One of the many things Maxie and I missed out on up in the mountains was the arrival of this year’s batch of lambs. We […]
Generation Z
Day 100
I was going to be exceedingly stoked with 90+ days on the slopes for the season… But when Sugar Bowl closed early last Sunday it […]
One Last Storm
The resorts up here had really been hurting following that insane high pressure system that rolled over Northern California a couple of weeks back… Max […]
U12 Far West Championships
A few pics of our carpool buddy Beaux tearing up the slalom course this morning… He won both days one and two of the champs, […]
Powder Haus Spring Guests
Max misses out on spring break this year (I guess you could say he’s been on spring break for three months now!), but it was […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series IV
The fourth and last of the 2025/2026 season’s Tahoe Junior Freeride Series comps was scheduled to be held at Mount Rose last weekend, but the […]
Day 72
California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Sun Before the Storm
Great to see the girls again this weekend after three weeks apart! We had some beautiful blue skies for most of their three days at […]
Day 39
It was day 39 on skis for me today. I’ve managed to get out there every day since the season opened with the exception of […]
MLK Weekend Visitors
The girls paid us a visit for the MLK long weekend, great to have them up for a few days of hot laps on the […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series I and II
Part of Maxie’s season up in the mountains involves competing at a handful of International Freeskier and Snowboarder Association (IFSA) freeride comps across Northern California. […]
First Day of School
After a week-and-a-half of fun on the slopes with his team it was time for Wild Man to knuckle down today: back to school. It […]
New Year’s Week
Following some exceptional opening day skiing on Day One we were blessed with bluebird powder and cold temps on December 27, smiles all around. The […]
Day One
Last night the beep of the bluetooth speaker woke me up at about 10:00PM, which happens when the power cycles on and off. I opened […]
White Christmas at Powder Haus
Well, it didn’t exactly start out very white: when we arrived last week the storm that followed us into the mountains dumped more than four […]
Woodward Training in the Rain
With an incredible torrent of rain hitting us in the mountains – more than four inches are in the forecast for today alone (!) – […]
Healdsburg High School Junior Varsity Hoops
A few shots with my iPhone from the shot clock table…
Happy Halloween!
We christened Big Max from Yorke Peninsula with a fully fledged Halloween this year!
Pumpkin Carving
2025 pumpkin carving at the Lucchesi’s