3 Blizzards and a beautiful day on the slopes

We left at 3 in the morning so that we wouldn't get stuck in bad weather in the dark. I came close to timing it almost perfectly. We hit some snow before sunrise but at lower elevations, so not such a big deal.


We hit snow up in the Shasta area that got pretty funky, almost had to chain up. We slid around, did a 360 and a 180 on a small road off the 5 interstate when we got off in search of gas, after we righted ourselves we hopped back on muy pronto. Slid a little getting back into traffic but from then on managed with the ice and frost and snow pretty well. Things got dicey and icey, a bit slushy through Tahoe which is where we ended up cutting over after having to turn back at a couple of other road closures. Amazing views coming down into Neveda.









These detours set us back just enough to put us in Mammoth at night, arriving just as it started coming down good. With a mile or less left after being on the road for 16 hours, the windshield froze up, the wipers skipping over ice, we slid around a little bit and finally cruised into a parking space in the nick of time. The next day the skiing was exquisite. Skye is coming along quite well coming down blue runs now. I am also just about ready to hit a blue run, she has been skiing longer than me afterall. Then back to LALAland the next day.