Although we do not have any snow here, I am living my winter through you. Again, this video is so inspiring - especially your ski down your road and then into the woods. Telemark turns - so jealous. I do love your camera person too. Thank you again for sharing this experience with all of us. Please let me know how your Level III certification progresses. I think I will work on Level II next year - thanks to folks like you who keep pushing me.
Hey Jennifer! Thanks so much for the kind words, as always. I really appreciate your feedback and your generosity :) I officially submitted my workbook Monday evening, so that part is done. Now I have the test on March 21. Although I'm less concerned about the actual test day because I feel more confident doing the physical part of the process. You should consider going for level 2 next season! That would be very inspiring :) As far as my camera person goes, well, that's me ;) I occasionally ask a ski buddy to film a clip or two, but 99.9% of the camera work is just by me, whether I'm staging it down the trail on a tripod or holding out in front of me. Believe it or not, our snow is already consolidating quite a bit. In my yard it's at least a foot lower than when it stopped snowing on Sunday. Kinda crazy, but there was so much air in the snowpack and we've had really warm days so it's all part of the process. I'm just glad I finished shoveling everything out before it started to thaw/freeze. Again, thanks for all of your support. I truly appreciate it :)
It looks absolutely beautiful out there! Sometimes wish we had forests quite that open out here. New England forests tend to be scrubby with plenty of understory growth. There's a few select areas to go but it typically requires a deep snowpack which has been hard to come by in recent years. Northern New England should receive some snow at the end of the week so there's hope in sight!
A lot of our forests are mostly open like this, but it's also due to thinning projects to ward off major wildfires. That said, it's estimated that Sierra Nevada forests in the mid-1800s had about 40 trees per acre, whereas now it's closer to 200. Crazy. But I remember from growing up in the Upper Midwest how dense everything can be -- all that undergrowth and small stuff! It was a great storm, though. Crazy high volume of snow. Some of the local (South Tahoe) estimates put the grand totals for the weekend at 58 inches at Heavenly Ski Resort, 62 inches at Kirkwood Ski Resort, and 78 inches at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort. Granted, those resorts are at a higher elevation than my house, but it's safe to say that in my neighborhood we received at least four feet. Where was this in December or January?! Oh well, better late than never :) I still have some digging out in the backyard, but there's no more snow in the short-term forecast so I'll take my time chipping away at it. I'm crossing my fingers that you get some more snow, too. Good luck!
Beautiful. We're enjoying the step child of your blizzard here in Bend, OR. It's been stunning in the mountains. I'm stuck with work this week, hoping to find a few hours of hooky to go play. Until then, thanks for the footage!
That's a bummer to hear that you didn't have much of a winter. I'll enjoy the snow as much as possible for you too, though :) Kinda interesting how much it's already transformed since the end of the storm. We ended up having some pretty warm and sunny days this week. But there's still plenty of snow on which to play :)
FRIGG!! Lucky you guys. Eating my heart out here. In the '80s we could get a mess of snow and up on Mount Royal (Montreal) I'd head up to the mtn in the evening and catch a few tele's in some luxurious dry deep pow. I need to move to Fernie BC, Canmore AB or up to the Chic Chocs here in Quebec.. If I was twenty years younger, I would, I think. Thank you. You must've gobbled up a few memory cards on this one.
Thanks! Yeah, this storm really did produce. Unbelievable how much snow we ended up receiving as all the storms this winter seemed to underproduce. Or, rather they just came in really wet and sleet-like. Haha, yeah, some bigger files for sure! I don't quite have a remote option for turning my GoPro on/off, so those long slogs back up the hill with the camera running definitely creates some larger files. As always, thanks so much for tuning in and for contributing to the conversation :)
Hey Randy! Yeah, it was a boatload of snow for sure! And I'm not sure why it didn't arrive in December or January, like you said :) But better late than never I guess!
@williamabenejr8516 And I wish I could send some your way, William 😉 And I can't remember if we've had this conversation before, but I grew up in the Upper Peninsula. I love Lake Superior 😍
Out in Maine we are watching the last few patches of snow turn to mud. Strange short winter. Drove by Nordic trail forest preserve and nearly shed at tear. Enjoy!
That's definitely a bummer that your snow is rapidly disappearing. Except for this recent Lake Tahoe blizzard, it felt like a relatively short winter here as well. It was nice not to have to shovel like last winter (Snowpocalypse of 2022/23), but it would've been great to have received this latest storm back in January. Either way, there's always something fun to do outside. Well, maybe just not in the mud I guess :) Thanks for tuning in, and for the kind words. Take care!
Haha! Yeah, it seems like goggles would be helpful. But the reality is that they constantly fog up when cross-country skiing because we're always sweating and we seldom benefit from long sustained wind/breezes flowing through the goggles (to prevent them from fogging up). I usually wear sunglasses, which provide protection, but even they can be annoying because during storms they'll often just collect tons of snow which ends up decreasing visibility anyway. All of that said, though, I definitely could've used goggles or sunglasses the other day going downhill (VLOG 71) because it was totally whiteout conditions.
Although we do not have any snow here, I am living my winter through you. Again, this video is so inspiring - especially your ski down your road and then into the woods. Telemark turns - so jealous. I do love your camera person too. Thank you again for sharing this experience with all of us. Please let me know how your Level III certification progresses. I think I will work on Level II next year - thanks to folks like you who keep pushing me.
