Conditions Report
Report from January 18, 2023
Yesterday morning we got moving at a casual 9am and sauntered up to an old favorite backcountry zone in Tahoe.
According to the UC Berkeley Snow Lab situated at 6,900 on Donnor Pass, CA, we’ve gotten 165″ of snow since January 1, 2023.
We skied 2 runs.
I’d never skied the first run.
Nate guided us.
Both Nate & Alex know the zone better than I and I was happy to be guided.
The first run was cool and weird.
On the last part of our 1st run we saw the largest surface hoar I’ve ever seen – 5cm long!
Big, sometimes sharp, sometimes round rolling wind lips that skied soft and fun lead to a neat spiney zone with a random air out and fields of glory below.
The snow was good.
Really good.
On our 2nd lap we skied my favorite line in this zone.
The wind-lip that I love was a little worse for the wear after another group had hit it, but I minded not.
Some big fun turns to a small air to the fun wind-lip had me beaming.
The houses in Tahoe are buried right now…
Thanks for being great partners and strong guides Nate & Alex.
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