Palisades Tahoe, CA, Week Report: “Ahhh Chute”, Backflips, 360s, & “Mr Toad’s Chute” in the Sunshine Report from March 18-21, 2024 Monday and Tuesday were fire here at Palisades Tahoe. Silverado open, terrain park perfect, good snow all over. Yesterday, Wednesday, was cooler and windier with firmer snow. Today was windier and firmer again but we figured out where some really fun skiing lived. Monday, we went nuts in Silverado and the Gold Coast terrain park: […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 22, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Skiing 400 of the Past 466-Days on 3 Continents | Miles Clark’s Most Insane Ski Edit Over the past year and a half, Miles Clark has been skiing at a rate he never has before. 400 days in the past 466 is a crazy feat to accomplish, and he is not even done. Miles skied 305 days in one year last year (Dec 8, 2022 – Dec 8, 2023) and now has his sights on 500 […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 20, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Ski Day #400 of the Past 466-Days | Celebrated with 4 Backflips, 4 Chutes in Silverado, 4 360ºs Report from March 18, 2024 SKI DAY #400 Of The Last 466 Days Yesterday!!! To celebrate 400 I threw 4 backflips, skied 4 chutes in Silverado, tossed 4 360°s, took 1 vicious fall, & skied 1 spine at Palisades Tahoe, CA. I skied 305 days in 1 year last year (Dec 8, 2022 – Dec 8, 2023). Now I’m trying […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Chalky Versus Corny Runs on St. Patty’s Day Report from March 17, 2024 Yesterday was St. Patty’s Day and, of course, we went skiing to celebrate. We got out on the hill at about 1pm and the whole damn mountain was skiing well. No lift lines anywhere. We started on Broken Arrow and Tower 16 was amazing. We then hit Hogsback on Headwall and that was chalky and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Skiing A 46° Steep No-Fall-Zone Above a Cliff In Bad Snow Report from March 16, 2024 On Saturday, we went for some sunny chutes on the first warm day after our small storm last week and our big northeast wind event. We might have been a couple days early… It generally takes about 5 melt/freeze cycles to make good corn snow. We’d only given it one day or maybe less… It […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Wind-Buffed, Chalky, Sunny, Fast, Fun, With A Rockin’ Le Chamois Party Report from March 15 & 16, 2024 The past 2 days at Palisades Tahoe, CA, have been lovely. After our big Northeast wind event that saw winds as high 150mph on the ridges on Thursday, the weather quieted down and warmed up. Sunshine and temperatures in the 30s marked the day on Thursday. On Thursday, I popped out in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 17, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: The Neatest Line I’ve Skied This Season | Alaska Style Terrain in California Report from March 13, 2024 Yesterday we went for a new zone. A zone I’d never been to before. When we got there, our eyes were ablaze… The sun was irradiating a crystalline white snow surface full of playful features. It appeared to be all powder. I dropped first taking an air entry off the cornice. “Whap!” went my skis […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 14, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: “Chute 75” = 1 of the Best Inbounds Runs in North America Report from March 12, 2024 Today was a mini powder day at Palisades. 1-4″ of new snow overnight last night. I started on KT-22 at 9am and Chute 75 was OK. I went straight to the upper mountain and had a riot skiing Granite Chief for 3 laps. It was a bit deeper and more spongey up there. On my […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 12, 2024 0 Comments
California, Utah, Wyoming, & Entire Western USA Looking Snowy, Green, & Gorgeous From Space on Friday California, The Sierra Nevada, The Entire Western USA, Salt Lake City/The Wasatch/The Uintas in Utah, & The Tetons/Wind River Ranges in Wyoming Looking Snowy, Green, & Gorgeous From Space on Friday, March 8, 2024! Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 10, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: “Pinky & The Brain” 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 we’d never skied. Well, at least Garrett & I hadn’t. We skinned up through trees being thrashed by the wind. We switched […] 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 102″, 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. Kinda… Honestly, in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: 323″ of Snowfall To Date – A Photo Tour After The 102″ 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 323″ of snowfall this season after the big 102″ storm last week. The storm dropped 102″ […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Feeling Psychedelic High Above Emerald Lake Tahoe After a 100″ Storm Report from March 5, 2024 Yesterday we went for a line that really only fills in and works after 100″ storms. Palisades Tahoe reported 102″ from this latest storm cycle so yesterday checked the box. 100″ storm—check. Bob, Tyler, and I rolled up and started at 10 am. I was exhausted… This was my 10th backcountry ski day in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: ABRACADABRA! …And Just Like That, All The Deep Powder in Tahoe Was Gone Report from March 4, 2024 ABRACADABRA! …and 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 now… Here’s how yesterday went for us: “After being as deep as you […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: 100mph Winds, 3″ 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 3″ 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 insane… I was one of the ones pushing […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: One of the Deepest, Driest Days We’ve Skied Anywhere… Report from March 2, 2024 Today was a battle. The roads, getting our car stuck twice, digging metric tons of snow, snowplows, snow blowers, hectic… As soon as we clipped into our skis, all that melted away… 17ºF. 8ºF up high. The skinning was pleasant, the wind was howling, and the snow was deep and dry. At the top of […] 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 didn’t snow that much. There was about a foot of […] 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 me… […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: The Darkside Chute… 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 refused… We decided to go […] 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 we’d 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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 26, 2024 0 Comments
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