The high what?

I spelled it right, Sierras.

Are you one of those purists that don't like sierra to be pluralized because technically, it's all part of one mountain range? :)

The Sierra mountain range can be referred to as "the Sierras." But "sierra" is a spanish word that doesn't really translate directly to English, and shouldn't really be pluralized. So "high sierra" is correct. He's not a purist, he just understands grammar. :p

Well, I grew up hearing them referred to as the Sierras, and las sierras is the correct plural in Spanish for Snowy mountain rangeS.

And if you want some historical reference thanks to Google and project Gutenberg from 1915...
THE LAKE OF THE SKY - LAKE TAHOE:
IN THE HIGH SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA

And you can be all bitchy about it when people start pronouncing other Spanish words in Nevada correctly. and this would be more of a spelling/semantics issue than grammar anyway.

:P

Yes, "the Sierra" is correct. But we all make that mistake in conversation.

I was additionally referring to the fact that we are NOWHERE near the "High Sierra".

The Medium Sierras?

Yes, that might just do it.

The High Sierra look more like this:

I thought the High Sierra dress code was a little more strict.

How far above the tree line are you? I don't see a single bush or anything!?

That's a lot of white.

He gets more tanned during the summer.

dang, scotty you way the hell up there

Haha, I used to do a lot more of that sort of thing. Those photos are from Mt. Haeckel on the Evolutions Crest, 2007 IIRC. It's only 13,418.

My specialty is/was dayhiking. Back in 2002, for instance, a good friend and I dayhiked all of the CA 14'ers in one summer, in between work, family, and such. We've done a few things that either were firsts or had at least never been documented previously. I have quite a few good mountain climbing stories......

http://www.summitpost.org/user_page.php?user_id=2291

Oh, I threw those rules out the window years ago. I've got Teva open-toe sandal ascents on 4 or 5 14'ers and a few 13'ers, for instance. Three of which involved 4th class terrain.

I love livin in dah Sierruz! The high altitude really helps economize the alcohol - well sort of.

Will winter ever end! 6" of snow at my house last night and Squaw Valley is re-opening for skiing this weekend.

At this rate, Squaw could probably start reprinting those Endless Winter shirts from 10 years ago (or so).

At least we dodged a snowcross on frickin' Memorial Day weekend.

Now you've done it. Good job jinxing the weather.

I think i'm going to get a set of snow tires mounted, Not just for the SCCA rallyX championship, but for AutoX at stead this weekend... lmao lmao

Well, all my PAX rivals are putting on fresh tires. I gotta do something! :lol:

The fact that squaw is re-opening for the weekend and that I have a silver pass just made my entire month.... so stoked!!!

Do you have a 2010/11 silver pass? That will get you free. If it is last years like I have, then you have to pay. I still consider this the 2009/10 ski season - f'n Squaw!

You paid by just buying your next season's pass right? :lol:

yes if you did. I skipped Squaw this next season.

What a cluster F this morning. Why is it that whenver there's a spinout or somebody parked in a place that blocks traffic, somebody else thinks it's a great idea to park right along side of them, blocking all traffic behind them? ...people...

I took Virginia all the way from Red Rock to downtown. I left at 8:30 and got to work by 9:15...better than I expected. 395 looked like a parking lot. I passed about 10 spinouts. I always enjoy watching pickup trucks trying to drive uphill in a perpetual sideways drift. That can't be as effective (or as safe) as feathering the throttle can it?

We're supposed to get another 7" in Stead today. Lovely.

Yeah, I passed one bad spinout today on 395N near Damonte Ranch. Didn't look too bad, thankfully.

Get your snow tires warmed up.

My Google weather gadget is showing rain with a very small probability of snow. Snow line is estimated at 6000, but rain + overnight lows of 36 means at the very least it'll be icy.

Sweet! :) :)

*sigh*

Do I need to put on my snow tires this week, then take them back off for the track day this weekend? :(

I'd rather just sit and wait for the ice to melt before I left the house.. But that probably wont be able to happen. :( I dont wanna put them on yet!

