Amazingly, some of the coldest weather of the year blew into the Tahoe basin as people where busting out bikes, … More
Category: Skiing
A tour with Sierra Avalanche Center
As Schwartz drives the truck over a rise and around a bend in the road, Mt. Rose and the neighboring … More
A break in the storm
Of Powder and Mt. Shasta
Where to start with all this snow? All I can say is Pow Wow! If you make Tahoe home because … More
A Fallen Baby Angel Cham
Unable to decide whether to ski Baby Cham on Mt. Tallac or drop Fallen Angel on Angora, Yu and I … More
Tahoe Weather Discussed
As I drove up to Truckee to meet with Bryan Allegretto, I couldn’t conjure up an image of what he … More
California Ski Huts
When I tell people, even those who ski regularly, that I am heading out for an overnight ski tour they … More
Crusty Corn Chute
Well oakaly-doakely, here we done knocked down some crusty ol’ corn on Mt. Tee-lac. Damned if we’s wasn’t a bit … More
Winter corn?
You know, Tahoe can be a funny place. The last couple of months have thrown me through a loop. First … More
Another side of a familiar Peak
With all the cold weather behind us for the time being, people are thinking: “when’s the next big storm coming?” … More
Halls of the Gods
Here’s a little something to wet the appetite. Dave and I caught some pretty good snow (especially this early in … More
Backcountry Blunders
In keeping with the theme of this column, I wanted to talk a little bit about backcountry skiing this week. … More
Water House (aka Power House) with Chris 12/21/10
After four days in a row of skiing this monster December storm, Chris and I managed to get in three … More
A Solstice to remember
Real quick, with a show of hands, who hasn’t skied some untracked freshies yet? Just as I suspected, nearly all … More
Bradely Hut
The last time I sat down to write an article for you all I was talking fish and tying flies. … More