Road Trip! CA -->> IL report W/ pics

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"Roberto"

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2008

First off I need to apologize to Solitude for falling asleep when I got to the hotel. We were going to get dinner, but we were wiped out from the little drive we did. My arm is still sore from holding the steering wheel to keep the wheels straight, poor alignment. 
Uneventful and went as planned: 
Depart ORD 9pm on 2/29 
Arrive SAC 130am 3/1 
Chill in Placerville 3/1. <img alt="" src="http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37266996_6128.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
Ride Sierra at Tahoe 3/2 
Ride Squaw Valley 3/3 
Drive to Salt Lake City 3/4 (No skiing, pics to come) <img alt="" src="http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6391/tripwest01vq3.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/526/tripwest02im4.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37267265_750.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
Drive to Vail 3/5 <img alt="" src="http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37268517_5217.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://photos-l.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37267003_146.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
Ride Vail 3/6 - 3/7 <img alt="" src="http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3236/sequenceun7.gif" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37268119_7011.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5954/tripwest14es0.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> <img alt="" src="http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/110/124/3617347/n3617347_37268548_3846.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
Depart Vail 3/8 arrive to overcast and snow 3/9. 
More pics to come. Some were done with the new D300, some with the D80. 
Oh, I can't stand the new format, what is new other than the looks?

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Timr1

· #12 · Mar 12, 2008

Hey Mort, 
Great pics. Looks like a fun trip. We just missed each other. I've been out there twice in the past weeks. 
Feb 21 - Heavenly 
Feb 22 - Squaw 
Feb 23 - Sierra at Tahoe 
March 7 - Squaw 
March 8 - Alpine Meadows

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Timr1

· #17 · Mar 13, 2008

Yeah, there is another Squaw Valley in California. One is 33.2 miles east of Fresno; the other is in Olympic Valley, California...42 miles southwest of Reno, NV.

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Timr1

· #18 · Mar 13, 2008

Well, yes and no. Off of KT-22 on Feb 22nd, it was under 8 inches of fresh powder and moderately, tracked up. When we were there for the Feb trip, it snowed 6+ inches every day. Premium conditions. 
On March 7th, I made two runs off of KT - 22. One was down the face near Olympic Lady (named for the women's Olympic downhill course). It wasn't too firm, but it was near lunchtime and things had softened a bit. My 2nd run down KT-22 was a little later in the day, and I went down the east face. The first 20 yards or so were icy due to the wind (and therefore challenging since it's about 50%), but once over that first part, it was soft snow, but fast! Tons of fun! 
Love it out there. Wish I was going back again before the snow melts. <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">

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· #20 · Mar 13, 2008

yeah, the only reason that I found out about it was from typing squaw valley into weather.com and kept getting forecasts that said it was going to be 70 degrees, and I was like WTF? Then, I mapped it and found out that I was getting the forecast for the other Squaw Valley, not the Olympic Valley, where I wanted to go skiing.

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Timr1

· #21 · Mar 13, 2008

Check these out: 
Snowing at Sierra - <img alt="" src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x120/Timr71/FourFlakes.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
Our First day (right off the gondola @ Heavenly, Lake Tahoe in the background) <img alt="" src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x120/Timr71/FirstRun.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"> 
More Sierra: <img alt="" src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x120/Timr71/SierraDudes.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

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