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 […]
Tag: Sugar Bowl
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 […]
Donner Peak and Eagle Rock
A few pics of a super fun spring tour with Paris up to Donner Peak and down to Eagle Rock…
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 […]