A Wet Christmas Miracle Storm | E77

After a month of being ridged with displeasure and no snow, a series of atmospheric rivers dumps buckets of rain before changing to snow, finally delivering major dumpage to Tahoe just in time for Christmas. In the final episode of Mind the Track’s third season, in Episode 77 the boys recap a month of inversions, brown pow and Tule Fog, contemplate chasing snow up into Canada, shout out the core lords for their 10th Shredmandment recommendations and DOPE or DERP making sound effects when riding your bike or filling uncomfortable silences. Pow Bot gives a gray wolf update, SKI BORG makes an appearance and the boys ask listeners to send in their questions for an upcoming interview with the CEO of Sugar Bowl resort.

2:10 – SKI BORG vs POW BOT

5:00 – No snow in Lake Tahoe with a huge storm a-coming just in time for Christmas chaos.

8:50 – On an airplane - window shade open or window shade closed?

11:00 – Trail Whisperer still hasn’t bought a ski pass for the season.  

13:55 – All the different taglines describing the snow dry spell in Tahoe.

15:20 – Gnarly Tule Fog in the Central Valley of California for the last month.

16:10 – Washington State flooding – Stevens Pass, Crystal Mountain and Mount Baker roads blown out.

18:14 – Vail Resorts discounting ski lift tickets and medium range lodge bookings are way down.

22:50 – Pow Bot is finally maturing – he isn’t frothed out on chasing pow.

25:35 – DOPE or DERP – Do you chase the pow north to Canada right now?

27:15 – Alpenglow Winter Speaker Series Opener – Truckee Dirt Union raises $120,000!

30:40 – Spotify year-end wrap-up statistics for Mind the Track podcast.

32:20 – Shout out to Core Lord listener Stavros on Mount Hough in Quincy!

35:20 – HOT TIP: If you have poison oak, don’t scratch it, use the hottest water you can tolerate to flush the histamines.

38:10 – DOPE or DERP – Humming or whistling to fill an uncomfortable silence.

42:00 – DOPE or DERP – Making sound effects when you ride your bike.

46:10 – Listener Feedback – Finders Keepers stories.

49:25 – Atlanta, Georgia is the most surveilled city in the World.

50:45 – Pow Bot uses his Garmin watch to find his lost smartphone.

56:20 – Listener Feedback – Grocery gear baskets.

57:30 – Kurt Refsnider mountain bikes the whole Orogenesis Route – 4,275 miles in 135 days.

59:25 – Sugar Bowl asks if Mind the Track would like to interview the CEO of the ski resort.

1:01:40 – Listener Feedback on the 10th Shredmandment. Steve says respect the trailhead.

1:05:16 – Liz and Cam – Always be learning and avalanche education.

1:06:45 – Stu – Be a capable backcountry skiing partner.

1:09:30 – Tony from Lee Vining – Observe, consider and decide.

1:12:30 – Alex – Keep your gear tight. Know how to use a first aid kit.

1:13:00 – @patagonia_snow Instagram shouts out Mind the Track and the Butt Vest.

1:15:55 – Wolf pulls a crab pot out of water with the buoy and rope to eat the bait.

1:20:30 – Gray Wolf is de-listed by the Endangered Species Act.

1:25:00 – Cam says Snack Man is DOPE.

1:26:30 – Telluride Ski Patrol is threatening strike, could shut the whole season down.

1:33:00 – The unsustainable game of buying a season’s pass at a ski resort.