboat so not much of a write-up. https://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/threads/utah-february-2025.15254/page-3#post-95854 Won’t go back this year as Deer Valley (and Alta!) are not...

Haven't seen anyone post about this: Officials arrest man in Florida on suspicion of starting devastating Palisades Fire "Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is facing a federal charge of destruction of property by means of fire in connection with the Palisades Fire, according to Bill Essayli, the acting...

Rumor is that Mammoth will open next Tuesday, Oct. 21. Heavenly and Kirkwood had what OpenSnow estimates as 12"/14" snow respectively over the last two days, but Vail would never open them a month or more early.

More stories about craft beer squeeze in https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article312402016.html that also references NY Times story that I was able to read but can't share. We were in Spain the week before last and mostly drank draft lagers (and albarino white wine...

Nothing that has directly affected me, but https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/07/14/california-breweries-closing-beer-sf says “More than 50 breweries closed across the state last year, while 24 opened.” And they don’t expect it to get better, partially due to tariffs. “Small brewers...

I have to question his snowfall data with Revelstoke and Timberline tied for no. 2 at 540” each. He says “U.S. snowfall totals sourced from bestsnow.net. Canadian snowfall totals as claimed by resort.” I didn’t see Timberline at bestsnow, but I didn’t look everywhere. I did see bestsnow has...

Report from my only day at Whitewater included “As at Revelstoke the previous Friday and Red Mountain the next day, a little new snow seems to bring out half the town in AM.” Even though all three towns (Nelson, Revelstoke and Rossland) are not that big, many people live in them to ski.

What an embarrassment he was today and is most days. https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/takeaways-trump-un-speech https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-un-speech-claims-trump and https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/trump-un-speech-united-nations-analysis

You could stay at Castle one night. We did once sharing 3 bunk bed room and once in room with two beds. Pizza for dinner and cereal for breakfast.

As Jimmy Buffett wrote in song released a week after his death 2 years ago: "Don’t know where I’m going Don’t know where I’ve been All I know for certain is My gummie just kicked in" Longer/better version. Song was written about a dinner experience with Paul McCartney's wife. I'm skiing...

I'm considering Banff starting Feb. 23 (when my 3 days at Mustang end) or March 22, 2026. I've had a timeshare trade request in for a while for the only place near Banff (short shuttle ride to downtown and their weeks run Sun-Sun) through company who sometimes have availability and does not...

Lines at Disneyland the last time I was there in June 2023 make the worst lines I have experienced in many years skiing look very small. If you don't pay extra to avoid lines during busy periods you can easily wait 1 hr to get on popular rides. I was in line for Space Mountain and it said line...

What kind of snake is that? Very close to where I took photo of mama coyote last week, I saw a CA king snake crossing the trail we were hiking earlier this Summer. I was ahead of my wife so I went back to warn her about the snake so she would not be surprised by it. They are non-venomous and...

PG&E has proactively shutoff power in Northern California. It's called "Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, which turns off power during severe weather." See https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/pg-e-partners/planning-resources/ for more info.

Mama Coyote we saw at 10:05 AM today when hiking Montgomery Hill behind Junior College that is about to celebrate 50th anniversary near our house. Hill is named for JJ Montgomery who flew controlled gliders there before Wright Brothers 800' flight, eventually dying in crash on hill. Lady sitting...

Some bad news on New Zealand club ski areas from SnowBrains: August 20: Temple Basin in New Zealand’s Southern Alps has announced it will not open for the 2025 winter season, citing insufficient snowfall. Today: Mt. Cheeseman ski area has called off its 2025 winter season, saying a prolonged...

Previous post was limited as it was made from small iPhone while I was responsible for a couple of hours for my 15-month younger sister who had hip replacement earlier in week. (She used to hike and ski, but now just seems to hurt even after a knee replacement last year.) My main point is...

My Epic/Vail Senior Tahoe Value pass breaks even in one day at KIrkwood plus one day at Heavenly or Northstar. Even the non-Senior version breaks even in two days total between Heavenly and Northstar. Of course the break even numbers go up if you know someone who can share their (limited)...