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Volcano Skiing Continued – Mt. Lassen

Located roughly three hours drive north of Truckee, Mt. Lassen is the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Mountain Range. Lassen was last active from 1914 to 1921. With a summit elevation of 10,450 feet, Mt. Lassen offers many fine options for ski mountaineering. Here is footage from a single day assault of the Northeast Face on June 26, 2010. During our ascent and descent we crossed a large swath of devastation from a massive avalanche that occurred this past winter. Hundreds of trees upwards of forty feet tall were leveled like matchsticks. Reports of the debris began coming in to park officials in late March but the actual date or even month of the slide is unknown. A park ranger informed us they are calling it a fifty year type of event.

Mt. Lassen, June 26, 2010

PlumpJack Pool Parties

The PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn hosted the first of their summer season pool parties last Sunday. Parties feature food and drink specials on the PlumpJack pool deck and electronic music courtesy of the Electric Ladyland Collective. Electric Ladyland is a Truckee based Burning Man theme camp featuring sound, fire and art. For more information on this dynamic group of artists check out www.electricladylandcollective.org. The next two pool parties will be held from 1pm to 5pm on Sunday, July 18 and Sunday, August 15 (the 3rd Sunday of every month).

Party guests chill in the hot tub on the PlumpJack Pool Deck

W.E. Rock Donner Ski Ranch

The World Extreme Rock Crawler Championships visited Donner Ski Ranch over the weekend. Different classes of custom fabricated buggies tackled a variety of challenging courses, some of which still had snow. The north side of Donner Ski Ranch was open to skiing while W.E. Rock took over the south side.

Here’s some of the action:

Ski Movie News…Exit Strategy Preview!

Nut Hut Studios will release it’s first feature length ski film this year called “Exit Strategy”. The film documents the phenomenal 2009/2010 ski season in the North Lake Tahoe Region. Though primarily backcountry focused, the film has plenty of in bounds pow footage from Squaw Valley. It also showcases many of Squaw’s classic lines from the point of view perspective. Here’s a teaser of the Squaw Valley POV segment featuring Joshua Plack, Robb Gaffney and Unofficial Squaw Team Member Miles Clark.


HD DVD’s of Exit Strategy will be available at skiing-blog.com this December.

Swift, Silent, Cheap

May 22, 2010

More new snow and unseasonably cold temps made for a stellar day at Squaw Valley USA.  We only saw two other skiers during our tour de force (and we knew them).

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