Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: โPinky & The Brainโ Chutes | Slender, Uncouth, & Frighteningly Elegant Report from March 9, 2024 We got back out there again today. I was exhausted. We encountered many challenges just getting to spots we wanted to ski. Only one location was available to us and it was one weโd never skied. Well, at least Garrett & I hadnโt. We skinned up through trees being thrashed by the wind. We switched [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Skiing Every Condition Known To Man In An Epic Chute Above A Paddlewheel Boat Report from March 8, 2024 Well, the monster 102โณ, 190mph storm has come and gone. In its wake, it left wind-pressed snow, bizarre snow formations, and clear skies. We let things settle out and cook the past two days then got back out into the backcountry today looking for corn or pre-nubile corn. We found it. Kindaโฆ Honestly, in the [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: 323โณ of Snowfall To Date โ A Photo Tour After The 102โณ Storm Report from March 6, 2024 After skiing in the backcountry for 10 of the past 12 days, it was time to return to Palisades Tahoe today. I want to take a tour and see how filled in everything was. Palisades Tahoe has now seen 323โณ of snowfall this season after the big 102โณ storm last week. The storm dropped 102โณ [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Feeling Psychedelic High Above Emerald Lake Tahoe After a 100โณ Storm Report from March 5, 2024 Yesterday we went for a line that really only fills in and works after 100โณ storms. Palisades Tahoe reported 102โณ from this latest storm cycle so yesterday checked the box. 100โณ stormโcheck. Bob, Tyler, and I rolled up and started at 10 am. I was exhaustedโฆ This was my 10th backcountry ski day in the [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: ABRACADABRA! โฆAnd Just Like That, All The Deep Powder in Tahoe Was Gone Report from March 4, 2024 ABRACADABRA! โฆand just like that, all the deep powder in Tahoe was gone yesterday! Apparently 100mph winds + high snowfall rates = insanely deep powder skiing. But 100mph winds + no new snow = all of Tahoe is pretty damn wind hammered nowโฆ Hereโs how yesterday went for us: โAfter being as deep as you [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: 100mph Winds, 3โณ Per Hour Snowfall Rates, & Some of the Deepest, Most Explosive Snow of Our Lives https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UP0LPW_6T2c?feature=share Report from March 3, 2024 Yesterday was intense. Winds were blowing over 100mph on the ridgeline and snowfall rates were around 3โณ per hour at times. Folks in our group got scared a few times and wanted to turn around. We persisted. At times the wind was enough to make you insaneโฆ I was one of the ones pushing [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: One of the Deepest, Driest Days Weโve Skied Anywhereโฆ Report from March 2, 2024 Today was a battle. The roads, getting our car stuck twice, digging metric tons of snow, snowplows, snow blowers, hecticโฆ As soon as we clipped into our skis, all that melted awayโฆ 17ยบF. 8ยบF up high. The skinning was pleasant, the wind was howling, and the snow was deep and dry. At the top of [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 3, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Big Storm Powder Skiing Fun Report from March 1, 2024 We awoke today to news that Palisades Tahoe would be closed for the day due to extreme weather. Nearly all of the North Lake Tahoe ski resorts stayed closed today. So we gathered up some friends and went backcountry skiing. The reality is that it didnโt snow that much. There was about a foot of [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: High Speed Turns Thru The Rock Maze Above The Lake of the Sky Report from February 28, 2024 Back into the backcountry searching for that grade-A California corn today. It was easily found. The views were nuts. The snow was perfect corn. The company was splendid. I was so tired. Today was 6 outta 7 days in the backcountry for me. The skin track was straight the F up and it crushed meโฆ [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: The Darkside Chuteโฆ 17 Wild Jump-Turns Down a Tight, Walled, Tricky AF Couloir Report from February 27, 2024 I woke up today and broke a 36-hour fast. I was hungry. After 4 days in a row of sunny backcountry skiing in Tahoe last week, we took yesterday off and just skied resort for a bit in cloudy, wildly windy weather. It was supposed to snow yesterday, but it refusedโฆ We decided to go [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Getting Walled in Lake Tahoe, CA in a Frighteningly Long Couloir in Some Mid-Winter California Corn Report from February 25, 2024 Yesterday was day #4 in a row in the Lake Tahoe backcountry. Each day, we skied a different chute. This mid-winter