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Man Made Snow
We use to ski at Sierra Summit near Huntington Lake out of Fresno, CA. It was once and is again called China Peak, after the highest point on the resort. At the time they had a bunch of these cheesy info signs on the (fixed grip) lift towers like: It can be sunny in... »
Bacon Trips
TAHOE TAHOE TAHOE If you haven’t heard about the Travelocity Roaming Gnome contest, it’s like a social media grudge match between Tahoe and The Wasatch. Tahoe kicks ass, so click over to the Roaming Gnome Facebook Page and vote Tahoe! Skiing Pics Proof that Tahoe is better: Some photos from a short Ski Tour... »
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 »
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 »
a morning @ Alpine
Shredded Alpine with Nooner and Aaron Sunday. Here’s the vid. -M »
Schralpine opening tomorrow!
Yo StripTards! Since so many of us ski @ Alpine Meadows a lot and have passes, I thought you’d like this video I shot on snowmaking @ the Tahoe Resort. Super cool! The guy in the video, Peter “Foul Weather Minxy” Minks was on a video shoot of a climbing movie on the Eiger... »
Ski season ON!
Dispite the current climatic aberations, it IS ski season! I shreded Alta, Utah with Cptn. Red Beard and Photo John last weekend and DAMN it was RAD!!! On another note, I just upgraded a number of BaconStrippers to editor, so you can now post. Any questions, shout! -M Photo of Wolfy skiing... »
AK the hard way…
I stopped by the Patagonia Warehouse tonight to see the newest Adventure Film Works production, “AK the Hard Way” about a journey to Haines Alaska to ski some sick lines and test the limits of human epic endurance. What I liked about this ski movie was it’s humanity. It’s admission that we are all... »
Alpine meadows renames a trail in honor of the bacon strip…
Could be a real headline here if we rally together and launch a successful campaign to get Alpine Meadows Ski Resort to rename a trail in our esteemed honor. What other local blog / band of dirty hippy mountain bikers and backcountry skiers has a bigger presence @ Alpine Meadows than us? VNasty is... »