MONO LAKE AND THE COMING WINTER

 

It's been quite a while since we posted anything, sorry about that …

Going back almost a month to my birthday, December 1, we cruised up to Mammoth to ski a few days on our way up to Tahoe. There is really nothing like skiing on a Monday; it completely ruins weekend skiing for you.

After skiing, we drove out to Mono Lake. This place is kind of magical. The tufa towers are calcium-carbonate spires formed by interactions between freshwater springs (previously underwater) and the alkaline lake water. The formations are a little unreal, feels kind of like another planet. Mono Lake is an ancient lake, over 1 million years old. Definitely worth a stop if you’re up near Mammoth.

We have a lot planned for this winter and have been overrun with plotting out our travels. My personal goal is to ski 101+ days this season while traveling. It didn’t seem like THAT much of a task until I finally mapped out all the days and places I wanted to go. When you take driving and traveling into consideration, 101 days is actually a pretty aggressive goal. So far, all of our skiing has been mostly restricted to Lake Tahoe, but we’ve got a few trips coming up to make our rounds to those below in no particular order, but we’re not limiting ourselves to these resorts either:

  • Northstar
  • Squaw Valley
  • Mount Bachelor
  • Mount Baker
  • Whistler/Blackcomb
  • Revelstoke
  • Big White
  • Kicking Horse
  • Panorama
  • Lake Louise
  • Norquay
  • Sunshine Village
  • Fernie
  • Big Sky
  • Grand Targhee
  • Jackson Hole
  • Park City
  • Deer Valley
  • The Canyons
  • Alta
  • Snowbird
  • Powder Mountain
  • Brian Head
  • Telluride
  • Breckenridge
  • Beaver Creek
  • Vail
  • Arapahoe Basin
  • Keystone
  • Aspen/Snowmass
  • Niseko United
  • Rusutsu

So…if you’re planning on skiing this season, let us know which weekend and hopefully we can meet up!

 - Jonathan