phillycore Posted January 18, 2010 Report Posted January 18, 2010 I'll be headed out to Lake Tahoe from January 23-30 2010 to partake in the Steep n Deep chronicals... The Mid Life Crisis Crew. Jack Arnold - Weapon of choice Ride Business Snowboard Josh Taylor - Weapon of choice Public Enemy Skis Dave Monson - Weapon of choice Nordica Skis Phillycore - Weapon of choice 9thWard NGP / (9thWard)Firstblood or (K2) Public Enemy Skis The Mountains... Kirkwood Homewood Squaw Alpine Meadows Heavenly Jack is also armed with a GoProHD Let's start with some storm stoke... Issued by The National Weather Service Reno, NV 9:59 am PST, Mon., Jan. 18, 2010 ... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE SIERRA LATE THIS MORNING... THEN INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW INTO TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN NEAR 6000 FEET... WITH A RAIN SNOW MIX AT LAKE LEVEL POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 6000 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. * BELOW 6500 FEET... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. RIDGE WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 100 MPH. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 89 DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS... FOOD... WATER... BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. More Information ... NEXT IN A SERIES OF STORMS MOVING INTO THE SIERRA... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL REACH THE SIERRA THIS MORNING... WITH HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHER WINDS AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE SIERRA... SNOW FALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AS COLD AIR MOVES OVER THE SIERRA. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON SOME VALLEY FLOORS JUST EAST OF THE SIERRA WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE WESTERN NEVADA BASINS. SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA. TRAVEL DURING THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTES COULD BE IMPACTED BY SLICK ROADS. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TUESDAY... WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THE NEVADA VALLEY FLOORS. Quote
moe ghoul Posted January 18, 2010 Report Posted January 18, 2010 I'll be headed out to Lake Tahoe from January 23-30 2010 to partake in the Steep n Deep chronicals... The Mid Life Crisis Crew. Jack Arnold - Weapon of choice Ride Business Snowboard Josh Taylor - Weapon of choice Public Enemy Skis Dave Monson - Weapon of choice Nordica Skis Phillycore - Weapon of choice 9thWard NGP / (9thWard)Firstblood or (K2) Public Enemy Skis The Mountains... Kirkwood Homewood Squaw Alpine Meadows Heavenly Jack is also armed with a GoProHD Let's start with some storm stoke... Issued by The National Weather Service Reno, NV 9:59 am PST, Mon., Jan. 18, 2010 ... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE SIERRA LATE THIS MORNING... THEN INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW INTO TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN NEAR 6000 FEET... WITH A RAIN SNOW MIX AT LAKE LEVEL POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 6000 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. * BELOW 6500 FEET... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. RIDGE WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 100 MPH. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 89 DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS... FOOD... WATER... BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. More Information ... NEXT IN A SERIES OF STORMS MOVING INTO THE SIERRA... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL REACH THE SIERRA THIS MORNING... WITH HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHER WINDS AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE SIERRA... SNOW FALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AS COLD AIR MOVES OVER THE SIERRA. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON SOME VALLEY FLOORS JUST EAST OF THE SIERRA WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE WESTERN NEVADA BASINS. SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA. TRAVEL DURING THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTES COULD BE IMPACTED BY SLICK ROADS. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TUESDAY... WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THE NEVADA VALLEY FLOORS. Tahoe has been ground zero for the dumps....this thread's gonna give me a Bro-ner........... Quote
Timeless Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 Storms are raging over here, I had to take a painful decision to bail out of the tahoe region yesterday (too much risk with the kids around), it was almost whiteout conditions and getting worse as we came out through echo pass. Back home in Morgan Hill the weather has just got worse and worse, which just means more snow (and wind)for the mountains. This weeks storms look to be just what they need, hopefully they'll drop the predicted 4-6ft as base level (much more higher up) and then clear out for next weekend. My only concerns for your trip will be getting here, once you're in it should be "epic". Quote
