Summer Arrives in Lake Tahoe | E13

Recorded at the Summer solstice, @pow_bot and @trail_whisperer catch up mano y mano for the first time since episode 1. Tom and Kurt cover a cornucopia of topics including a recap the best Spring ever in Lake Tahoe,  riding electric dirt bikes in South Lake Tahoe, volcanic eruptions and their effect on weather, Kurt’s new job with the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, the Toiyabe Crest Trail in central Nevada, Palisades Tahoe charging for parking, worker shortages and their effect on business in Truckee, ebike to ski missions in the eastern Sierra, getting caught out in severe thunderstorms, quickly melting out snow levels in Tahoe and the return of the Downieville Classic.

2:00 – Back in Tahoe Donner recording at the family cabin

3:00 – Best Spring Ever – Hero dirt, wildflowers and thunderstorms

3:45 – Trail Whisperer’s love for meteorology and tornado chasing

5:00 – The spring of Tonga. The volcanic eruption in Tonga and its influence on weather.

9:00 – The longest day of the year – the Summer Solstice

11:00 – Where the snow is melted out in Tahoe right now

11:50 – Riding Sur-Ron and Talaria electric dirt bikes on Kingsbury Stinger trail

15:10 – Trail Whisperer takes a new job as Program Manager for Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, working on Connected Communities through funding from Sierra Nevada Conservancy

29:00 – Trail Whisperer’s Toiyabe Crest Trail resurrection project in Central Nevada.

40:00 – What’s Happenin’! – Palisades Tahoe is charging for parking.

48:30 – Is it busier in Lake Tahoe during winter or summer and the woes of trying to find employees in Truckee. Where have all the workers gone?

58:00 – Getting great feedback from listeners. Pow Bot’s ebike to ski mission up Tioga Pass.

1:02:20 – First ski fatality in California this year in June. Being safe in the backcountry skiing in summer on warmer snow.

1:05:30 – Sky Tavern ski hill – volunteer trail work day – non-profit focused on youth development

1:08:00 – GOOD TIMES

1:08:30 – Truckee Dirt Union is coming out with a collaboration beer from Alibi Ale Works – Singletrack Radness

1:09:30 – SENDY sends of the week – Truckee Dirt Union and @notjakemann and his bikepacking ride from Truckee to Port Townsend, Washington.

1:12:50 – Have you ever been caught out in a gnarly rain or thunderstorm?

1:20:00 – East shore of Tahoe is open – Flume trail is open. Capital to Tahoe trail is open for business. Trail grand opening on July 8. Riding Sierra Canyon to Genoa Canyon trail.

1:25:00 – Downieville trail status – the return of the Downieville Classic!