I debated putting on the snows yesterday when taking off the race tires, but decided that it's too early, even with snow coming to the mountains this week. Went with the balding summer tires instead (well, balding on the inside edge of the tread anyway). :unamused:

Unfortunately I don't think I really have a choice but to put them on for a day or two. We might get a decent amount up here.

I miss the big Tahoe dumps..

I figure a bit of wasted extra wear on the snow tires is a lot better than having your car end up in a shop because you found an icy/snowy patch on summer tires... but meh that's just me ... we buy tires just to wear them out, might as well not be overly timid with something that is suppose to be replaced. :)

I'll be putting on my snow tires this week, and my other car has snow rated as well.

Some of us actually drive safely when it's snowy and icy as opposed to using it as an excuse to drift every corner. :P

I'm just going to drive my truck.

:lol: Burn !

and uhm.. i would Never do that .. :p

Light rain at Kietzke & S. McCarran turned to white out with quarter sized flakes at skyline!

On my way home from the meet, once I hit the North Valleys, tons of large snow flakes falling causing people to drive 10MPH on the freeway. Once I passed them, I found that 45MPH was perfectly safe. Visibility was really bad though.

Welp.... it was 62 degrees on Sunday, so I washed 3 cars. Sorry about all the snow.

One thing that sucks about a Subaru on snow tires... you still end up stuck behind all the cars going 15 mph. I went passed 6 people this morning by going just 30 mph when the road went to 2 lanes... everyone else stayed in the dry lane going 15.

I wish I had a lane to pass in. I was stuck going less than 15mph most of the way to work

I have to drive up Friday. Leave your stuff dirty for the week will ya? Jeez.

I saw a car off the road, on the first hill leaving cold springs. a state trooper was at the top of the hill (kept people going a bit slower)

dropped jeana off and then had to stop while cops and tow drivers cleaned up a mess on double R between longley and south meadows. 2 cars crashed. one was spun out and half way over the median. one was off to the side (both north bound) and a semi had "spun out" in the right lane. (lost traction) he had triangles out and was chaining up to drive forward.

a cop (out of his car with hand signals) gave me the stop. so i waited. then he told me to move ahead .. (all of about 40 feet) where an other cop gave me the stop ... 10-15 minutes later we were on our way...

meh... i took the rally car in today just cause if someone slams into me I'd rather have a roll cage around me, than not.... hehehe

I just ate lunch with some coworkers, outside at a picnic table in the CA sun. :P

IBButTaxesAreHigherThere ;)

Oh yeah? Well I did sweet burnouts and donuts all the way to work this morning.

IBHowManyWereIntentional?

Haha.

I miss snownuts and sweet drifting maneuvers in frozen parking lots.

Were you wearing your harnesses and helmet? I'd hate to bounce my head off a roll cage rather than a nice piece of plastic trim. :P

harness yes, helmet no. using the 1 inch of belt stretch per 1 foot of harness belt. I could only possible hit 1 bar above my head (roll over) there is sfi padding there... which is intended for a helmet... If i removed that padding I should be in the clear... :|

course if something hits me hard enough to push the cage in, i could make contact. but at that point I'm pretty sure I'd rather be in a caged impreza, than a normal 99 Audi wagon.

1 or 2 rally guys gives me flack over that too. But 95% of rally drivers don't wear their helmets on transit .. probably 99% I only know 1 guy who wears his helmet during transit. (but 500 miles a year versus thousands for me)

good point.

Back on topic:
Today was a great day to have a Subaru with snows over the pass even with an insanely stiff suspension. Chain controls were Kingvale to 9 miles east of Truckee, but the summit West of Hwy 20 jct. was really bad and had 3 in the ditch and a spin in the fast lane. East of Donner was clear so idiots took off chains but Truckee East was bad pretty much to the state line and so now the idiots blocked both lanes going 20MPH in spots. Made kind of a rolling chicane slalom.

That's my bad, I sold my car yesterday so I'm on the bike.

It is that time again. Thinking I should put the snows on today since allegedly we will have snow in the valley overnight. If my All Seasons weren't down to 1.5 seasons, I wouldn't fret it.

Who already has them on and who is holding out?