Hey Jennifer!
Thanks so much for the kind words, as always. I really appreciate your feedback and your generosity :)
I officially submitted my workbook Monday evening, so that part is done. Now I have the test on March 21. Although I'm less concerned about the actual test day because I feel more confident doing the physical part of the process.
You should consider going for level 2 next season! That would be very inspiring :)
As far as my camera person goes, well, that's me ;) I occasionally ask a ski buddy to film a clip or two, but 99.9% of the camera work is just by me, whether I'm staging it down the trail on a tripod or holding out in front of me.
Believe it or not, our snow is already consolidating quite a bit. In my yard it's at least a foot lower than when it stopped snowing on Sunday. Kinda crazy, but there was so much air in the snowpack and we've had really warm days so it's all part of the process. I'm just glad I finished shoveling everything out before it started to thaw/freeze.
Again, thanks for all of your support. I truly appreciate it :)
It looks absolutely beautiful out there! Sometimes wish we had forests quite that open out here. New England forests tend to be scrubby with plenty of understory growth. There's a few select areas to go but it typically requires a deep snowpack which has been hard to come by in recent years. Northern New England should receive some snow at the end of the week so there's hope in sight!
A lot of our forests are mostly open like this, but it's also due to thinning projects to ward off major wildfires. That said, it's estimated that Sierra Nevada forests in the mid-1800s had about 40 trees per acre, whereas now it's closer to 200. Crazy. But I remember from growing up in the Upper Midwest how dense everything can be -- all that undergrowth and small stuff!
It was a great storm, though. Crazy high volume of snow. Some of the local (South Tahoe) estimates put the grand totals for the weekend at 58 inches at Heavenly Ski Resort, 62 inches at Kirkwood Ski Resort, and 78 inches at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort. Granted, those resorts are at a higher elevation than my house, but it's safe to say that in my neighborhood we received at least four feet.
Where was this in December or January?! Oh well, better late than never :)
I still have some digging out in the backyard, but there's no more snow in the short-term forecast so I'll take my time chipping away at it.
I'm crossing my fingers that you get some more snow, too. Good luck!
Beautiful. We're enjoying the step child of your blizzard here in Bend, OR. It's been stunning in the mountains. I'm stuck with work this week, hoping to find a few hours of hooky to go play. Until then, thanks for the footage!
Thank you! Glad you're getting some snow, as well. And I hope you get a chance to get outside and play in it :)
Our season was over before or began, but I'm stoked for next year already! Enjoy the powder!
That's a bummer to hear that you didn't have much of a winter. I'll enjoy the snow as much as possible for you too, though :) Kinda interesting how much it's already transformed since the end of the storm. We ended up having some pretty warm and sunny days this week. But there's still plenty of snow on which to play :)
FRIGG!! Lucky you guys. Eating my heart out here. In the '80s we could get a mess of snow and up on Mount Royal (Montreal) I'd head up to the mtn in the evening and catch a few tele's in some luxurious dry deep pow. I need to move to Fernie BC, Canmore AB or up to the Chic Chocs here in Quebec.. If I was twenty years younger, I would, I think. Thank you. You must've gobbled up a few memory cards on this one.
Thanks! Yeah, this storm really did produce. Unbelievable how much snow we ended up receiving as all the storms this winter seemed to underproduce. Or, rather they just came in really wet and sleet-like.
Haha, yeah, some bigger files for sure! I don't quite have a remote option for turning my GoPro on/off, so those long slogs back up the hill with the camera running definitely creates some larger files.
As always, thanks so much for tuning in and for contributing to the conversation :)
Wow!!!!!! That’s a ton of snow for March. It’d be great to have that in December or January, but March, maybe not. 😮
Hey Randy! Yeah, it was a boatload of snow for sure! And I'm not sure why it didn't arrive in December or January, like you said :) But better late than never I guess!
From the brown western shores of Lake Superior, I'd gladly take some snow anytime! June, July, August, bring it
@williamabenejr8516 And I wish I could send some your way, William 😉
And I can't remember if we've had this conversation before, but I grew up in the Upper Peninsula. I love Lake Superior 😍
Out in Maine we are watching the last few patches of snow turn to mud. Strange short winter. Drove by Nordic trail forest preserve and nearly shed at tear. Enjoy!
That's definitely a bummer that your snow is rapidly disappearing. Except for this recent Lake Tahoe blizzard, it felt like a relatively short winter here as well. It was nice not to have to shovel like last winter (Snowpocalypse of 2022/23), but it would've been great to have received this latest storm back in January. Either way, there's always something fun to do outside. Well, maybe just not in the mud I guess :)
Thanks for tuning in, and for the kind words. Take care!
@JaredManninen Likewise...take care
@@Justin-m6w5u 🤗
So Dreamy Weeee.
Indeed it was! Thanks for watching :)
How do you not wear goggles, especially with the wind and snow still blowing in the air?
Haha! Yeah, it seems like goggles would be helpful. But the reality is that they constantly fog up when cross-country skiing because we're always sweating and we seldom benefit from long sustained wind/breezes flowing through the goggles (to prevent them from fogging up). I usually wear sunglasses, which provide protection, but even they can be annoying because during storms they'll often just collect tons of snow which ends up decreasing visibility anyway.
All of that said, though, I definitely could've used goggles or sunglasses the other day going downhill (VLOG 71) because it was totally whiteout conditions.