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Employees with unused benefits are not hard to find in So. Tahoe. A couple who live three houses away from my family cabin always have unused benefits that are good for 1/2 off walkup or free gondola ride in Winter or Summer that they are willing to share even though I don't know them very well...

Only at the very top as seen to the right in my photo at entrance station. There was at least a couple feet of snow on ground between there and 13K' Mt Dana, but the W-facing slopes had mostly burnt off. There was little snow in open areas on right/N of highway in 8600' Tuolumne Meadows although...

I'm starting it again as I think my season is over even though Mammoth could be open another 2-3 weeks. Days: 46 vs. 47 last year and 46 the year before that. Not getting to my goal of 50, even with roadtrip to UT and CO where I skied 16 of 18 days including one at Palisades on way. My only...

Tioga Pass re-opened on Memorial after Winter closure which cuts my route home to 235 miles, compared to ~330 if I go all the way to Minden to fill-up on cheaper NV gas, then go past Kirkwood as I did earlier this May. Apple Maps still does not appear to know it is opened. I stopped at Whoa...

Tuesday May 27 was a much nicer day than cloudy Memorial Day, even though chair 2 remained closed, gondola started closure for annual maintenance and since long weekend was over, Mammoth only ran chairs 1, 3, 11 and 23. But number of people skiing had dropped by 80-90%. We parked at the Mill and...

I think I was a chair ahead of Big Tim on 23 when rushing to get two more laps before 1 PM closure after a longish wait for parking shuttle to get me back to chair 1 after skiing Stump with @Tony Crocker. I had enough time to re-apply wax to my skis and to go to car to get re-apply sunscreen. I...

I left So. Tahoe before 430 AM, filled up on not so cheap anymore NV gas ($3.83 - Costco in CA is $4.39) in Minden and caught almost sunrise over Topaz Lake. View of the (Mono) Inn Fire that closed 395 from Thursday evening to Saturday at 8 PM and would have made for a 2 hr detour into NV. At...

(Corrected the date) I had a very long Sunday. I thought I'd set alarm for a little before 3 AM, but didn't and luckily had to pee not much after 3 which got me up and out of the house by 4:15. I loaded Funitel about 815 and skied a couple of Gold Coast, then Siberia laps, finding Tricia from...

Some updates: 1. Sonora Pass is scheduled to re-open today, 6 days after I could have used it. Last year it reopened on the day after I returned from Mammoth to San Jose. Mammoth (and Tahoe) received some new snow earlier this week, but winds gusted to over 100 mph so some of it blew away. 2. I...

I contacted DanoT who referred me to a SkiTak post and also responded about Sun Peaks "deploying a special insulating product on the OSV racer training run to preserve snow through the summer. It is a European technology and should allow SP to guarantee race training in early November for out of...

DanoT, who I think is now 80, spends his Winter skiing Sun Peaks and Summer in Victoria, always claimed that Sun Peaks groomed their runs extensively in Summer to allow them to open with minimal base. The one day I skied there, I also took tour and skied some new snow that was a couple of days...

Good question, but no. If I lived in neighboring Santa Clara, where electricity is 59% less than PG&E (17.5 cents per KWH vs. 42.5 cents), maybe. My wife's son and his wife live there and have two electric SUVs, but they don't often charge at home as they get free charging at work and don't take...

Another great day skiing the Spring corn at Mammoth. I skied from before 7:45 to a little after two, over 32K then had a tailgate beer with Kirk/Mountain_Monster and friends and dogs in parking lot before getting on road at 2:45. I got home ~845 with only a short stop in Minden for gas and...

Not too much to add and I didn't take any skiing photos. I liked Wipe Out 2 better than 1 and found steep right edge was smooth and firmer snow, but there were rocks to avoid. I also thought where it was not a steep was smoother below Wipe Out 2 than 1 and much easier to ski than where Drop Out...

I left San Jose just after 4 AM, arrived Palisades at 7:45 and loaded Funitel before 8:10. I took short route out of building and skied firm S-facing snow to Siberia. I was glad I had not just worn a vest, but my jacket was not wind-proof and was not warm enough with steady wind of 26-27 mph...

Your numbers are not the same as CA Dept of Water Resources which splits the Sierra into three regions. In the SF Bay Area this winter there has been a greater than usual variation in Rainfall between N and S of the Bay. Santa Rosa, ~50 miles N of SF has received over 41” of rain, 128% of...

Photos above taken lower on W-facing runs off Scott chair were snow was thinner than the N and E-facing, especially higher up. Some of what I skied on Scott and Sherwood, or at least crossed, may have been bare before the new snow. I skied Olympic Valley side of Palisades on Monday, April 29...

Alpine Meadows, Sunday April 27 Don't really have time to write this up or add photos before heading out again, but I skied closing day for the Alpine side of Palisades from 9 to a little before 3, skiing 24K. I started with Summit which had no line, but I did not like the visibility at the top...

After closing cabin and a one hour drive from So. Tahoe, I skied 940-340, over 32K vertical, then saw KT Tunstall free concert on the KT deck from 4-5, then did the 4 hour, including stops at very busy In N’ Out in Davis and quiet Costco near 80/680 for gas - $4.39, four cents more than Business...

Kirkwood and Heavenly, CA Friday, April 18, 2025 Greg and I parked close to and loaded the Reut about 930. It was clear, with a harder overnight freeze than previous day, and wind from E/NE was strong. We skied firm, but smoothly groomed, Wagon Trail to Cornice chair. Short Spoke/Race Course was...