tseeb
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I cleaned and closed up cabin and left So . Tahoe at 9:35 and was on Timber Creek lift at Kirkwood an hour later. Friend who had stayed with me and his son who has promoted from liftee at Kirkwood to groomer there and now is on lift maintenance at Heavenly (he skis from lift to lift most of the day and will work year-round) in two years were an hour ahead of me. It took us a while to get together. While going up Cornice for the second time I thought they were on chair 2 heading for the Backside, but they were behind me and couldn’t catch up when I skated to and jumped into Sentinel then blasted down still firm and smooth run. I probably should have tried Wall lift to Eagle Bowl to chair 2 to Backside, but took lower Reut chair, then chair 2 and rode my first of 4 Sunrise chairs about 11:30 (lift times from EpicMix having some issues). Next time up I saw them and we were totally out of synch so I tried riding shorter chair 3 to get in synch, but at some point they stopped and waited for me at bottom of Sunrise/#4, but not long enough so we stayed out of synch. (There is no cell service at bottom of chair 4 and almost all of chair 3.) I saw them from lift when I was closer to bottom, but they were leaving for 7800 bar/restaurant and offered to buy me a beer, but I had a pocket beer and sandwich so I continued riding and skiing Sunrise. My Backside runs were excellent Cold Shoulder, then starting in not totally packed out or smooth Hully Gully and finishing in Cold Shoulder, then Happiness Is. Beer is out of focus, but maybe you can see tracks on 99 Steps (top center).
After eating my lunch on 4th lift ride, I skied excellent smooth ungroomed on shoulder of gully past Cold Shoulder to Thunder Saddle. Run had been closed for Extreme qualifying on Tuesday and was now open with a couple of inches of settled smooth, and where exposed to morning sun soft, untracked that I tore up.
Photos from where I skied at top and bottom of Thunder Saddle. Great snow especially as it was new over 4 days ago.
I then rode chair 2 and skied Low Whiskey (good thing I did not try High Whiskey as it’s mostly burned off) and met friend and son at Wall/#10 (my mistake I meant to meet them at Reut/#11 as it’s a slightly shorter walk and better warm-up after a break) just before 1. N-facing Wall was still firm so we followed ski patrol to looker’s right edge where it was softening and mostly smooth. We saw a skier take a very aggressive path between rocks above us through a barely skiable gap in the real Wall.
Somebody on patrol or mountain ops has a sense of humor. Even at Kirkwood, near the bottom there is a growing bare spot. W-facing High Whiskey in background towards left is burning off and may barely go. I took groomed Low Whiskey that is behind trees right of center.
After a lap on the Reut, we did a few laps on Cornice, skiing Sentinel at least twice and main steep groomer Zachary and ungroomed Olympic once each before returning to the Wall for a couple of laps. Snow on Wall had softened, I found some good lines and snow in middle, but lower part of it was getting too soft and slow. Snow was still very good for our last run down Sentinel after 3:30. I quit at 3:45 with over 23K and was on road at 4 and home at 7:30 after stop for newish, so not totally overrun, In-N-Out very close to I-5 at Louise Ave, S of Stockton where I had a rare for me, but well deserved after 7 days in a row averaging 24.5K of Tahoe Spring skiing, chocolate shake to go with my burger.
After eating my lunch on 4th lift ride, I skied excellent smooth ungroomed on shoulder of gully past Cold Shoulder to Thunder Saddle. Run had been closed for Extreme qualifying on Tuesday and was now open with a couple of inches of settled smooth, and where exposed to morning sun soft, untracked that I tore up.
Photos from where I skied at top and bottom of Thunder Saddle. Great snow especially as it was new over 4 days ago.
I then rode chair 2 and skied Low Whiskey (good thing I did not try High Whiskey as it’s mostly burned off) and met friend and son at Wall/#10 (my mistake I meant to meet them at Reut/#11 as it’s a slightly shorter walk and better warm-up after a break) just before 1. N-facing Wall was still firm so we followed ski patrol to looker’s right edge where it was softening and mostly smooth. We saw a skier take a very aggressive path between rocks above us through a barely skiable gap in the real Wall.
Somebody on patrol or mountain ops has a sense of humor. Even at Kirkwood, near the bottom there is a growing bare spot. W-facing High Whiskey in background towards left is burning off and may barely go. I took groomed Low Whiskey that is behind trees right of center.
After a lap on the Reut, we did a few laps on Cornice, skiing Sentinel at least twice and main steep groomer Zachary and ungroomed Olympic once each before returning to the Wall for a couple of laps. Snow on Wall had softened, I found some good lines and snow in middle, but lower part of it was getting too soft and slow. Snow was still very good for our last run down Sentinel after 3:30. I quit at 3:45 with over 23K and was on road at 4 and home at 7:30 after stop for newish, so not totally overrun, In-N-Out very close to I-5 at Louise Ave, S of Stockton where I had a rare for me, but well deserved after 7 days in a row averaging 24.5K of Tahoe Spring skiing, chocolate shake to go with my burger.
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