There was good skiing to be had last weekend, but a lot of pain on the ride to and from Tahoe made it bittersweet. It was the first time I’ve ever seen snow in Placerville, a town located at 1800 feet above sea level. It’s rare to find snow that low in California, so out came the Caltrans chain crews and down goes the speed limit.
It took just over 7 hours to get to Tahoe that Friday evening.
On Saturday and Sunday there was a bit over an inch of new snow, really cold weather, and very light crowds. Slopes were groomed and generally people free, so it made for some nice high speed skiing. Great stuff.
But then the ride home turned ugly. There was a serious accident on highway 50 involving a fatality, and since its only a 2 lane road (one lane for each direction) the whole road was shut down for about 3 hours. This made the ride home take about 8 hours.
This episode really makes me want to learn to fly a plane.