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When I moved to Truckee/N Tahoe in Fall 1975, I first stayed with friends in small house on Truckee River just N of Big Chief (on CA-89 closer to Palisades than Truckee). Then I shared rental in Prosser Lakeview Estates, a couple of miles N of Truckee for 6 months. We were the only house on our...

From https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/was-crystal-mountain-ski-resort-will-open-saturday-in-limited-capacity/ "Crystal Mountain Resort will open for the winter Saturday with a 1,000-vehicle cap on capacity" vs. "resort’s capacity of approximately 3,000 parking spaces." Another story...

I left out photos of @Tony Crocker going to and skiing Dropouts. Snow was good to very good, but light never that good even though I was wearing somewhat bright googles. First photo is Tony C trying to get a higher traverse into Dropouts. Next two are @Tony Crocker skiing Dropout 1. Both were...

SkiTalk friend who moved from Virginia to Ponderay (near Schweitzer) and is going to Mustang in Feb. when I'll be there (and invited me to stay at his house across the street from Lake Pend Oreille on my way N) said the following in a private email group yesterday: "Schweitzer has done much...

Ski Tracks report of my runs, vertical and hard to read details map of where I skied. I barely had more time skiing than driving home afterwards which took just under 6 hrs. including going about a mile out of my way to fillup on $2.83/gallon (cash) regular at Wal-Mart on S end of Gardnerville...

I skied Mammoth Dec. 15 from 830 to 320 with no breaks after driving from So. Tahoe and filling up on $2.79 gas in Gardnerville before 6 AM. Moon to left of sign. I’m hoping Tony Crocker will fill in more details as I’m tired from getting on the road very early this AM. SkiTracks counted 24 runs...

Not sure about the cheap rooms at Mammoth as Motel 6 can be over $200 plus tax some days although I saw it was only $114 plus tax for next Monday night. Ed from Laguna Beach that I showed around ski area for a couple of hours on 12/2 luckily canceled his Aspen room for same dates when he found...

@EMSC Very sorry to hear about what happened and that I won't be skiing with you at Mustang in February. Very happy to hear you are still with us and wishing you the best recovery. For those wondering about February Mustang dates, pickup is Fri Feb. 20 and skiing is Sat-Mon Feb 21-23. It's...

Have to disagree with sfgate article sayng "enjoying powder days in the Wasatch and the Rockies" as Alta reported 14" today and 6" more is predicted by tomorrow, but that is not enough to be enjoying powder with no base. And Alta does not open until tomorrow. While snowsports enthusiasts across...

As I posted above, I skied 830-330 on Tuesday with only about a 10 minutes break at car to add some charge to my phone and pickup a drink for my last gondola ride, then drove 5 hrs and 45 min to get home. Then after unpacking Wednesday, my wife and I attended holiday lunch with former...

There is a lot of advanced and expert terrain available (the most in the Western US and Canada?), but there are also a lot of rocks. Ski damage happens. I was on the demo Heads with 15.9 turn radius that I bought for $50 when I had a binding problem that was due to ice. They will eventually...

I skied Mammoth Dec. 1 from 830 to 3 with a short lunch break for a slice of pizza. Garmin watch counted over 31K and SkiTracks had almost 32K. Some very good snow with many rocks to always watch out for and avoid. Best challenging runs: Dave's - I skied it twice exiting via Solitude both times...

I corrected my post with edit above. $859 is what my Base Ikon costs and they spread payment out over 6 months so it's $286.33/mo. for 2 passes. I'd also consider returning to Base+. Maybe if enough people downgraded instead of upgrading, they'll bring it back. I had Full last season thinking...

For this season I have Base Ikon ($859 after $50 renewal discount) and Senior Tahoe Value (Epic- $482). I usually get more days on the Tahoe Value Pass that has holiday blackouts plus all Saturdays blacked out at Kirkwood and Northstar, some years I get twice as many days vs Ikon. But last year...

Was Trump planning to go to Brazil or did he have prior knowledge that Bolsonaro was going to escape to U.S? Bolsonaro's house arrest ended after he had tampered with his ankle monitor and there were large crowds outside his house. Or is he just full of crap like most of the people working for...

Heavenly opened Monday with 2 runs; Patsy's, a mostly E-facing beginner run used to get to higher CA lifts from top of Gunbarrel chair or Tram, and Mambo, which has some S-facing that is in this photo. Surprised they can't get longer beginner run Maggie's open from same chair open. Photo of...

Following from local paper today. Sorry if behind a paywall. I can copy and paste more if needed. 1 to 2% does not sound like much after the 10-20% increases the last few years, but it is probably on top of those for past and future years California insurers to charge homeowners for FAIR Plan...

A friend shared this on FB for those who have not figured out how to interpret what Trump is saying. I hope they don't come after me sharing that or what Vice President Dick Cheney said about Trump. "In our nation's 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat...

The first person they asked when they got there on Mammoth's Instagram page for opening said 7 AM yesterday. Surprised Kirkwood is not reporting snow, but maybe it's because they are not scheduled to open until Dec. 5. I-80, US-50 and CA-88 all had chain control this AM. South Lake Tahoe and...

Chair 23 will also be running. I may not make it until 12/1 or 12/2 and not sure if anywhere at Tahoe will be worth stopping at on the way.