Just a nice place to be…
Today was ridiculous – a shotgun opening of just about every lift at 9a and what was new? Over 2 feet of the fluffiest, nicest, seemingly-non-California-est pow you’ve ever seen. And it was a bit of a surprise for anyone who wasn’t in the Valley yesterday. This was probably the [...]
This is a photo sequence from Grant Kaye Photography. He generously gave them to me for the blog. If you’d like to order a print give him a holler: http://grantkaye.com/photoblog
Below these pics is my firsthand account of getting bowled over by this avalanche…
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It was Sunday morning and a late aubible had been called by the Freeride World Tour organizers to run the event in the Tram Face instead of Silverado. The event crew and some athletes were up near the start at Tower One. An experienced Squaw Patroller was there and dug a [...]
Here’s a video from my friend Mile Clark recently going after it in both well- and lesser-known spots around Squaw. The Tram Face is slated for Sat., Feb 27 but there’s an event window through March 4 so it can run in optimal conditions.
Here’s Miles’ helmet cam, and listen for the end when he realizes [...]
Future Olympian? At Squaw's Oly. Museum (High Camp)
You might know some of the Squaw-folk who are at the Olympics because you bought a cookie next to them at Wildflower. Or your kid may have gotten to take a few runs with them while in the Mighty Mites. You could have watched Shannon Bahrke train one [...]
Since it’s been a little dry lately we’ve been finding ourselves doing what Alex Cushing told us to way back when: “Ski the Sun.” It’s a tried and true technique for all of the Sierra and it rings true at Squaw. Places like the Sun Chutes, Sun Bowl, Broken Arrow, Gate 8 in Silverado, Red [...]
Touring is something that’s well known throughout the ski world. Usually it requires adapted gear and special skills that help folks reach lofty goals and loftier peaks. Avalanche training, guides and maps are all part of the game. So maybe you don’t have all that stuff nor do you really care about letting a lot [...]
The last week has been an awesome one of riding on an always-fluffed Squaw Valley. It hasn’t been the big, nightly numbers that we got used to in January. Rather it’s been Sneaky Little Storms creating a wind-buffed paradise – plus one good mini-dump that jived with what felt like a second opening-day in Silverado. [...]
This is the first year that I can remember a Ribbon Cutting-esque opening of Silverado. The email from SVUSA which went out on Thursday was a fair-play announcement that couldn’t have been more welcome for those who didn’t get to the hill on Friday (which was also an awesome day, btw). This was a classic [...]
This is the first year that I can remember a Ribbon Cutting-esque opening of Silverado. The email from SVUSA which went out on Thursday was a fair-play announcement that couldn’t have been more welcome for those who didn’t get to the hill on Friday (which was also an awesome day, btw). This was a classic [...]
We’ve gotten over 64 inches in a week – I guess the patroller who said 7′ in 10 days wasn’t too far off…. Check out the Storm Tracker on Squaw.com for the ridiculous line-up of digits showing the totals. Yesterday was the deepest day of the season. Snowshoe Thompson-esque accumulation rates buried us yesterday and [...]
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