Tahoe! Ski trip! We hit Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows (twice), and Heavenly. The snow cooperated for days 2 and 3, during which we hit bowls and trees and long, Lake Tahoe-vista cruisers and bumps. Alpine was probably the favorite; the expert short-cut, Gentian Gully, and Estelle Bowl provided all the steeps we could deal with and some we couldn't. There was about a foot of fresh off the beaten path and that was mostly left in the glades at Heavenly where the sun shined into the trees.
Off the mountain we watched USA hockey and cheered with the whole bar when the empty-netter sealed the deal over Canada. We watched a lot of other Olympics, debated chains for rental tires, and experienced the Biggest Little City in the World in the form of all the ribs we could eat. It's a time of change for this group - there will be two new members of the ski trip extended family by next year's journey - but it's always a blast to get away.
I got back to the Valley in time for Snow-icane-pacolypse-maggedon-of-the-Century-the-3rd and two days at work. Neither seem like they are going to be as dramatic as they are hyped to be.
Thursday, February 25, 2010