Paris had been telling me fables of an Alps-like summit along the west shore of Tahoe for a while… With spring conditions and still plenty […]
Tag: Snow Skiing
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…
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 […]
President’s Day at Powder Haus
Another atmospheric river blessed us in the days before President’s Day long weekend, and unlike the warm temps that came with the atmospheric rivers a […]
Atmospheric Rivers X 3
Since the storm we had on January 3 during our stay at Powder Haus for Christmas the Sierras (and Northern California in general) hadn’t seen […]
Powder Haus Christmas
Two weeks in the mountains at Powder Haus for Christmas and New Year
Powder Days in November?!
The rain last week in Sonoma County was incredible: flooded rivers, emergency school closures, canceled sports games… But it was a cold bomb cyclone that […]
Miracle March Delivers Again
After skiing in sweaters and mountain biking gloves for a week over spring break the weather turned cold again this last weekend and March delivered […]
Daylight Saving Ski
A couple of days up in the mountains to start daylight saving time
Tahoe School Week III
When the powers that be decided to force the planet into remote schooling back in 2020/2021, we figured if we were going to be remote […]
Sugar Bowl Powder Adventures
A double batch of storms hit Northern California over the past week, delivering a whopping 60 inches (1.5 meters) of cold smoke to the Sierras […]
More Storms!
This next round of storms were borderline: much warmer than the blower pow delivered by last week’s onslaught, but we had a free weekend so […]
The Sugar Bowl Tiki Pond Skim
So many laughs at the annual Sugar Bowl Tiki Pond Skim!
Tahoe School Week II
When we returned to the States last August Lance quickly had us block off a week on our calendar for the second chapter of Tahoe […]
Powder Weekend
Another couple of feet today, what a winter!
More Snow!
With Mum off gallivanting in Colorado for the weekend the kids and I took the new Subaru up for its first snow adventure. Such a […]
New Year Ski Adventure
This was the ski trip that almost didn’t happen… We’d been planning to visit the Hansens in Bend since Tony dropped by on a visit […]
Pre-Christmas Ski
So awesome to have the four of us back on the slopes together for the weekend!
Back On The Planks!
After a two year hiatus it was great to get back on the planks for an early season day at Alpine Meadows. It was the […]
Goodbye 2021 Ski Season!
Lisa was off on a girls’ weekend so the kids and I headed up for one last ski of the 2021 season (and I really […]