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Tahoe in April
All this talk about slush powders piqued my interest (plus we finally
found some decent airfares), so it looks like Tahoe 4/8-4/10. Now we gotta book lodging, but that'll be driven by where we ski. What hills tend to hold up better late in the season? I have the impression that Alpine would be one (don't know why, but I do), but where else? And do you ski IN the slush powders (like with other powders), or do you ski ON them? I need to know if standard ski pants will do, or if I should bring the wetsuit as well. bw |
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Kirkwood and Mammoth will have the best snow. Sentinel Bowl in
Kirkwood is shaded and North facing. Granite Chief at Squaw is good and will have night skiing through the 10th. Plus, Squaw has a huge resort style pool at High Camp and that is wuite the scene on warm spring days. Regular light weight ski pants are best. bdubya wrote: All this talk about slush powders piqued my interest (plus we finally found some decent airfares), so it looks like Tahoe 4/8-4/10. Now we gotta book lodging, but that'll be driven by where we ski. What hills tend to hold up better late in the season? I have the impression that Alpine would be one (don't know why, but I do), but where else? And do you ski IN the slush powders (like with other powders), or do you ski ON them? I need to know if standard ski pants will do, or if I should bring the wetsuit as well. bw |
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bdubya wrote:
All this talk about slush powders piqued my interest (plus we finally found some decent airfares), so it looks like Tahoe 4/8-4/10. Now we gotta book lodging, but that'll be driven by where we ski. What hills tend to hold up better late in the season? I have the impression that Alpine would be one (don't know why, but I do), but where else? And do you ski IN the slush powders (like with other powders), or do you ski ON them? I need to know if standard ski pants will do, or if I should bring the wetsuit as well. bw Bring a wetsuit and REALLY wide skis with little skegs on the tails. Improves tracking. |
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bdubya wrote:
All this talk about slush powders piqued my interest (plus we finally found some decent airfares), so it looks like Tahoe 4/8-4/10. Now we gotta book lodging, but that'll be driven by where we ski. What hills tend to hold up better late in the season? I have the impression that Alpine would be one (don't know why, but I do), but where else? Well, that early in April really isn't late in the season. Expect Alpine, Sugar Bowl, and Squaw to be skiing well. But be prepared - watch the weather. Could as easily be blizzard conditions as spring conditions in April. Other Cal skiing that holds up well is Kirkwood and Mammoth (which holds up till July most years.) And do you ski IN the slush powders (like with other powders), or do you ski ON them? I need to know if standard ski pants will do, or if I should bring the wetsuit as well. Through. You ski through slush with GS turns. Weenies get wide boards and try to stay on top, but then they get bounced around by surface weirdness - better to stay down in it. You don't get the porpoising that you do from powder - you want to stay embedded in the surface, slicing right along. But really, what you look for is corn - hit each slope as the surface softens, then move to the next freshly sun kissed surface. Whole new world - pure ego skiing. |
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VtSkier wrote:
bdubya wrote: All this talk about slush powders piqued my interest (plus we finally found some decent airfares), so it looks like Tahoe 4/8-4/10. Now we gotta book lodging, but that'll be driven by where we ski. What hills tend to hold up better late in the season? I have the impression that Alpine would be one (don't know why, but I do), but where else? And do you ski IN the slush powders (like with other powders), or do you ski ON them? I need to know if standard ski pants will do, or if I should bring the wetsuit as well. Bring a wetsuit and REALLY wide skis with little skegs on the tails. Improves tracking. That late in the season, don't you have to worry about draft? i.e. the skegs hitting rocks in the shalow spots? Seems to me you'd want a swing keel. PS - bite me, bw. -- //-Walt // // There is no Völkl Conspiracy |
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