Digging snowpits and pressing keys for the Sierra Avalanche Center. Based in Lake Tahoe, snow science, niche avalanche nerdery, splitboarding, climbing, biking.
David Reichel
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This is definitely needed.
Additionally during winter storms, mountain highways are safer to drive than local streets where small cities or counties are responsible for snow clearing and encouraging drivers onto them is sketchy.
I stopped for the first bear that crossed the road in front of me and then this big guy took his time walking across the road.
#bear
#laketahoe
#skifastdriveslow
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
Snow loving humans will also struggle exercising restraint and good judgement after long periods of crappy snow during and after the increasingly intense storms. It is easy to predict that avalanche danger will spike during/after these storms, making good decisions is much harder.
Sierra snow has historically been boom and bust, big storms and with dry spells between, as this pattern increases it brings intensely spiking avalanche risk during powerful snow storms that can also be exacerbated by the weakening of the snow surface during the dry spells.
The FS road accessing this area is still gated, so my friend and I used e-bikes to help with the approach to Jobs Peak. Roughly 15 miles round trip, ~ 7 miles on e-bikes, with the rest a mix of hiking, snowboarding, and skinning.
#splitboarding
#laketahoe
#jobspeak
What passes for a good vibe story these days.
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DRI is doing valuable work on mountains snow/rain and the communities in and below them that are so impacted by exactly how all that precipitation arrives and how long it stays in the mountains.
Spent a few days trying to make a dent in the trail maintenance backlog on the Oregon Timber Trail Fremont section. It’s better now but needs a lot more love.
What Victoria said. Maintain our Parks, Paths, and Playfields. Please vote Yes on Measure G.
#laketahoe #meyers #southlaketahoe #bikepaths #tahoeparadisepark
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