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 […]
Chronology
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 […]
Stolen Lives
Stolen Lives, Malika Oufkir Amazon: Born into a proud Berber family in 1953, the eldest daughter of the King of Morocco’s closest aide, Malika Oufkir […]
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 […]
Donner Peak
A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
Springtime Tallac
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 […]
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 […]
Raising Cain
Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Ph.D. This should probably be required reading for all educators, administrators in schools and especially parents with […]
Money Line and the Lake Run X 2
After we’d let the snow settle for a couple of cycles it was incredible day in the backcountry yesterday with all this fresh pow. We […]
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…
The End of the World is Just Beginning
The End of the World is Just Beginning, Peter Zeihan A little doomsday-ish and magisterial for my liking, but it was a very timely read […]
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 […]
Castle Peak
A quick jaunt up Castle Peak with Paris this morning to finish the work week. Was beautiful up there, but the wind was incredibly bad […]
The Devil’s Teeth
The Devil’s Teeth, Susan Casey Another excellent find at the Truckee thrift store. Couldn’t put this down given it’s so close to home… A really […]
Rubicon Peak
Morning meetings and chores out the the way, Paris and I took advantage of the spring-ish weather to lap Rubicon Peak on the west shore […]
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. […]