I wrote this piece to build a bridge. I sincerely hope a plan can be drafted and implemented that works for the greater backcountry community. From the RGJ: As a 16-year Tahoe local, I’ve always enjoyed catching up with people ...
Read More »Tahoe Ski Guiding with NASTC
If you want to check out backcountry skiing in Tahoe, tune your ski touring skills, or just have a knowledgable guide on hand to show you some classic ski tours in the area, come ski with me and NASTC this ...
Read More »State of the Backcountry 2017: Greenland and the Sierra Nevada
From polar powder to the best corn skiing on planet earth, this report comes to you from Arctic Greenland and the Sierra Nevada. It’s been a crazy winter in the Sierra and skiing in the home range is nothing short ...
Read More »Sf Gate: Tahoe Snow
The good news is that there is plenty of backcountry skiing and riding to be done in the Sierra right now, especially around the mountains of Lake Tahoe. The bad news, much of the precipitation that fell during the fall ...
Read More »Photos from Tahoe’s Powder Cycle
From famed Sierra Cement, to flooding, and back into an epic powder cycle January 09, 2017 By David Reddick What a whirlwind it’s been for the weather watchers and ski lovers in the Lake Tahoe region. On the one hand ...
Read More »State of the Backcountry 2016-2017| Antarctica and Tahoe
Hello Skiers and Riders! December is here and that means it’s time for another season of State of the Backcountry! In the spirit of years past, this season will be more of the same, sharing real-time condition reports and stoke ...
Read More »State of the Backcountry 2016: Alaska and Tahoe
Wrapping up the Alaska season in style, and milking a few classic runs out of Tahoe before setting off to guide in Iceland for Ice Axe Expeditions, this is a full State of the Backcountry report for the month of ...
Read More »State of the Backcountry 2016: Tahoe and the Eastern Sierra
The end of February is near, and with well over 300” of snow having fallen across the Sierra Nevada, the state of the Tahoe and Eastern Sierra backcountry is as good as it’s been in five years.Granted, February has been ...
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