Palisades Tahoe

Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: A Nasty, Precision Landing in “The Tube Alternate” & a 580-Miles Drive to Park City, UT

Report from April 1, 2024 Yesterday was a long, fun day. The day started at 9am with rumors of “The Chimney” being open up on “The Palisades.” I jammed up to the top of Siberia and the sign said Chimney closed. The east wind was howling… For the first two laps, I tucked straight down the Siberia groomer in the […]
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: “Smooth Air” Redemption + The Biggest Backflip I’ve Thrown Since 2019

Report from March 26, 2024 Yesterday was a big day for us at Palisades Tahoe, CA. We rolled onto the mountain a little late because we weren’t expecting anything special. Then we got to Granite Chief and realized the peak hadn’t opened the previous day. Noah Gaffney, Kaz, Zeb, and Scott Gaffney were up there filming for Blizzard. They said […]
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Skiing Silverado, “The Tube” on The Palisades, & “The Spitter” on Mainline Pocket

Report from March 25, 2024 Yesterday we had one goal:  backflip off The Palisades. Unfortunately, the morning saw all the ridges of Palisades Tahoe socked in with clouds. We cruised around waiting to see what would happen. We skied a neat mini spine on Silverado with good snow. The clouds started breaking up around 10am and we hiked up The […]
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Shane McConkey: 15 Years Gone But Still Inspiring

As I woke up on Thursday and realized the date, it came to me that it is soon to be 6 years since the world lost a great man. Skiing lost its greatest, most dynamic influence and I lost one of the most motivational people in my life both on and off skis. 6 Years ago to date we lost Shane McConkey to a tragic ski base (skiing combined with base jumping) accident. In this he was pushing the sport; he for the most part created, innovated, and progressed. For many people they can recount exactly what they were doing when life changing events occurred, for me Shane’s death was one of these. Sitting in a college library scrolling through […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Very Active Week Set to Hammer CA with Several Feet of Snow

Inches of precip will accumulate in California this week. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast prepared the evening of Friday, March 22 Forecast Summary The dry break is over for California, with a couple of low pressure systems bringing large swaths of rain and snow to the state starting Friday night. The rest of March in the Sierra’s will feature intervals of heavy […]
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