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Heavenly doing better than I expected opening advanced/expert runs. They already had opened Ellie's and Pinnacles off Sky chair although both are somewhat W-facing and may have some thin places. Photo of Milky Way Bowl, one of my favorites there although best hit on higher traverse coming from...

Some photos of Mammoth crowds have been posted elsewhere, but I think it is more important to share that patroller who was seriously injured in avalanche early on Christmas has passed away. Following is message from his family and a photo of Cole Murphy from Mammoth's FB post.

Friend who lives in Truckee and has not been to Northstar yet AFAIK as he's spending Christmas with his son in Scottsdale, AZ shared this with me. Palisades plans to open more today and Monday, but Headwall, KT and Siberia are not yet on this schedule. (But Ops Blog link could be wrong as...

Colorado Sun article from 12/24 says "The patrollers are seeking a three-year contract with a median wage increase of $8 an hour while the ski area’s last offer in early December was about $4 an hour. The difference between the groups totals about $115,000 over the entirety of the three-year...

Analysis: Donald Trump's top 25 lies of 2025 from CNN begins with "It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be."

Avalanche at Mammoth early on day after Christmas injured two patrollers and kept mountain closed. Mammoth's homepage: "Mammoth and June Mountains will remain closed today, Saturday, December 27, to allow mountain operations and patrol teams time to mitigate storm-related hazards." See...

Mammoth reported 13" new yesterday and 38" today. Last time I checked they were only running 4 lifts: Village Gondola and chairs 8, 15 and 17. "Due to ongoing heavy snowfall and storm conditions, Main Lodge will be closed on Christmas Day. Our operations crew is prioritizing opening lifts and...

https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/two-thirds-of-lake-tahoe-residents-struggle-with-housing-costs-new-survey-finds/

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...