Halfway through November and there’s no sign of Old Man Winter in Lake Tahoe. As the boys await a proper early season dump to whiten the mountains, they catch up on life and a bunch of listener feedback. Topics of discussion include what activities do you do in the transition between fall riding and winter skiing, what is the single best sport in the Tahoe region, helicopter skiing in the Sweetwater range, Jim Morrison’s historic first ski descent on the north face of Mount Everest, listener feedback on rescinding the Roadless Rule, are blue square flow trails DOPE or DERP and has Red Bull Rampage gone too far? In classic old man Statler and Waldorf fashion, PowBot rants about text laid over Instagram Reels and Trail Whisperer rants about a rope swinger getting arrested in order to get more Instagram followers and sell a bunch of t-shirts.
3:30 – Slurp Man and Snack Man not so popular
4:40 – Pow Bot talks about ASMR – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
5:50 – The etymology of fingernails on a chalkboard
7:00 – The dangers of using a claw hammer
9:30 – Getting out of shape, fitness and getting older. It’s harder to off-the-couch adventures.
11:00 – Recap on Fred Stamm’s Giro di StaMMina mountain bike adventure near Quincy
13:40 – The weird transitional time between Fall and Winter. What activities do you do?
19:00 – The Slugfest mountain bike ride in Reno
21:45 – Shout out to Truckee Dirt Union – benefactor of the Alpenglow Speaker Series on 12/5
23:25 – NEWS THAT MATTERS – Jim Morrison the first to ski the North Face of Mount Everest
30:00 – Sweetwater Heli launches as the only helicopter skiing business in California
33:00 – Four wolves in Sierra Valley euthanized by CDFW after killing 75+ cattle
37:00 – Hiker dies falling off a cliff on Mount Whitney in icy conditions
38:55 – LISTENER FEEDBACK – Rachael from Australia
40:50 – Kurt G asks – what is the single best sport in the Lake Tahoe basin?
44:30 – DOPE OR DERP – Landon – Riding blue square flow trails?
49:40 – POWBOT RANT – Text laid over in the video of an Instagram Reel.
54:00 – PJ wants some discussion around Red Bull Rampage. Has it gone too far?
1:07:00 – Follow up to the Lake Tahoe rope swingers – rope swinger got arrested
1:12:50 – Rescinding of the Roadless Rule update
1:20:40 – Early season snow chasing. Shasta or the central Sierra might be in.
1:23:00 – Low confidence in long range weather forecasting – shout out to Michael Snyder – California Weather Watch.
1:27:10 – Trail Whisperer is going on his first BC hut trip to Ice Creek Lodge.
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Halfway through November and there’s no sign of Old Man Winter in Lake Tahoe. As the boys await a proper early season dump to whiten the mountains, they catch up on life and a bunch of listener feedback. Topics of discussion include what activities do you do in the transition between fall riding and winter skiing, what is the single best sport in the Tahoe region, helicopter skiing in the Sweetwater range, Jim Morrison’s historic first ski descent on the north face of Mount Everest, listener feedback on rescinding the Roadless Rule, are blue square flow trails DOPE or DERP and has Red Bull Rampage gone too far? In classic old man Statler and Waldorf fashion, PowBot rants about text laid over Instagram Reels and Trail Whisperer rants about a rope swinger getting arrested in order to get more Instagram followers and sell a bunch of t-shirts.
3:30 – Slurp Man and Snack Man not so popular
4:40 – Pow Bot talks about ASMR – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
5:50 – The etymology of fingernails on a chalkboard
7:00 – The dangers of using a claw hammer
9:30 – Getting out of shape, fitness and getting older. It’s harder to off-the-couch adventures.
11:00 – Recap on Fred Stamm’s Giro di StaMMina mountain bike adventure near Quincy
13:40 – The weird transitional time between Fall and Winter. What activities do you do?
19:00 – The Slugfest mountain bike ride in Reno
21:45 – Shout out to Truckee Dirt Union – benefactor of the Alpenglow Speaker Series on 12/5
23:25 – NEWS THAT MATTERS – Jim Morrison the first to ski the North Face of Mount Everest
30:00 – Sweetwater Heli launches as the only helicopter skiing business in California
33:00 – Four wolves in Sierra Valley euthanized by CDFW after killing 75+ cattle
37:00 – Hiker dies falling off a cliff on Mount Whitney in icy conditions
38:55 – LISTENER FEEDBACK – Rachael from Australia
40:50 – Kurt G asks – what is the single best sport in the Lake Tahoe basin?
44:30 – DOPE OR DERP – Landon – Riding blue square flow trails?
49:40 – POWBOT RANT – Text laid over in the video of an Instagram Reel.
54:00 – PJ wants some discussion around Red Bull Rampage. Has it gone too far?
1:07:00 – Follow up to the Lake Tahoe rope swingers – rope swinger got arrested
1:12:50 – Rescinding of the Roadless Rule update
1:20:40 – Early season snow chasing. Shasta or the central Sierra might be in.
