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Tuesday, April 23 I returned to Kirkwood after three days at home where I got my tires rotated (free and keeps mileage warranty), pulled weeds for a couple hours, took dogs for two walks and saw my son and his girlfriend every day and had dinner with them twice. I went to my appt. on Monday...

My friend’s seasonal renters moved out on 4/15. He was lucky that Kirkwood extended their season for two weeks after originally scheduled 4/14 closure. He could not come up until late afternoon and will stay until 4/28 closing. I left San Jose at 525, (Altamont Pass sunrise with Sierra visible...

Without chair 9, does Canyon/Eagle add much besides a shorter drive from some lodging and a couple of runs that face SE and soften earlier than chairs 1 and 2. I realize chair 1 is now closed for replacement which will add more demand for chair 2 parking. I was thinking about waiting until next...

We saw it from Mazatlan. There were some thin and broken clouds, but since ACE did not have the rental car I booked and paid for via Priceline a couple of days before our Saturday arrival, we could not try to go inland for clearer skies in the Sierra Madre as 4 people in our group did. A couple...

Loaded Gunbarrel at Heavenly at 859 - they opened CA base lifts about 5 min early. We stayed above 8K until end of day. Rode Sky chair 10x, line never was that bad, but we did move to Canyon a few times to avoid the worst of it. Besides groomers, we also skied Liz’s, Ellie’s and Sky Canyon twice...

After being home for Easter from last week’s trip for about 36 hrs, I met friend in Tracy at 6 AM Monday for this week’s trip. We skied and watched Freeride Comp at KIrkwood and got to see many crazy lines skied, some big rocks jumped off, a few crashes and some skiers throw backflips and 360s...

Palisades requires parking reservations for weekends (through March) to reduce congestion on road getting there. There are free reservations released on Tuesday at noon and 7 pm. When I made mine on Wednesday, only Alpine base parking was available. There are $30 reservations that I never used...

I skied Palisades from 915-315. It snowed the whole time, not hard early, but started dumping before noon. Visibility was not great all day, so it was best to ski where it was smooth. Wind was not bad. Headwall and Siberia ran all day, and I got my first ride in a long time on Emigrant. Best...

I left San Jose at 4:20 and got to Northstar in 4 hours, parking close to Highlands gondola that I loaded before 9. There was chain control the last 30 miles, but I-80 moved well. I went to Backside first thing for 5 laps, skiing a lot of untracked. Photo from chair. The storm was a bust...

Trying to be quick as we need to load the car and drive a little over 800 miles to get home. At least we gain back one of the hours we lost last weekend. It was my 11th of the last 12 days skiing; 5 in CA around Truckee/N Tahoe and 6 in LCC. It was the first mostly sunny day we had in Utah, but...

I rode bus to Alta from Snowbird and was in line for Collins at 830. This is lines for both Collins and Wildcat about 5 minutes after they opened at 915 just before I loaded from 5 or 6 back in singles line. Maybe crowds would have been less if they had not reported 16" new in last 24 hrs. I...

Skied Snowbird, then Alta, then Snowbird both days but having too much fun to write much or take many pictures. Sunday was much busier than Monday although Collins chair at Alta still had short line on Mon. On Sunday I wanted to show my wife the way to get to Alta without riding bus. Tony...

I left friend’s house 15-20 min. ahead of him and my wife and took West River Street to get to 89S avoiding the Mousehole and had no traffic. They got off I-80W and found so much traffic they turned around and went shopping in Reno in their ski clothes. I joined last day of SkiTalk annual...

SkiTalk group was going to Diamond Peak where they had decent discount on lift tickets. I joined my wife and friend we are staying with going to Northstar. Traffic on 267 was very slow going under and past I-80 then picked up a little on bridge over Truckee River and RR tracks and disappeared...

My wife decided at the last minute to return to Northstar instead of joining me at Palisades Tahoe. After moving her skis back to friend’s truck and a few other last minute items (although I didn’t load jacket but had one in SUV), I arrived about 9 and and parked between not running Far East and...

SkiTalk group was going to Mt Rose for 2fer Tuesday, but I never committed to join them. Many of them backed out due to pass between Incline Village and ski area remaining closed in AM (and they were staying at Tahoe or Palisades) and no hope for Chutes to open with 8’ of new snow. We went to...

More of story to follow. 3xTreeline Cirque, 9x Roundhouse, 11K 1-4 PM Keep me honest post from OpenSnow Tahoe EB US50 CA-89 approaching I-80 Trucks EB I-80 heading towards Donner Pass

After making and eating breakfast, showering, packing, cleaning and closing cabin, it was almost 10 before I arrived Kirkwood. I had to wait for a minute or two to make left into, and then longer for someone to leave, before parking in free even on weekend lot before Timber Creek base. Santa...

Another great day on the South end of Tahoe. Friend from FL had an extra parking pass for where he stays across from gondola and I got his cousin a Buddy pass, then after short line we loaded gondola about 9. (Didn't realize Heavenly is open at 830 all President's week). I thought I saw early...

Short version by the numbers: 14th day of my season, 11th at Kirkwood Shared 1st chair on Solitude, 4th day in a row I skied all day on 10 year-old Super 7 powder skis. 18” new on Monday, 10” new reported on Tues 2/20, but a lot of it fell during the day Monday and was wind-affected. Three laps...