Johnny Law Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 My only concerns for your trip will be getting here, once you're in it should be "epic". Phillycore, sounds like your in for a trip of a lifetime. Schralp it Quote
phillycore Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Posted January 19, 2010 Reported Snowfall totals from last nights storms... Squaw Valley - 22" Kirkwood - 20" Alpine meadows - 15" Heavenly - 12" Homewood - 10" More on the way!!! I'm packing a snorkel and renting a scuba tank.... = )~~ Quote
Timeless Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) plenty more to come, forecasting about a foot a day at the base level. Edited January 19, 2010 by Timeless Quote
Timeless Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 Just to hype Philly-C up a little more: Alpine meadows, not very well stitched panorama Quote
phillycore Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Snow totals from the past 24 hours... Kirkwood - 36" Squaw Valley - 24" Alpine Meadows - 8" Heavenly - 4" Homewood - 4" What what.... EVEN more snow coming Issued by The National Weather Service Reno, NV 3 am PST, Wed., Jan. 20, 2010 ... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE SIERRA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT: 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RIDGE WIND GUSTS OF 80 TO 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LIKELY OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS... CREATING VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS... FOOD... WATER... BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. More Information ... STRONG STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SIERRA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE ONE LAST SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. DA DA DA DA DEEEEEEEEEP!!!! Edited January 20, 2010 by phillycore Quote
phillycore Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Posted January 20, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwg62WX15uA Quote
phillycore Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Ux-5-1sLc How are you flying to Tahoe?? Southwest... bags fly free... Like I said... BALLER STYLE Yo!! Edited January 20, 2010 by phillycore Quote
Timeless Posted January 20, 2010 Report Posted January 20, 2010 Snow totals from the past 24 hours... Kirkwood - 36" Squaw Valley - 24" Alpine Meadows - 8" Heavenly - 4" Homewood - 4" What what.... EVEN more snow coming No way there can be that big a difference between Squaw and Alpine, they are practically on top of each other. It's all good though, when you are comparing the difference between 3 feet and 5 feet for the week. Some local reports are claiming that we will see 10-15 feet of new snow at the peaks through this week. Quote
Erin808 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Posted January 20, 2010 Kirkwood is reporting 4' 4" in the last 72 hours! Looks like the SW side of things is getting the brunt of the storms so far since the storms are stalling coming from the west. I heard kirkwood today was E-M-P-T-Y but they have been opening mega late since it takes them ages to avy blast. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 21, 2010 Report Posted January 21, 2010 Southwest... bags fly free... Like I said... BALLER STYLE Yo!! 3 MORE DAYS...stoked for you man. Quote
phillycore Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Posted January 21, 2010 Oh.... sorry GSS. didn't know what you meant there. Flying southwest out of philly to vegas and then to reno on same plane so no worries about luggage not making the transfer as it will be on the same plane the whole time. No worries about snow delays into either airport obviously. We rented an expedition with a ski rack and will pick up tire chains if needed... We're good to go!! Quote
phillycore Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Posted January 21, 2010 Awesome....if you end up at the casinos put your money on red at roulette, it's a sure thing. How slow are these next two days at work gonna go for you? Are you bringing the Icelandic Scouts?? Work is absolutely brutal right now.... even more so because we are slow and over staffed No right now the scouts aren't even in my possesion, a friend of mine borrowed them about 3 weeks ago. Both pairs 9 wards going this time around.... PE's will sit in my basement. Quote
phillycore Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Posted January 23, 2010 Bags are packed... I'll be on Da Plane Da Plane (for all you Tattoo lovers out there) in less than 4 hours... couldn't sleep for shit last night.... go figure. SO STOKED!!! Jack was trying out the gopro helmet cam at work yesterday driving around on a Taylor Dunn and shit... was funny as hell Quote
phillycore Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Posted January 23, 2010 Friday 1-22 at kirkwood.... I'm so ready http://kirkwood.mobilerider.com/flash/player/index.php?vendor_id=420&video_id=25851 http://kirkwood.mobilerider.com/flash/player/index.php?vendor_id=420&video_id=25851 Quote
