Posted by Curtis Fong on Jan 17, 2018
Road Trip 2018 Hey skiers & riders… Hoping that Mother Nature delivers in the next few weeks to grace Tahoe Resorts with plenty of snow and Winter will actually arrive! In the meantime, Dan Giesin and I, along with Hula-Gan, the Powder Monkey, will be departing on our annual road trip in search of powder turns and ski adventures… We will be on the road starting January 18 and returning February 4, 2018… We always time this ritual with our NASJA (North American Snowsports Journalists Association) Western Winter Summit meeting that scheduled to meet, January 21 at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint, Idaho. The meeting will continue transferring to Whitewater Resort out of Nelson, BC Canada, January 23… This year we will ski many other resorts before and after the meeting to include: Bogus Basin, Brundage, Tamarack before the meeting. Then, Red Mountain, Banff Lake Louise, Sunshine… then returning from Canada, via Whitefish, Montana; Silver Mountain, Idaho and finishing up at Alta & Snowbird in Utah… 12 different resorts over an 18 day road trip… Follow our Ski Adventures here on my website www.BikeandSkiTahoe.com or my BikeandSkiTahoe.com Facebook Page: or my personal Facebook...
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Posted by Curtis Fong on Jan 11, 2018
Lake Tahoe Entertainer Magazine January 2018 Article By; Curtis Fong “The Guy From Tahoe” Happy New Year Lake Tahoe! Okay Mother Nature… What’s Up? The Holidays have come and gone and the locals have recaptured their slopes, or should I say, the portions of the slopes that are open and we keep doing the snow dance and praying for snow, hoping winter will eventually arrive… When is that Big Winter Storm coming? There’s no greater feeling of satisfaction than getting that BIG, 2-3 day, “Winter Storm Warning” kind of Storm… One of “Those kind of Storms” that dumps 4 to 6 feet of snow at a time… One of “Those kind of Storms” that Snowplows can’t keep up with, that require chain controls and causing numerous spin-outs snarling all the roadways… One of “Those kind of Storms” that forces us to break out the snow shovels and curse, several times within hours, to have to clear the snow from our front porches and decks… just so we can get in and out of our houses… One of “Those kind of Storms” that we curse the neighborhood snowplows for not clearing our streets and when they do, they leave a 4-foot burm, causing us to shovel that too and wishing we had bought a snow blower… and, at the same time, knowing a snow blower still won’t take care of shoveling the roof… One of “Those kind of Storms” that causes Panic when the grocery store shelves are emptied, because delivery trucks are stuck on the other side of the pass… Or, your favorite store or restaurant is closed, because none of their employees can get to work… Or you can’t get to work… You know what I’m talking about… Oh yes… One of “Those kind of Storms” when in the aftermath, our ears are treated to the Sweet Sounds of Booms! Yes! Chest vibrating Booming Explosions, as resorts attempt to dig out and prepare their mountain to fire up their lifts allowing us to descend bottomless powder… We need one of “Those kind of Storms”… When is that Big Winter Storm Coming, I ask again… I’m wearing out the bottoms of my ski boots from doing the Snow Dance and my palms are glued together from continuously Praying for Snow! Got to hand it to the resorts that continued to make snow and thank goodness that we had...
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