Working from Tahoe this week. It’s been very nice. Went out yesterday during lunch to an area close by with the dog. Went up a bit and got some nice turns. Came back and got back to work. Man that was fun. Today was mellow as it’s really been dumping since I got up. I don’t think I could make it out of the driveway with my car unless I did some shoveling or some time with the snow blower…. It great to see it snowing! The wind was something too… at times you could not see more than 100 ft. Today at lunch I took the dog out for a walk on the streets in the storm. The plows were getting behind and there was about 3 inches on the road. Almost needed snowshoes or something as it was slippery…. no asphalt showing…. I am not sure I would like to live up here with the snow. It’s a lot of work shoveling! If I did I would for sure get a good snow blower. Maybe it’s not too bad with lighter snow, but this snow has been 12-18% water content. Still nice. I call it Pacific Powder! Maybe tomorrow I’ll have time to upload some pictures. Till then.
Ski ya!
January 20th, 2010 | Category: Ski House, Sking | Comments (2)
Yes folks 18% is the average bonus or pay raise that many of the folks working for Morgan Stanley and the like will be getting due to record profits. Now let’s see, these were the folks that were too big to fail…. right? Excuse my language but WTF! This is obsene! Many of the folks (and I mean in the thousands) were I work (including myself) have not had a raise in a number of years. In fact we all took what looks like a 5% permanent pay cut this year. There is something seriously wrong going on here. I am not laying blame on the banks or anybody else, but something is just plain wrong. I am hoping it get’s fixed. Amen.
January 15th, 2010 | Category: Life | Comments (3)
Well there has been lots of talk about an El Nino year for the west coast. So far things have not been that wet. We are doing OK, for water, but need more snow throughout the Sierra range. Well, it appears that this coming weekend things are going to change. I am getting very excited! Part of the reason is that I plan to head up to the ski house on Sunday and stay the week and work from up there. First time I have done that, but looking forward to giving it a go. I hope to get out early in the morning or sometime during the day for a short ski, and then maybe take a day off if the powder is good.
Come on El Nino!
January 12th, 2010 | Category: Sking | Leave a comment
Unlike the last 3 years it looks like we will have a decent ski season before Jan. Yea! I was up there on Sun/Mon. They got dumped! Plenty to open up the mountains now. It was weird, as there is no base off piste. So it was hard to ski off piste as you would just dive into the snow and stop. OR, ski into the underlying brush or rocks. It was cold! Sun Monday it stayed below 20 all day. Great snow.
Get up there and get after it!
Ski ya!
December 10th, 2009 | Category: Ski House | Comments (1)
It’s that time of year again! (No not the holidays, sheesh). It’s time to open up the ski house and get to it. See the calendar for who’s up info. I’ll be opening up the ski house on Friday, sometime in the early evening. Ski ya!
December 3rd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (5)
