Goodbye Juneuary, Hello Febuburied | E55

After a weeks-long dry spell in January, the first day of February brings a week-long series of atmospheric river storms to the Lake Tahoe region, with a foot of rain, multiple feet of snow and hurricane force winds. PowBot recaps his Canadian hut trip, giving kudos to Big Sky resort and reminisces on atmospheric river storms of the past while Trail Whisperer rants about tire chains and the evil empire of Amazon. Al Powcino makes his return with another Powderiffic Snow Report, the boys are compared to Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show, TW raves about a George Carlin documentary, lots of listener shout outs and a few Dope or Derps including the Butt Vest, electric snow bikes and wearing hunting gear for skiing.

3:00 – PowBot returns from his Canada Powder Highway trip.

4:30 – Recording right during the arrival of a big Atmospheric River event in the Sierra Nevada, after an extended period of very dry weather.

6:00 – Recapping PowBot’s ski hut trip to Golden Alpine Holidays in British Columbia.

8:40 – The five most important things to know about preparing for a Canada ski hut trip.

19:45 – The incoming Atmospheric River and huge amounts of rain.

21:50 – Going to the birthplace of Mind the Track, Frog Lake Huts near Donner Summit.

23:40 – Al Powcino’s Powderiffic Snow Report.

26:45 – ASS rant about chained up cars and semis on the freeway.

28:45 – The current storm is reminiscent of the 2016-2017 winter when there was terrible flooding on Donner Summit and at Donner Lake.

34:45 – Listener Shout Outs! And PowBot shouts out his experience at Big Sky in Montana.

42:38 – Stavros asks “What avalanche course would you recommend taking?”

46:04 – Jed loves reggae music and Stick Figure, Mount Bachelor getting bought by ski bums and Truckee in the Wall Street Journal.

49:50 – Nate said the boys are the old men on the Muppet Show, Waldorf and Statler.

53:30 – Carl turned us onto @powderbuoy on Instagram – weather buoys in the Pacific and correlation to winter storms.

55:05 – Matt sent us a link to a recent plane crash in the Toquima Range on Mount Jefferson.

58:35 – J.T. Robinson – Backcountry Etiquette and Mentorship video about 10 Shredmandments - youtube.com/watch?v=ubGHAb3Y_VM

1:01:50 – DOPE OR DERP? – The Buttvest.

1:08:00 – DOPE OR DERP? – Wearing hunting apparel for skiing.

1:13:00 – DOPE OR DERP? – Moonbike Motors electric snow bike.

1:16:55 – DOPE OR DERP? – Tire chains.

1:22:45 – Keith recommends the film “Camera Corner” about Wende Cragge – on YouTube by The Radavist.

1:23:55 – Ben asks, what’s the best quiver beater mountain bike? The 130mm rear travel trail bike. Specialized Epic Evo and Stumpjumper Evo, Pivot Trail 429, Ibis Ripley, Santa Cruz Tallboy, Yeti SB120.

1:32:00 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – Keith recommended RadioParadise.com – live streaming of music 24/7, KEXP.org in Seattle and KOTO in Telluride.

1:37:50 – Trail Whisperer recommends watching George Carlin’s American Dream.

1:41:30 – Trail Whisperer recommends Buy Now – The Amazon Shopping Conspiracy.

1:44:10 – The federal funding freeze and how it will affect recreation.

1:45:40 – Two thumbs up for the new Reno Vista trail on Peavine Mountain. Super fun!