What's Up and Where We've Been!
Katie and I had a great day skiing at Alpine. Parked close to the lifts and skied on to almost every lift. The early morning groomed runs were fantastic snow then we ventured off trail for most of the remainder of the day. Great turns in slightly heavy snow but fantastic. Did 20 runs then moved on to the Old Town Tavern in Truckee for a thirst quenching IPA. A little hot tub at home and I suspect leftovers tonight as we got to clear the fridge for the weekend crowd. Cheers!
Arrived Friday to a somewhat familiar house though you could see the ground all around. You can see houses from the street. So different from last years February when 26 feet of snow came down. The Alex’s rode the train up and we met them at a craft brewery across the street from the train station. Gary Ryan and Sarah met up there as well. We celebrated later at the house with margaritas, a taco bar and eventually liars dice.
Saturday was in the high 50’s The kids went skiing/boarding at Alpine and the Mrs. and I managed an 8 mile hike along the Truckee River in a T-shirt. Lunch was at the new Tap Haus in Tahoe City where a little brew fest was happening in the parking lot. Chicken Cacciatore for diner after some margaritas in the hot tub and some Irish coffee after that. A minor cribbage battle erupted and later ‘salad bowl’ and eventually liars dice to end the evening. Apparently no lift lines at Alpine but the snow was heavy.
Today we all got up and out by around 8 and off to Squaw with a new foot of snow on the ground and more coming from the sky. We never caught up with the kids but had fun on Shirley and Solitude until the crowds got too thick and the lift lines too long for our taste. It took an hour and fifteen minutes to get to Squaw as everyone wanted to see this thing called fresh powder. Tonight Katie and I are out to dinner at Pianeta with the Rahn’s from my work and the kids are braving the highway back to the city for work tomorrow. Cheers!
Katie and I have found our routine. We have breakfast downstairs at 8:30, coffee, granola for me with yogurt she has an English muffin with peanut butter. Our boots and skis are up on the mountain in a locker so we take the gondola up to pick them up.. on the slopes by 9:30 and we typically do 25-28 runs a day, 28,000 vertical feet thanks to ‘Ski Tracks’ app. With no new snow in weeks and warm temps we have been sticking to groomed runs for the most part but we have fun going to the bottom. It hasn’t been crowded at all with blue skies everyday. Usually lunch is water and an energy bar but today we had a treat of grilled cheese sandwiches on the back side of the mountain. We managed a few runs after lunch then stopped mid-mountain for a free wine tasting from Daou wineries, a cab and a red blend not bad! On down the mountain, changed at the Alpenhof Lodge and now at Shelter Distillery in the village for their happy hour ‘hazy IPA’. Have a date night tonight at Campo Restaurant then probably June Mountain tomorrow as it is the beginning of President’s weekend and we are expecting crowds at Mammoth tomorrow.
So, had a fabulous day..
Great day skiing on FIRM snow here at Mammoth. The views were incredible. We skied all day, sticking to groomed runs because of all the rock boulders on trail. It’s amazing how much longer I can ski when I’m not fighting with the mountain. I guess there is absolutely nothing wrong with groomers Sent from my iPad😊⛷⛷❄️
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday up at South shore with fa,ily. Tim gave Jamie a stay in an Airbnb for the weekend and invited family and friends to join. Friday everyone arrived including Tim, Jamie, Russell, the dogs, Brian and Katie, Alex and Crow, and Mary Banfield. Ordered pizza using DoorDash and enjoyed some red wine and conversation. Later some liars dice with nobody’s wanting to sit next to Katie. In the morning, Katie and Tim made breakfast, Daniel arrived from North shore, and after a while gathering peeps we went off for a 2 1/2 mile hike near where we stayed with Maggie several years ago. Out for lunch at Cold Water Brewery and Grill. The Alex’s went to Squaw for the am but met us for lunch. Food was delicious and the Freel Good IPA was great. Back at the house digesting with plans for slow cooked pulled pork for dinner much later.
