tseeb
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I was in short line for Wa She Shu (formerly Squaw One) chair a few minutes before it opened at 9. I was wearing two thin base layers and a tye-dyed Hawaiian shirt over them, preparing for Kirkwood’s closing the next day. Picture taken by Mamie Grump in mid-afternoon. King Grump in front. His son Andrew is behind his girlfriend (in yellow), then unpiste/Alfred and chickenmonkey/David, then me.
I buried lunch with two beers and an extra water under dead tree between top of Wa She Shu and base of Siberia that I rode and skied a few times. I saw @unpiste from SkiTalk from chair and tried to catch up, but it seemed like I wasn’t gaining on them so I took longer way down and waited for him, Al, an Alpine instructor for many years, and @chickenmonkey from SkiTalk. I skied with the three of them from the morning into early PM when Al had to bail to prepare for Bora Bora.
We moved to Granite Chief for a few laps on main Backside groomer which was very good. We also took a couple of laps between Magoo’s and Shirley Chute where bumps were getting softs. We returned to Gold Coast lodge to use facilities and refill water. Then we rode Siberia and did the Reverse Traverse to get to top of Headwall.
After reporting 7’ of snow in April, Palisades Tahoe has extended to Memorial Day, but it's only Fri-Sun in May and some of the current terrain could soon be lost. See Operations Update: Season Extended Again Through May 30th, 2022 - Palisades Tahoe at Lake Tahoe for details. The usual race course run on middle Siberia and the three groomed runs to left of it in photo I borrowed from SkiTalk all skied well on
Wed, and Sat, even after 3 PM. On Headwall, we skied North Bowl where snow was not as settled as expected to lookers left of rocks at top. Then we returned to Granite Chief to ski a few runs with the Grumps. We started with a groomer, then skied ungroomed High Voltage, then what I think is Magoo’s, then run that almost threw me, as even though bumps were soft it is steep and there were some tight spots and I skied it about 2 without enough to eat after starting at 9.
I did another Reverse Traverse on way to pickup lunch I'd left under tree between top of Wa She Shu and bottom of Siberia. I barely was able to step over bare patch to get to Hogback which skied very well about 2:30. I rode Siberia a few more times after that, then skied Mountain Run with an alternate down steep face where Cornice II chair used to be located. to get close to my car that was parked near Red Wolf, quitting at 3:55 with 24K. I stopped for hot tub on way back to cabin. The lakefront one was still closed so I went to another one in same complex.
We moved to Granite Chief for a few laps on main Backside groomer which was very good. We also took a couple of laps between Magoo’s and Shirley Chute where bumps were getting softs. We returned to Gold Coast lodge to use facilities and refill water. Then we rode Siberia and did the Reverse Traverse to get to top of Headwall.
After reporting 7’ of snow in April, Palisades Tahoe has extended to Memorial Day, but it's only Fri-Sun in May and some of the current terrain could soon be lost. See Operations Update: Season Extended Again Through May 30th, 2022 - Palisades Tahoe at Lake Tahoe for details. The usual race course run on middle Siberia and the three groomed runs to left of it in photo I borrowed from SkiTalk all skied well on