phillycore Posted January 24, 2010 Author Report Posted January 24, 2010 We arrived yesterday at Reno/Tahoe, all bags arrived intact! Picked up the rental vehicle a brand new (600 miles on it) white suburban with ski racks, and headed out towards Tahoe After a quick stop at the Carson city 7-11 for some drinks, we got to our lodging for the week at the Tahoe Seasons Resort. Got our side by side jacuzzi'd and fireplaced up rooms then headed out to the safeway for groceries (breakfast stuff, bananas, granola bars, things of that nature..) Drove back to the resort and dropped the groceries off and headed out to the Ihop for dinner. After that we basically just unpacked and checked out the on site ski shop, etc. Getting ready to head out to Kirkwood for the day....I'll try to log back in tonight with some pics.. peace out... time to score some powduh.. Quote
moe ghoul Posted January 24, 2010 Report Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) More powder stoke on deck. Can't wait to see some footage. Edited January 24, 2010 by moeghoul Quote
phillycore Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Posted January 25, 2010 I replied to this earlier and the slow ass connection here dumped it... don't feel like typing it right now... but all I can say is... IT WAS DEEEEEEEP!!! and Kirkwood has major power issues.... hiking up trails is NOT fun. Quote
phillycore Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Posted January 25, 2010 hiking up the trail after power outage to entire mountain When the snow is this high over a suburban in the parking lot you know it's going to be DEEP doesn't really even come close to showing how deep it is... Whiteout conditions all day.. Homewood got a foot of fresh today and more coming tomorrow so we're headed there for Monday's shralpage... bedtime for me.. Quote
phillycore Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Posted January 25, 2010 I had my pack so just attached skis and used poles to walk. We needed a break so timing of it wasn't too bad, just wished we were already on break rather than at base of trail. Lifts were only down for just under an hour so not too bad. Our lift tickets are good for a full day at half day price, but we aren't going back to the wood this trip so I figured I'll just mail it to Timeless when I get back as he could probably use it at some point. I did look at some of the vids, but they make me sea sick and need a lot of editing to cut out downtime (traversing, equipment adjustments, etc.) Josh had a nasty yardsale yesterday...ski popped off and smacked him in the face...blood on the sloped people!! He's good though, just gashed his nose really and woke him up pretty good. off to homewood... it's dumping again with big time winds... 30 mph gusts, 75mph gusts at ridgelines above 7k feet. Homewood is only like 7880 so good day to head there with the lowest elevation of the places were going. (also the smallest mtn) but most snow....so should be an interesting day with no visability again.. Quote
Johnny Law Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Looks nice and sounds like your in line for some more snow. luls on Kirkweed, soon people are going to just start bringing their own generators Quote
Erin808 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 I was super annoyed when the lifts shut too (though glad I wasn't stuck on one) but I think a lot of people just bailed. The lift lines weren't that bad the rest of the day. Where did you guys ride/ski? It's a bit of a strange mountain to navigate. Yesterday was pretty awesome but I didn't think visibility was that bad. Maybe I was just in the trees more? Quote
Timeless Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 I had my pack so just attached skis and used poles to walk. We needed a break so timing of it wasn't too bad, just wished we were already on break rather than at base of trail. Lifts were only down for just under an hour so not too bad. Our lift tickets are good for a full day at half day price, but we aren't going back to the wood this trip so I figured I'll just mail it to Timeless when I get back as he could probably use it at some point. I did look at some of the vids, but they make me sea sick and need a lot of editing to cut out downtime (traversing, equipment adjustments, etc.) Josh had a nasty yardsale yesterday...ski popped off and smacked him in the face...blood on the sloped people!! He's good though, just gashed his nose really and woke him up pretty good. off to homewood... it's dumping again with big time winds... 30 mph gusts, 75mph gusts at ridgelines above 7k feet. Homewood is only like 7880 so good day to head there with the lowest elevation of the places were going. (also the smallest mtn) but most snow....so should be an interesting day with no visability again.. Probably a good choice to stay away from the resorts with 9-10k ridgelines, more storms today and tomorrow. Looks like the pattern is going to change by wednesday though, you might even get some blue skies.... Quote
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