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A couple of beers from recent 4-packs I bought. First is Trail Builder Pale Ale from South Lake Brewing that I bought after attending Song Bingo at Libation Lodge for the second Tuesday in a row. Even `though we had our son who is a part-time Karaoke DJ, my wife and I and a couple from So. Tahoe...

Also posted some of this in Shasta thread that @jamesdeluxe brought back from the dead From Mt Ashland's Mountain Report Page: "Beginning Thursday, January 15, 2026, Mt. Ashland Ski Area is forced to pause Ski Operations indefinitely due to low snowpack, warm weather in the forecast and no...

No longer a choice at the moment near I-5 and CA/OR border. From Mt Asland's Mountain Report Page: "Beginning Thursday, January 15, 2026, Mt. Ashland Ski Area is forced to pause Ski Operations indefinitely due to low snowpack, warm weather in the forecast and no snowfall projected. All terrain...

And Mt Ashland is free is you’re 70 and only 8 miles off I5 (although steep climb and I remember access from one direction was weird) vs longer to Mt Shasta Ski Park especially from Mt Shasta City.

It's all slow chairs and a lot of S-facing. I skied there with my not-yet wife on the way to OR in the late 1980s on our way to Bachelor. I don't have complete records for those years or photos that can be easily located, but think that is where we realized the used rental skis we'd bought for...

I arrived Heavenly and parked near the Tram about 840. While booting up, I started talking to guy parked next to me before we both realized we'd skied together once at Kirkwood with his brother Jim who I know from SkiTalk and have skied with at Kirkwood and Palisades a few times and mountain...

Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA January 14, 2026 Even though we stayed not much over 15 miles away, my Garmin says I only started skiing 40 mins earlier than previous day when we left from home ~200 miles away. Rest of stats: 1015-315, 20 lifts (12 were West Bowl with my wife and son) and 22.1K vertical...

Yes, my wife was wearing a helmet when she had fall leading to injury 4 years. See https://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/threads/heavenly-ca-and-nv-1-11-1-13-22.14471/#post-85071 for longer thread that includes more info. After not skiing Sierra since 2019 before the 2021 fire, once they...

Yesterday was 4 years from when toe on my wife's binding came loose and she fell resulting in what was diagnosed as a minor concussion that led to bleeding on the brain and hospitalization with holes drilled in her skull to relieve pressure more than 3 weeks later. She took the rest of that...

He's driving an AWD rental that most likely has M+S rated tires. That is enough to get through most chain control as long as tires have some tread. I just flash four fingers at the Caltrans guy at the checkpoint, and they wave me through. If they ever ask if you have chains, you need to...

Great day at Sierra today although we started early. Sunrise near Tracy before 730, about an hour from home. Our plan was to ski Sierra today, then Diamond Peak on Wednesday on their first of six $60 days for their 60th anniversary, but Sierra was so good with so few people and is a shorter...

Beer that was on sale at Libation Lodge outpost (barely over 1/2 mile from my family's cabin) of South Lake Tahoe Brewing last week. $19 for four 16 oz. cans, regular price is $22. Can says "BEER FOR ADVENTURE" and that it has Citra, Citra Cyro, Mosaic and Nelson hops. It is very tasty with an...

While snowfall may have only been 80% of normal last week and is now lower, "Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years."

I've always entered from gate near top of Olympic Chair which gives you over 3,000 vertical feet. The last 500-1000 can be thin and more exposed than higher up. I searched and found some of my posts skiing Firebreak...

Kirkwood, CA January 7, 2026 I skied from 1005-320, barely getting over 20K. Late start due to packing, cleaning, closing cabin plus ~45 minute drive, but still had prime parking 20' across from where I'd take off my skis. My Minden friend had arrived about 830, reported some snow falling at ski...

Not tempted. Last 500 vertical would be thin and it’s rocky even on the Summer hiking trails that I've used before when snow was thin at bottom. Coverage probably better in trees closer to the Stateline, but there is a creek to cross there.

Heavenly, NV January 6, 2026 (and 2 lifts on CA side) Skied from 9 AM opening until almost 3:30. Garmin counted just over 25K, my lowest so far this season. Friend from Minden and I were both surprised we found some slow vehicles/almost traffic and upper Stagecoach lot full when we arrived...

I rode gondola with guy from Auburn who said it took 4 hrs to get to his Incline Airbnb as they had to take US-50. Some of the guys I was with considered going to Lookout/Martis, but others including me were concerned that bottom of chair is lower than bottom of Backside and barely higher...

Northstar, CA January 5, 2026 I was planning on Kirkwood, but 88 was closed over avalanche prone Carson Spur from Silver Lake to Kirkwood for at least 24 hrs. CA-88 return to So. Tahoe from Kirkwood was also closed on Sunday until after 9 PM. My alternative route US-50 to Meyers, then going S...

Wrong (I didn't mean to say @jimk here) Tony, but I thought it could be Mt Baldy (on right) as I-15, which run more N/S than E/W and runs directly N passing Daybreak Plaza so angle over closed permanently? Mall seems like it would point to Baldy. @Tony Crocker can confirm or deny. (Following is...