mini-springtime delivered. Yesterday we went for a couloir weโd never skied before. We dropped in around 11am and the California corn was perfectly ripe. We got walled in the top section, then opened it [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 26, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Scorching Hot Mid-Winter Corn Chute Harvest Above Big Blue Report from February 24, 2024 Hot. Heat. Hot heat. Fox was racing uphill after our late 10am start. Weโd purposely started late to let the corn grow tall, but we underestimated how hot it would be. I was wearing shorts and a T-Shirt and ski pants and I was dying. Sweat poured through my eyebrows and onto the lenses of [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 25, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Semi-Nubile Corn Harvest in Some of the Most Gorgeous Terrain on Earth Report from February 23, 2024 An unplanned slow morning. We tried to get out early, but we were just too tired. The plan was to go ski shady snow in the trees and find some hidden pow. Then we saw these chutes sparkling in the sunshine. We knew the snow wouldnโt be great but we went anyway. The hike up [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 24, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: A Moment of Zen While Charging One of the Most Gorgeous Chutes on Earth Report from February 22, 2024 I dislocated my left shoulder on Sunday. Three days later, I threw a backflipโฆ This is not recommended. Today, I skied one of the most gorgeous chutes on Earthโฆ Life is almost too bizarre to believe sometimes. Can all this be real? Could heaven be better than this? The answer to both of those questions [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 22, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: I Do Not Recommend Throwing Backflips 3 Days After Dislocating Your Shoulder, But Thatโs What Happened Yesterdayโฆ Report from February 21, 2024 Three days ago, I dislocated my left shoulder. I got it back in within three minutes. I didnโt hurt much, and I seem to have recovered quickly. After taking 2 days off, I decided to go ski a couple of mellow laps today. KT held wet but fun snow. The snow on Headwall was a [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 22, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: I Dislocated My Shoulder on a Wildly Fun Bluebird Powder Day Report from February 18, 2024 I dislocated my shoulder overrating a backflip on the Granite Kicker today. It was a weird situation. I usually really visualize and calculate things, but this time, I didnโt. I went too fast and literally flung myself off the jump like flinging a boomerang off a cliff. I instantly realized Iโd overrotated the flip and [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 19, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Classic Mainline Pocket Huck-Fest | The Spitter, Cheese Grater, Banana, Far Right Rock Report from February 16, 2024 We were frantic last night on coming up with a plan for today. Backcountry? Where? Palisade? Whatโs gonna open? Will the hikes open? Is it gonna be sunny or cloudy? Did the snow get cooked? We couldnโt figure it out and at the last minute, around 10pm, we decided on Palisades as a default. We [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 17, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Playing Peak-A-Boo With Big Blue While Skiing Dense Powder Snow in Cosmic Terrain Report from February 15, 2024 We didnโt see a single other person out there today. Not another cosmic soulโฆ We played peek-a-boo with the lake all day. Powder slash, lake view, tree skiing, lake view, chute, lake view. The snow was dense and heavy and got heavier as the day went on. There was about 4-8โณ of new snow on [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 15, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Forcing It Hard in the Terrain Park With 20mph Winds, Frigid Temps, Cloudy Skies, & Powder Skis Report from February 12 & 13, 2024 On Tuesday, Connery & Fox & Josh Gold got weird in the terrain park at Palisades Tahoe, CA. I was too tired to even ski that day. I tried to ski and tried to jump but it wasnโt working. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Connery Lundin (@c0nnery) I went [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 14, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Powder Skiing Through Gunsight Views of The Lake of the Sky Report from February 11, 2024 Yesterday we had a specific objective in mind. Then we took the wrong skin track and ended up on an entirely different peak than planned. No matter, it held north-facing trees in the shade of the guarded untouched powder on rolling terrain. We had nothing to complain about and we embraced our serendipitous turn of [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 12, 2024 0 Comments