Training Log Archive: biggins

Truckee's electricity comes from three sources, in three different directions. Yesterday morning two of them were taken out by mudslides and avalanches, and last night the third had a Sierra sized tree fall on its transmission lines. No power for the entire Truckee area and the entire north shore of Tahoe. Ours came back on late today, but quite a bit of truckee and I think the whole north shore is still dark (and cold).

The highway finally opened today, sort of. Carol made it to Reno and back to pick up her mom.

An avalanche came down through some houses in Alpine Meadows. Nobody hurt, buried a few roofs, blasted in a few doors, everybody had a good laugh. Except maybe the people that have entire houses full of snow now.

We got three feet or so of concrete at the house. ASC says they got another 8 feet, on top of the 7 feet from last week. Another foot or something tomorrow, just flurries. No ski areas are open yet, because of power and avalanches. But the avy report is only red across the board today, not black, so things are looking up.

C • I really can't conceive 7

Tried to go set a track through the meadow, but it was too deep and I felt like I was going to break the skis, so I bailed when I hit some dodgy looking water.

Went back out with Carol and the snow shoes. Crossed a few flooded streams, and made it quite a ways up before we hit an uncrossable one.

Then Anna and Bill and the girls came over, so we went for a ski in the snowshoe tracks. Crossed the first stream by jumping over with Elsa on my back, then Bill just threw Ida across into the snowbank. It seemed to work. Skiing wasn't bad in the snowshoe tracks, if a bit lumpy.