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.
For the third August in a row, heavy rain has blessed the northern Sierra Nevada. Amidst the best brown pow cycle of the summer, on episode 69, Pow Bot and Trail Whisperer froth over the fresh rainfall while burners out on the playa get mud plugged and hit with haboobs. TW also froths over his new Ibis Ripley and PB over his recent progress on the wing foil. Other topics include Old Farmer’s Almanac predictions on winter, differing opinions on vacationing in Santa Cruz, the expense of bike racks, and on a musical note, The Scientist’s dub reggae, St. Vincent and seeing Collie Buddz live at The Hangar in South Lake Tahoe. The boys also Dope or Derp Mariachi bands, wearing a shammy and tailgate pads while DOUBLE DOPEing ski straps and plastic grocery baskets as gear carriers.
3:00 – Best riding conditions of the summer in Lake Tahoe are happening right now in late August. Third year in a row of rain in August. BROWN POW!
4:00 – Burning Man woes – windstorms, epic mud, 10-hour wait line on the playa to get in.
8:20 – Dirk Hobskin calls in with Channel 69 news special brown pow report.
11:25 – Trail Whisperer celebrates New Bike Day – Ibis Ripley.
16:40 – What do you think about Santa Cruz?
23:30 – Pow Bot has been frothing on wing foiling on Washoe Lake.
31:00 – Ice Cream Man is still harassing Trail Whisperer.
32:45 – Old Farmer’s Almanac makes its predictions for Winter 2025-26. Do you think Farmer’s Almanac is an accurate tool for seasonal forecasting?
37:15 – Update on the rope swing at DL Bliss State Park getting cut down.
40:25 – We sold out! Thanks to all our listeners for buying a Mind the Track hat.
41:40 – On a Musical Note – The Scientist (Hopeton Overton Brown), Trail Whisperer saw Collie Buddz at The Hangar in South Lake Tahoe, St. Vincent (Annie Clark).
53:00 – Pow Bot recommends watching Florida Man before going on vacation to Florida.
55:40 – DOPE or DERP – Mariachi bands.
57:20 – DOPE or DERP – Wearing a shammy.
1:03:25 – DOPE or DERP – Tailgate Pads.
1:14:25 – DOUBLE DOPE – Singing the praises of the Voile ski strap.
1:16:55 – DOUBLE DOPE x2 – using a plastic grocery basket as a gear carrier.
1:21:40 – Part II of the Cosbey Chronicles will be on episode 70.
1:24:00 – Trail Whisperer going on a cross-country adventure driving a car from Boston to Reno.
1:28:50 – Pow Bot’s story of sleeping on the side of the highway and being woken at 4:30AM.
1:33:30 – The dilemma of inheriting family furniture and the cost of shipping it cross country.
1:38:45 – The Mountains to Meadows Enduro Festival at Plumas County Fairgrounds on September 12-14. The return of Grinduro!
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.
