Mr. Toad's not so Wild Gondola Ride

Stormin' Ninety!

Bear Chase!

Ate Tee 9

Old Super 88 and New March Miracle!

We have received a whopping total of 222” of snow at Sugarbowl so far this March. March 2006 is now the official all-time record holder for the most snow accumulation in the span of one month. The resort has been tracking snow accumulation by month for the past 35 years. The previous record-holding snow accumulation month was March of 1991, (commonly referred to as “Miracle March”) with a total of 188” at the base lodge. The mountain is filled in with snow in every nook-and-cranny. It’s hard to believe it’s spring!

The March Miracle Continues!

Day 87



Testing out the F-18 o2 mask & rig for superior high altitude skiing. The oxygen therapy or "Rapture of the Steep" as I'm calling it, seems to have many benefits for my long list of maladies including terminal fesechisness.

Calling All Park Rat's

Don't get 86'd from the park by passing on this obstacle.

Spring Sneak Peak

Sunday 3-36-06 and day 85 provided warm weather and great snow conditions in addition to big Sunday crowds.

Chris & Richard descending Bogie's Slide

Dr. "Hucko" doing his best Stuntman impression


We had not been to Kirkwood in over 20 years















We joined Dr. Neely & Dr. Del Balso at their South Lake Tahoe condo and had a great time skiing















Found the secret stash of snow Lifesaver candies!















Enjoying the Kirkwood view

Wire Wheels (84 spokes)

The Chad & Odie Show shot by yours truly.

Bluebird Day 83 Eh

The tough brutal Winter continues ;-)

Mark 82

Bomber runs, park rats, Emigrants and 40 jumpers were the call of the day.

Jumpin Dave

Welcome.... Now jump off the roof!

81 Sun Day

A sneak peak of Spring made for a good opportunity to charge the battery on the CR & enjoy front row parking on a busy Sunday at Sugarbowl















A busy weekend is one of the few times you will see the old double chair "Crows Nest" running at Sugarbowl (see Sugarbowl cost cutting). The slow ride up the less traveled is not such a bad thing. On this ride we only stopped 3 times for mechanical :-)

Around the Mountain in 80 Days!

Saturday at Alpine Meadows with Brenda, Melanie & Richard. Skiing off Lakeview to Ward Creek Road, Exploring the powder off Promise Land to Subway Chair and making the hike up High Traverse to ski upper Sherwood made for a great day!

79

My 79th day on the slopes in another fresh powder day. Conditions we more on the classic Sierra Cement side but still fun.






The sports cam was a big flop and is going back on Monday.

78 RPM

The radar has been rockin' & rollin' for the last three weeks.






Here is a very typical picture in between storms.

Lucky 77

March Miracle part II has opened up areas of the mountain that are not normally accessible.






This couloir has been on my to do list all season and now it's quite skiable with the recent powder dump.

76 trombones

Another great powder day!


Brenda and Jason having fun in the powder!


The snow has been falling for a few days straight and the powder totals have been building up. Our local Hwy 40 shortcut to the mountain has been closed. Jason and I decided to enjoy the road closure by making a downhill run home down Hwy 40. The Hwy appears quite steep and twisty when making the daily drive. However when you pile 3' of fresh snow on the highway and attempt to ski down it turns out there is not enough vertical/gravity to build any momentum thus we enjoyed a 3 1/2 mile trek (see push, step, walk, climb, sweat, bonk) from the top closed gate to beyond the bottom closed gate where our ride home awaited us. At times there was chest deep powder to navigate, recent avalanche activity and what seemed like the longest 3 1/2 mile road I can remember. We began our trek at about 4:30 and finished under the night sky at about 7:30. Jason and I have considered this box checked and see no need to attempt the Hwy 40 downhill any time soon.

Buried! SOS (Save our Subaru)

Jason's Subaru pulled in last night with no snow on it.




Check out the overnight accumulations

Hospitality

What do you do with 3' of fresh on the ground and your guests have just arrived?





Have them jump off the roof of course :-)

LXXV

Seventy Five:









Found some great powder in the trees today














Checkout this cool powder drift









Brenda is diggin' her new K2 Phat Luv Powder Boards.

Swiss Ski Star at Sugarbowl

Day 74: Skied with Urs Schopfer at Sugarbowl today!

Bill Klein's Shcuss

Another great day!

In Deep on Roller's

Day 73 on the Rossi Scratch BC Fat Powder Boards!

Phat Luv

Brenda "Law Breaker" on the K2 "Phat Luv" Powder Ski's on the East Face of Lincoln Chair just before she was busted by Ski Patrol for going under the rope in search of fresh tracks :-)

Chicken Little

The Snow is Falling! The Snow is Falling!






As you can tell from these pictures we are getting dumped on!

Sherwood Crud Run Video

OMG 72

Self portrait. More fresh Pow!

Seventy One Sluff

Timing is everything. It was nice to arrive AFTER this bowl & cornice decided to slide.

Not far from here today another major avalanche made the news.

We have been in a storm cycle for about 2 weeks and the snow totals are piling up. The dangers of avalanche are showing themselves all over this week.

TTTTTTT

Day Seventy: Powderhounds rejoice!







The view from the Gondola towards the base village









Leave a comment if you know what this is and why it's here

Six Niner

Brenda flying down Disney










The view of the base village from Disney's nose

















Josh and Jenn got a "Honeymooner VIP" ride in the Snowcat as Brenda waves goodbye

We bumped into the Sugarbowl Founders while wandering the hallways of the old lodge. Hannes Schroll is in the white sweater, Wellington Henderson is wearing the suit, Jerome Hill is on the far right looking out to space and Bill Klein is in the black sweater on the left.

Stormy Six Eight

Extremely high winds & snow made for an adventurous day

'67 = A Great Year and Awesome Day!

Without a doubt the best conditions we have seen all year. Dry, Fluffy and Deep.


The best conditions were found by making the hike up "High Traverse". The view and the cornices were both spectacular.






On the top of "High Traverse" we got to watch the Telemark competition drop into a section of very steep chutes. These pin heads really rock.








The view of Lake Tahoe from the top of "High Traverse" isn't bad either.






Steve is doing his best "Max Schopfer" impression "Experts Only".








Some say "Be Like Mike" and I say "Be Like Troy" who bought a few acres between Squaw and Alpine then built his own personal chair lift. It should be operational next season. Can you guess who my new best friend will be :-)

Route 66

Crazy Deep Powder on Day 66.


Steve is seen here wearing a huge smile and diving into some waist deep powder!





It's not every day you get chest deep powder in Tahoe. It was total comedy.













Making friends with the snowplow driver can make life much easier in snow country. Doing brake slides and donuts in a 38,000lbs Loader in a residential neighborhood can also be a ton of fun "from what I hear" :-)

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Six Five: It's absolutely dumping. My cheeks hurt from smiling too much!

These are my "Fresh Tracks" seen high above from the chairlift almost filled in on the way back up.

This is what they call "Knee Deep" Powder :-)