Castle with Sam and Scott - BC day 3

Summit shot

Had a great weekend (but I'll highlight Sun here) in Tahoe.  Dawn patrolled up Castle's shoulder with Sam and Scott from the rest area, got back by 9 am, skate skied to Sugar Bowl, and proceeded to stomp a few front flips at Sugar Bowl while skiing with the Nickelsens and Dufours.  After skiing we stopped in at the old train tunnels and I capped off this amazing day by registering for PBP this Aug on our drive home!

Love the start to this tour...

Awesome sunrise.

Scott was up for the day and he kept on touring the rest of the day.

E face of Castle looks nothing like what you usually see

Sam = Stoked

The turns down were... bone jarring

but at least it was pretty

After getting home, getting the boys ready I got on my skate skis and met the fam at the drop off.  And soon I was changing into my Tele gear and shredding the mountain with the kiddos.  

Huzzah!

Very aggressive tuck there Nikko... 

beautiful day, sunny, good company, thumbs up!

On the way home we stopped by the old tunnels.  

The kids had fun throwing rocks at the icicles.

Kai showing off his broken off icicle like a prized bass

The kids still had energy, so we let them play outside for a while longer...

and I'm set! PBP here I come!

Some more pics from the weekend... Jan = I catch lots of sunrises. From skate skiing on Sat morning

It was nice to get out with Alexis as I usually skate ski solo.

Might be the toughest skate ski descent conditions all year

Spring Break '19

Family!!!!

Another fun Spring Break in Tahoe in the books.  These weeks have been one of my favorites the last few years.  There's endless things to do on the summit!
More pics
Day 0 - completed a Fat Ass race with Sam and Josh.
Day 1 - skied half a day at Sugar Bowl with the boys!

Day 2 - had an awesome morning skate session, then did another half day at SB with the boys.

at the top of my favorite run

Day 3 - we took advantage of the free day at Royal Gorge that comes with our SB pass and had a blast with the Dufours.  That was unexpectedly fun.  This strava is off... more like 5-6 miles.

Nikko's confidence waned about here... 100 ft from the rental shop

But the kids made their way to the hut quite quickly.  Especially once they found out there is hot coco and candy for sale!

Then we took the kids to the train tunnels.

And they practiced ice/snow climbing...

Day 4 - managed to get a few hours free to ski with Kevin and Alexis, which was awesome.

Day 5 - did a morning lap with Dave and Alexis, where we ran into Tanner Hall, getting ready to shred the bubbles solo while his camera man was down below.  That was quite memorable.

Ski Boss!

Then met up with the fam and skied SB again.

Then I skated home during a blizzard.

Kai, who had just done a report on Jane Goodall, got to meet her after her talk in Tahoe City!

Day 6 - started off skate skiing on pow, which was fun.  Then went to SB and had a blast skiing the Palisades!!!  And took the boys to the caves.

Cavin' it up... smelled a bit skunky in there...

Took care of these dudes...

While Kimbo went to WWG

Day 7 - went back to ski the Bubbles with Metres.

Holla!

Such an amazing zone... 

Ran into Kim and Ryan at WWG.  

Day 8 - last day!  Boo hoo.  Made the most of it by going skate skiing.  The conditions were perfect so you could actually skate ski anywhere you wanted, which was a really fun experience.

Snow Creek Mtn... check out that chute.

holla!

back at WWG

Nikko so tall...