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://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
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