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://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
Clear Majority of Public Supports Vacancy Tax at City Council Meeting in South Lake Tahoe, CA [South Lake Tahoe, Calif.] February 28, 2024 – Speaking in response to the coordinated efforts of special interest groups who oppose any new funding sources for affordable housing, a clear majority of the public (23-17) spoke in favor of the Vacancy Tax initiative, and the need for additional funding for affordable housing during Public Communications at Tuesday evening’s City Council […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
Tahoe Fund, CA/NV, Seeks Artists to Paint Murals Inside Forest Service Restrooms to Inspire Stewardship The Tahoe Fund, CA/NV, and USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) announced a call for community-based artists to “beautify” the blank interiors of the restrooms at the Stateline Fire Lookout Trail in Crystal Bay, the Logan Shoals Vista Point on Tahoe’s East Shore, and the Tallac Historic Site on the South Shore. “We are excited to rally […] Industry News SnowBrains | 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
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