Skier-Triggered Avalanche in Lake Tahoe, CA Today: First skier descended slope without incident (ski track mostly covered by debris, but visible in middle left of photo). Second skier did a hard ski cut really pushing with his legs and triggered the avalanche (skier visible at crown in photo). The debris ran over our skin track. We did go one at a time though that area but it seemed solid. We were heading to the looker’s left area shot Eback, but did not like the layers and dropped over to this area, I did a hasty pit and it seemed okay, clearly it was not. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 13, 2014 5 Comments
VIDEO of Snowboarder Taking a 500′ Ride in an Avalanche on Monday in Lake Tahoe, CA This video is of the snowboarder who was caught in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe, California on Tuesday near the Sisters in the Kirkwood area. The snowboarder who triggered it went for a frightening 500-foot ride. The guy was lucky and ended up on top and uninjured. Just another reminder that you can never count avalanches out in the backcountry, even when there’s only one storm’s worth of snow out there. This is a time of year when many […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 3, 2014 5 Comments
Triumph of Tahoe Turns @ Carson Pass, CA – 06/15/14 After one of the driest years on record and in midst of a drought…would my June turns even come to fruition? It has almost become a yearly ritual in my household. Come mid-June, to climb and ski around the Carson Pass area off of Round Top Peak at 10,381 ft and then continue up and the down the chutes of all the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft) down to Round Top Lake[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | June 24, 2014 6 Comments
Skiing in Tahoe on September 1st words and photos by Matt Bansak. After hearing from a friend who had scoped the area the day before, September skiing was officially a ‘go’ for the Round Top patches, one of the few areas in Tahoe that holds snow at this time of year. Round Top is a 10,000 foot peak a little east of Kirkwood, down in Carson Pass, and is my favorite place for summer turns for its accessibility and beauty. My friend Keenan Hawkins, who is always up for an adventure, was onboard for an evening hike up. We had spent the first part of our day with some friends, hucking bikes off a ramp that Keenan had built into an undisclosed […] Matt Bansak | September 6, 2013 4 Comments
Tahoe Turns on July 4th…possible? During my skiing lifetime around Northern California, there have been two massive years with top to bottom lift-served skiing on July 4th. Those years were the Summer of 1995 and 2011. But what about a normal year or worse yet, a below normal year? Bottom line for the Summer of 2013 – Head South on Hwy 88 near Carson Pass. […] Casey Cane | July 3, 2013 4 Comments
“Summering in the Sultry Sierra” | Carson Pass, CA Conditions Report June 15th It’s that time of year again in Northern California…hiking, snow skiing, boating & jet skiing! Unknown to what we would find on a back to back low snow year, the objective was clear…to climb and ski around the Carson Pass area off of Round Top Peak (Moon Crescent zone @ 10,381 ft), and to climb and ski as many lines as possible around the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft).[…] Casey Cane | June 21, 2013 4 Comments
Powder Day in Lake Tahoe | 6-12” Above 7,500-Feet & Currently Snowing | Photos It’s a powder day in Lake Tahoe. 6-12” of snow has fallen above 7,500 feet and it’s snowing right this second. No ski resorts are open in Tahoe, but the backcountry is gonna be good today and maybe even better once this storm moves out. MT. ROSE, NEVADA FORECAST: It looks like it’ gonna get warm again as soon as […] Weather SnowBrains | May 7, 2013 4 Comments
A Damn Good Week In The Sierra | Photos from Tioga Pass, Virginia Lakes & Carson Pass Most Cali shredders have already called the coroner on Ol’ Man Winter, pissed on the smoldering embers of the ski season and put away the boards for the bikes. If that’s you, might not want to see these photos from last week in the Sierra. Like a phoenix rising from the thin, dry ashes of a dismal season, winter roared […] Backcountry Guest Author | April 26, 2013 5 Comments
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