Dope or Derp with a bit about TRPA | E47

As fall colors hit their peak in the Sierra Nevada, the guys chat about a variety of topics, highlighted by sharing some new must-ride trail beta on Buzzards Roost Ridge and Mill Canyon/Lost Cannon loop, news of the Forest Service not hiring seasonal employees in 2025 and what it means for the public, the ups and downs of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) with traffic, congestion and a lack of emergency evacuation planning in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the announcement of Homewood Resort not opening this winter after TRPA called out mega-billionaires trying to privatize the resort and a mountain bike pilot program on Mount Tam being squashed by eco zealots. Listeners also call into the 888 COR LORD hotline with some observational rants, the guys share their opinion of what a “core lord” actually is and the boys introduce a new segment on the show – Dope or Derp?

2:50 – Can you say “Indian Summer” to describe warm and calm fall conditions? Bumper crop of pine nuts in the Toiyabe this fall.

6:40 – Clearing Marysville Canyon trail, a feeder trail up to the Toiyabe Crest Trail.

10:00 – “Forest Bathing” – nothing beats being in an aspen grove in fall colors.

12:00 – Conway Summit on 395 is the Los Angeles/Bay Area tourist border line.

14:30 – Driving to Lundy Lake and hiking up to the May Lundy Mine.

15:45 – Driving over Lucky Boy Pass from Hawthorne, NV to Bridgeport, CA.

17:30 – Riding the resurrected Buzzards Roost Ridge trail near Quincy.

22:00 – Riding the 14-mile Lost Cannon-Mill Canyon trail loop near Walker, CA, part of the Orogenesis and Sierra Camino trail route.

25:30 – The summer of close call fires in Reno/Tahoe. Mill Fire, Bear Fire, Davis Fire, Quilici Fire.

30:50 – US Forest Service will not be hiring any season employees for 2025, except fire personnel. This will have huge impacts on campgrounds, trails and all avalanche centers.

35:00 – US public lands are an international draw for tourists around the world and our public lands are woefully underfunded.

37:00 – Playing some calls from the COR LORD hotline. Wing foiling, ebike rant, sharing more detail when describing locations of trails and backcountry skiing lines.

1:02:30 – Marin County debacle. Pilot mountain bike trail program on Mount Tam was about to go live when a group of eco zealots sued to suspend the program.

1:08:00 – Lake Tahoe is the third oldest freshwater lake in the world. 2.5 million years old. Hurricane Helene dropped an equivalent of all the water in Lake Tahoe on the Southeast.

1:12:00 – Tahoe Regional Planning Agency – TRPA – accused of perpetuating negative impacts from recreation when they are tasked with minimizing negative impacts. The construction of the East Shore trail and the impacts from increased tourism.

1:15:00 – East Shore trail from Incline Village to Sand Harbor has become overrun with tourists.

1:18:00 – There is no emergency evacuation plan from the Tahoe Basin in the event of a wildfire. How do you evacuate millions of tourists from the Tahoe Basin in an emergency?

1:23:30 – The other side of TRPA – Homewood Resort announced they are not operating winter of 2024-25 because of a conflict between public and private access to the resort.

1:32:00 – COR LORD CALL-IN questions: What is the definition of a Core Lord? If you had a suffer a natural disaster loss, would you rather lose everything in a fire or flood?

1:38:30 – A new segment for Mind the Track – Dope or Derp? Oakley goggle glasses. Skinning up a ski resort for exercise. A ski resort in Ruby Mountains near Elko.

1:52:00 – A closing comment about Artificial Intelligence – AI.