David Reichel

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Studying snow, climbing mountains, falling off bikes and baking bread.
Sierra Avalanche Center - Executive Director
Warm, wet, heavy snow out there today, but the view from the top was nice.
#laketahoe #powderhouse #lutherpass #california #mountains #backcountry #splitboarding
Did an observation at Waterhouse Peak today. Very thin snow pack here, probably not really enough for skiing. #mountains #laketahoe #savycenter #waterhouse #lutherpass #pleasesnow

Visited a facet factory near Stevens Peak. Northfacing + cold + shallow + 9000’ = facets. It will likely be interesting when the storms return.

#snow #facets #depthhoar #winter #california #laketahoe #mountains #stevenspeak #backcountry #backcountryskiing #splitboarding

Checking the conditions on Carson Pass. Lots of wind effected snow with some concerning buried weak layers.

#savycenter #carsonpass #laketahoe #elephantsback #snow #wind #sastrugi #california #mountains #winter

Very early season conditions here in Tahoe. Found some faceting snow in a burn hole from the Caldor fire. #crevassehoar #surfacehoar #snow #laketahoe #SnowScience #CaldorFire #california #mountains
The California Avalanche Workshop is 10/22 at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. This is a preseason knowledge sharing gathering of the winter backcountry community and a great opportunity for continuing education and preparation for the upcoming season. You can get tickets via the Sierra Avalanche Center website. Hit me up with questions.
#snow #avalanche #laketahoe #california #sierra #skiing #snowboarding #splitboarding #snowmobiling #backcountry #backcountryskiing #MountShasta
Anyone know of best practices or have tips for participating in a Road Safety Audit, as a bike and kids walking to school advocate? This will be on Hwy 50 & Hwy 89 which are the main streets in the city of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Caltrans is in charge of these highways. #roadsafetyaudit #completestreets #saferoutestoschool #bikes #transit #CalBike
Awesome cruise thru Desolation Wilderness today. Late summer is glorious in the mountains. #desolationwilderness #california #laketahoe #trailrunning #mountains #eldoradocounty
Overnight a heavy wet snow fell on top of these still drive shafts for the Nubes lift at Cerro Catedral. When they turned on the lift and the shafts began to spin, the snow stuck to the rotating shafts for at least an hour of operation before sliding off. #snow #skilift #nubes #cerrocatedral #bariloche #argentina #ski #snowboard #snownerd #SnowScience #plasticity
We’ve had rain, sun, fresh powder and nuking Patagonian winds so far in August. The storm door looks pretty open, vamos a ver what slides through. #argentina #snow #mountains #powder #viento #snowboarding #backcountry #cerrocatedral #skiing