Jollyturns

03/11/2024

Wow! Google’s NotebookLM is impressive! Here’s an audio generated from the Jollyturns’ blog post (https://jollyturns.com/blog/the-blizzard-of-aahhhs-movie-review) reviewing the ski movie “The Blizzard of Aahhh’s”:

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/e7e70ed2-a2ab-4271-a3f4-d5ea612708bc/audio

Synth pop and extreme steeps make ‘Blizzard of Aahhh’s' essential viewing year after year.

27/02/2024

An absolutely amazing day!

February 27, 2024 - Ischgl / Samnaun in Austria and Switzerland. An unexpected powder day that started with poor visibility turned out into a great bluebird ...

20/02/2024

First day in Austria during this trip and I got a nice treat. The day started really foggy and I was worried it would turn into a repeat of the previous day at Andermatt. However late morning the clouds lifted and the day turned out to be a great powder day after all. I met Jan in a chairlift and he showed me around the resort.

February 20, 2024 - Silvretta Montafon, Austria. The day started really foggy, however late morning the clouds started to lift and the sun appeared. I met Ja...

13/02/2024

Super cool run at Les Quatre Vallees in Switzerland.

February 13, 2024 - Valon D'Arbi to Col des Mines, Les Quatre Vallées, Switzerland. I have never seen a run cut like this into the mountain. https://jollytur...

20/01/2024

Today at Flaine, Le Grand Massif, France.

January 20, 2024 - Flaine, Le Grand Massif, France. This was my second day here, and I got really lucky. I had arrived two day before. The first day was a fu...

07/06/2023

After a long, snowy winter, we finally released the changes to the website that we've been working since November last year.

26/04/2023

Wow! Alta Ski Area just passed 900" of season snow total, e.g. snow that fell on the ground throughout the season. That's 75 ft or almost 23 meters!

20/03/2023

This is the 2nd snowiest winter in Tahoe since 1946!

“With 7.7" (19.5 cm) of over the last day, '22/'23 has passed '82/'83 as the 2nd snowiest season (Oct 1 - Sept 30) since the CSSL was built in 1946! We now have a season total of 677" (56.4 feet, 17.2 m). Still far from #1 but we'll get closer over the next week. ”

26/02/2023

Massive winter storm forecasted for the Tahoe area, starting tomorrow, Sunday 10am until Wednesday 3pm. Total snow accumulations predicted to be 40" (100cm) mid-mountain, with winds up to 100mph (160km/h). Get ready, roads will likely close, power will likely be out. Wind chill close to 0ºF (-20ºC). Ski resorts will probably have limited lift access, especially Monday and Tuesday.

27/01/2023

Great snow conditions yesterday! It is humbling however to see the destruction caused by the Caldor Fire.

21/01/2023

Some fun turns yesterday with friends from around the world.

January 19, 2023 - Heavenly out-of-bounds. Unexpectedly deep snow on a day Heavenly measured 8". It was very cold overnight (-12C), so the snow was light and...

09/01/2023

Rik, Goody, Mike and Ovidiu on a bonus powder day before the big storm hits Sierra Nevada later tonight.

January 8, 2023 - Unexpected powder day. Heavenly had a lot of problems opening up the mountain this season. So we were taken by surprise when they decided t...