RidgeRacer Posted December 11, 2010 Report Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) After spending a day in Reno (and winning 50 bucks) we've checked in at Squaw. HUGE THANK YOU to Phillycore who hooked me up with the free lodging. (I owe you buddy) I'll be on the Mt. tomorrow. In the mean time...here's a picture from our room. Edited December 11, 2010 by PA Ridge Racer Quote
toast21602 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Posted December 11, 2010 awesome man! i look forward to the trip reports and pictures! Quote
DiMe Posted December 11, 2010 Report Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) I am jealous. Last weekend at Boulder Phillycore was telling me all sorts of stories about his Tahoe experiences. I'd love to get out there next season Have fun, take lots of pics !! Edited December 11, 2010 by DiMe Quote
phillycore Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 Kt-22 and granite chief. Just remember that and turn phresheez on and track. Have fun. Squaw kicks ass Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 The place is huge. I have no idea where to start. I guess I'll start with the lift at the resort and take it from there. I have 1 day so far this season so I may take it easy. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 Roulette. Reno's a lot cooler / nicer than I thought it would be. It just takes forever to get there. Quote
phillycore Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 Granite is all the way on the other side Just getting there will take you Damn near an hour. Squaw creek lift and ski down eazy street to julias gold then get on Kt-22 lift Trust me. The runs by Squaw creek lift are like Vt runs. Work your way to the other side. Headwall express to north bowl to gold coast express to emigrant ski the funnel and get to the prize that is granite chief. Lol. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 Sun setting on Squaw Peak. Quote
phillycore Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 Tahoe is a special place, One of the prettiest Places I've ever been. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 Riding the Squaw creek lift... 33 and sunny. Getting ready to make my way over to kt 22. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 jjust took the funitel to siberia express...siberia bowl down to the headwall express. Picture of siberia bowl below. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 At the base after skiing the entire vert (I think) from Sun bowl through some steep Chutes to some more steep stuff to some blue trails to the Olympic house. The ungroomed stuff off of sun bowl is nasty. It's hard and frozen ungroomed and really steep. It must have gotten soft yesterday then froze overnight. Im headed over to KT22 now. Hopefully It's softer up there. Sorry for the continuous posts BTW. I'll forget stuff if I write a TR later. Here's a few photos off of sun bowl. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 At the base after skiing the entire vert (I think) from Sun bowl through some steep Chutes to some more steep stuff to some blue trails to the Olympic house. The ungroomed stuff off of sun bowl is nasty. It's hard and frozen ungroomed and really steep. It must have gotten soft yesterday then froze overnight. Im headed over to KT22 now. Hopefully It's softer up there. Sorry for the continuous posts BTW. I'll forget stuff if I write a TR later. Here's a few photos off of sun bowl. Steep chute off of sun bowl.. Quote
phillycore Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 Word. Stoked for you man....have fun bro Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) Finished up a few hours ago with ride up the KT 22 lift to saddle down some crazy steep stuff on KT. The frozen crud made it even more challenging. KT is a few thousand vert of the elevator and steeper. After that I rode up the funitel...skied down to the siberia express lift. Rode that back up to siberia ridge. Took the ridge down siberia bowl to mountain run to the base. I was thinking about making it over granite chief but my legs were done. I rode the red dog lift to the snow king peak and from there took a real long run that reminded me of the Wilmington trail at WF to the bottom. According to phreesheez I skied 13.6 miles total and 2.1 miles of vert. Pics below of KT 22s peak and siberia ridge Edited December 12, 2010 by PA Ridge Racer Quote
toast21602 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 nice reports man. sounds like you are having a good time. did you go out alone or with others? Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 wow...sounds like fun. I've been thinking about going to the Tahoe area sometime this winter. Fares out of ABE are extremely low and would be about 4 cents/mile. Combo mileage run/ski trip. How long you out there for? Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Posted December 13, 2010 Here with the wife...skiing solo. Gonna ski tomorrow again and leave on Tues. Quote
Timeless Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Welcome to Tahoe, it's wierd to hear about other PASR's out "here", especially when I am over in europe, riding in Austria this weekend. Seems like you are finding your way around well, but make sure you get over to Granite Chief next day out. Especially if the snow isn't fresh, the aspect and slope of granite chief always seems to provide nice surface quality, especially compared to KT-22 which is often hard and icy as is siberia bcause they get baked by the sun and then re-freeze. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Welcome to Tahoe, it's wierd to hear about other PASR's out "here", especially when I am over in europe, riding in Austria this weekend. Seems like you are finding your way around well, but make sure you get over to Granite Chief next day out. Especially if the snow isn't fresh, the aspect and slope of granite chief always seems to provide nice surface quality, especially compared to KT-22 which is often hard and icy as is siberia bcause they get baked by the sun and then re-freeze. Forgot you were out there. I'm thinking of coming out for a few days late January or mid Feb. Quote
Timeless Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Forgot you were out there. I'm thinking of coming out for a few days late January or mid Feb. Based on "local knowledge" that's usually the best time for early snow, but this year has been a very big start so who knows what happens now. Have you thought about where you would go? Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Welcome to Tahoe, it's wierd to hear about other PASR's out "here", especially when I am over in europe, riding in Austria this weekend. Seems like you are finding your way around well, but make sure you get over to Granite Chief next day out. Especially if the snow isn't fresh, the aspect and slope of granite chief always seems to provide nice surface quality, especially compared to KT-22 which is often hard and icy as is siberia bcause they get baked by the sun and then re-freeze. You're lucky to live out here. People seem pretty easy going which I could get used to. Thanks for the tip. Granite chief is on the list today. Someone told me last night that it was closed but I seemed to know the trail map better than him so I'll investigate in a few hours. The plan is to start there then ski siberia again (which was the run of the day yesterday) and eventually work my way back to snow king. A lot of KT was roped off due to the hard conditions yesterday. Edited December 13, 2010 by PA Ridge Racer Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Based on "local knowledge" that's usually the best time for early snow, but this year has been a very big start so who knows what happens now. Have you thought about where you would go? Nope...have never researched the Lake Tahoe, just saw on FareCompare that I can do an awesome mileage run to Reno for cheap ($258 r/t out of ABE), and figured I'd ski while I was out there Quote
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