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Skiing
2221 feet before work
One of the best things about living in RenoSlashTahoe is that you can bag a few runs of Sweet Backcountry snow before work. Huck Tater and I hit Credit Card and got two runs of really killer un-tracked snow. Note: the track encroaching from the north is one Barrett and I put down a... »
Hourglass Helmet Cam Footage
Some GoPro helmet cam footage from the Hourglass Sunday. Raymon82 and SteadyB knuckle dragging in the fresh pow. Huck Tater was talking about a potential Dawn Patrol tomorrow. Sounds good to me! -M »
Awesome Conditions in the Tahoe Backcountry!
Went for a morning tour with the Kangdiggity, SteadyB, My sister and my dad today. The snow is AWESOME! GET SOME! -M »
Good Skiing This week!
The Restless Ape, Kangdiggity and I hit Mt. Rose this morning. less than a foot of actual powder, but it was really nice. Good base. We found a lot of great lines through the trees below the Blazing Zephyr. Gonna go back Friday. So Far Taldor and Kangdiggity are in. Who else? -M »
Big Storm in the Sierra Nevada
Click the Pic for the NWS Reno Briefing: Big Storm in the Sierra Nevada Below is a email forwarded to me from Mark Forest: “I wanted to pass this information along since the news stations are downplaying the magnitude of the events that are headed our way. This system of storms is being funneled... »
TBS Snow Dance
I finally got around to ediging that episode of Feral Snow we shot last year. It was the only day the WHOLE team got out together. We were obviously very happy to be out and even happier to have John Denver narrate! So get out there and do the dance for POWDER! -M »
Slide @ Slide
Brad L. & I noticed an ugly-looking fracture after skiing Rose this morning on the south side of the East Bowl access road just before it enters the parking lot. We thought we’d take a look to see whether the snow cover has improved at the lower elevations and saw the obvious results of... »
Another good day in the Tahoe Backcountry!
Went up with my dad, sisters and SteadyB. Found Pow and lots of it. It was sort of surreal in the cloud, but an awesome morning. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. -M »
Alpine Was OFF THE HOOK!
It was a white Christmas in Reno. Beautiful, but cold, windy and avalanchey up in the mountains. A dude was killed @ Squaw! So we laid low. And that was a good plan. Here’s what it looked like today: Went up to Alpine with the Fam and Pyrofloptic. We shredded. There’s still some left... »
Merry X-mas
Powder on earth and good turns towards men, and women… Sure is a kick ass holiday! Shreding Alpine tomorrow with the fam. If it turns out off the hizzle, I’ll report back here… -M »