We were back in Tahoe this weekend, where it has not snowed since Jan 4th. We decided to check out a new resort and went to tiny (only 4 lifts) Homewood on Saturday. This turned out to be a really good decision, as the conditions were surprisingly good compared to Squaw. On Superbowl Sunday (I think the Oakland A's were playing the Chicago Bulls, but I could be mistaken), we decided to go on a hike up Mt. Tallac. Beautiful weather and grandiose views of Lake Tahoe made for an amazing trek up to the summit. Then we decided to take a "better" way down. It started out allright, with the first 1000 ft sliding down on our butts (tons of fun, I'll post videos later). For all the fun we had, it suddenly became clear that we were completely lost. We had to get to a road before sunset (of course we had brought no flashlight or map for aerodynamic reasons) so what started as an easy hike slowly morphed into quite an expedition, with our motley crew struggling through knee deep snow down to the (wrong) trailhead. Most of us were completely drenched from our previous butt-luge activities, so things got a little cold and rough. Fun times! Here are Jeremy's pix (notice how he didn't take many pictures from our "shortcut" back to the car) Mike's and Amy's.