1:23:00 – Low confidence in long range weather forecasting – shout out to Michael Snyder – California Weather Watch.
1:27:10 – Trail Whisperer is going on his first BC hut trip to Ice Creek Lodge.
April arrives with 3 feet of new snow in Lake Tahoe, making it feel more like January than spring. PowBot recaps his best tour of the year at Lassen National Park while Trail Whisperer breaks his snowmobile. The boys give some listener shout outs and play some 888 COR LORD call-ins, diving deeper into whether or not solo backcountry skiing is dope or derp and if a van is better suited for adventures than a pickup with 4 Wheel Camper. They also discuss the show’s intro and outro songs and where all the sound bites came from, decide which of the five senses are most important to them, chat about corner crossing over private land and the controversial reintroduction of the gray wolf into northern California. The show ends with a song called RNO by Trail Whisperer’s old band, Man Downstream, paying tribute to the Biggest Little City in the World.
3:00 – Spring is here and it’s still winter! Sinter. Apriluary.
5:30 – Lots of snow up on Packer Saddle. Downieville Downhill isn’t going to melt out until late June at earliest.
6:40 – PowBot’s PowDar was firing on all cylinders and scored pow at Lassen National Park.
17:00 – Trail Whisperer breaks his snowmobile.
21:38 – Any good April Fools jokes? @powderbuoy and @tahoefund
25:55 – Listener feedback and shout outs about ebikes and west shore skin tracks.
31:00 – 888 COR LORD Call Ins – Solo Backcountry Skiing and Van Life vs 4Wheel Camper life.
50:11 – 888 COR LORD Call Ins – Gordo calls us out on season passes. You don’t buy a season pass to ski pow.
55:50 – Sammy G asks: What are the Mind the Track intro and outro songs? Who’s the artist? And what are all the soundbites at the beginning?
1:10:20 – The Five Senses – which is the most important to you and which one could you not live without?
1:21:20 – Corner Crossing between public and private land is deemed legal by U.S. District Court.
1:28:30 – Sierra County issues state of emergency for the California Gray Wolf.
1:45:00 – DOPE OR DERP – skinning up the face you are going to ski back down.
1:48:48 – Outro – RNO by Man Downstream
Mind the Track
Halfway through November and there’s no sign of Old Man Winter in Lake Tahoe. As the boys await a proper early season dump to whiten the mountains, they catch up on life and a bunch of listener feedback. Topics of discussion include what activities do you do in the transition between fall riding and winter skiing, what is the single best sport in the Tahoe region, helicopter skiing in the Sweetwater range, Jim Morrison’s historic first ski descent on the north face of Mount Everest, listener feedback on rescinding the Roadless Rule, are blue square flow trails DOPE or DERP and has Red Bull Rampage gone too far? In classic old man Statler and Waldorf fashion, PowBot rants about text laid over Instagram Reels and Trail Whisperer rants about a rope swinger getting arrested in order to get more Instagram followers and sell a bunch of t-shirts.
3:30 – Slurp Man and Snack Man not so popular
4:40 – Pow Bot talks about ASMR – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
5:50 – The etymology of fingernails on a chalkboard
7:00 – The dangers of using a claw hammer
9:30 – Getting out of shape, fitness and getting older. It’s harder to off-the-couch adventures.
11:00 – Recap on Fred Stamm’s Giro di StaMMina mountain bike adventure near Quincy
13:40 – The weird transitional time between Fall and Winter. What activities do you do?
19:00 – The Slugfest mountain bike ride in Reno
21:45 – Shout out to Truckee Dirt Union – benefactor of the Alpenglow Speaker Series on 12/5
23:25 – NEWS THAT MATTERS – Jim Morrison the first to ski the North Face of Mount Everest
30:00 – Sweetwater Heli launches as the only helicopter skiing business in California
33:00 – Four wolves in Sierra Valley euthanized by CDFW after killing 75+ cattle
37:00 – Hiker dies falling off a cliff on Mount Whitney in icy conditions
38:55 – LISTENER FEEDBACK – Rachael from Australia
40:50 – Kurt G asks – what is the single best sport in the Lake Tahoe basin?
44:30 – DOPE OR DERP – Landon – Riding blue square flow trails?
49:40 – POWBOT RANT – Text laid over in the video of an Instagram Reel.
54:00 – PJ wants some discussion around Red Bull Rampage. Has it gone too far?
1:07:00 – Follow up to the Lake Tahoe rope swingers – rope swinger got arrested
1:12:50 – Rescinding of the Roadless Rule update
1:20:40 – Early season snow chasing. Shasta or the central Sierra might be in.
1:23:00 – Low confidence in long range weather forecasting – shout out to Michael Snyder – California Weather Watch.
1:27:10 – Trail Whisperer is going on his first BC hut trip to Ice Creek Lodge.
