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 […]
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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 […]
Donner Peak
A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
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 […]
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…
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 […]
The 2025 Sugar Bowl Pond Skim
One last weekend of the ski season for us. No way we were going to miss the Sugar Bowl pond skim for two years in […]
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 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 […]
Sugar Bowl Uphiller
I can only do so much spring skiing, so took the opportunity to join the climbers as part of this year’s Sugar Bowl Uphiller. The […]
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 […]
Sugar Bowl Spring Break
We ordered the weather for the kids’ spring break up in the mountains: highs in the fifties (teens in celsius) on the slopes every day […]