http://www.skiing-blog.com Skiing Articles from Lake Tahoe by Susan Schnier Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some photos from Paige Brady's backcountry ski trip to Mt. Rose last weekend. Paige is an intern at Type T Media. The Alaska native is a senior at UNR, former Nordic racer and ripping telemarker. She plans to ski at Squaw and travel to compete in the ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/coyote-bowl-on-mt-rose/ Check out our recent trip to China. We got invited along with about 20 other base jumpers to go on a very unique trip to the Three Gorges area in China to jump into the world's largest sink hole. Another one of those once in a lifetime experiences courtesy of ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/shane-mcconkeys-china-base-jump-video/ A few of us got out for our first ski of the season with a wonderful dawn patrol.  The  snow was better than I had anticipated and my bases are still intact.  We went up to East Bowl at the Rose Ski area, meeting one guy in the parking lot ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/mt-rose-ski-photos/ So I've taken a little time off from writing here to have a baby. The little snow monkey was born on October 13th and experienced his first snow storm last night. Truckee is blanketed in white and Squaw is reporting 14 inches of snow. Here's a photo of Eagle's Nest so ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/squaw-reports-14-inches/ Bar One Saturday, October 11 Doors open at 7 pm for a 21 & up only showing. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. Made by local Squaw filmmaker Duane Kubischta, the film follows Miles Clark, Jackie Paaso, and Jeff Seifred on their 3,000-mile road trip from Squaw Valley to the ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/ak-the-hard-way-film-premiers-at-squaw/ If you've been thinking about taking a trip to Jackson Hole, January 17-20th might be the right time. The Alpinist Film festival will be showcasing adventure films from around the world. Here's the full schedule and the trailer: http://www.skiing-blog.com/alpinist-film-festival/ I woke up this morning to see the first snow of the season on top of Mt Rose. Photo taken from my front door. Bring it on! http://www.skiing-blog.com/october-4th-snow-in-tahoe/ Squallywood author, Robb Gaffney just announced the dates for his 2008-09 Squallywood clinics. He'll offer two tw0-day "beefed-up" clinics and one two-day "light" version. Check out the Squallywood site for details. View the 2008 Squallywood Clinic video. http://www.skiing-blog.com/2008-09-squallywood-clinic-dates-announced/ On Saturday Sept. 6th, Shane McConkey will be at the Perrine Bridge Festival in Twin Falls, Idaho participating in a charitable base jumping event to raise money for children with special needs. He and several other base jumpers will jump from 10 am to 6 pm doing between ten and ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/mcconkey-base-jumps-for-charity/ All in one week, the weather turned from the the calm, hot, dry air of summer to the cooler, crisper, more blustery air of fall. Leaves even started falling off the trees. And the new issues of Powder and Skiing arrived in my mailbox. Both issues look great, with large ... http://www.skiing-blog.com/fall-is-in-the-air/