Palisades Tahoe 'Black Pass' Controversy

After a mid-October Tahoe snowstorm, the boys catch up on life for the first time since August, recapping the incredible Fall season so far, rich with brilliant colors and hero dirt. Featuring an intro by the eponymous Snack Man, topics of banter include wing foiling, the earliest fall day PowBot ever skied pow in Tahoe, favorite snack they eat in the track, fire lookout tower trails, DOPE or DERPs including the new Class 3 mode on the Gen 4 Specialized Turbo Levo, front disc brake rotor covers, Palisades Tahoe releasing the ‘Black Pass’ and the concept of Finders Keepers. The boys shout out Truckee River Public Waters for defending the rights of wrongfully accused fishermen, Sydney Martinez and her awesome new book “Finding Nevada Wild”, all about the most misunderstood state in the American West, and Trail Whisperer references recent news about the U.S. Department of Agriculture rescinding the Roadless Rule, and his opinion on why it might not actually be a bad thing.

3:30 – What’s your favorite track snack?

6:55 – PowBot is a bona-fide wing foiling fool, 3-4 days a week for a month.

11:45 – One of the most beautiful Fall seasons ever in Tahoe. What makes a beautiful Fall?

17:00 – What’s the earliest date you’ve ever skied in Tahoe? October pow days.

23:20 – Trail Whisperer’s new story in Tahoe Quarterly about fire lookout towers and trails descending from them – “Points of High Interest”.

29:50 – Finding Nevada Wild by Sydney Martinez – 300 pages of amazing photography, storytelling and adventure information about Nevada.

34:20 – Core Lord Call-Ins – GORDO after hiking the PCT, Religious Exemptions and Big D is a big fan of Moab and disagrees with Trail Whisperer’s hate for Moab.

45:13 – DOPE OR DERP – Class 3 mode on the new Specialized Turbo Levo Gen 4.

50:05 – Carl H. thinks tailgate pads are DERP.

53:10 – Shout out to Truckee River Public Waters – two fishermen shot at by a landowner in Mogul.

56:40 – DOPE OR DERP – Front disc brake rotor cover for your mountain bike.

1:00:55 – DOPE OR DERP – Finders Keepers.

1:09:25 – DOPE OR DERP – Palisades Tahoe released the Black Pass – a $20,000 pass so you would be able to cut the lift line.

1:18:20 – A bit about the US Forest Service Roadless Rule being rescinded. Is the Roadless Rule good or bad?

1:36:00 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – Stick Figure “Free Flow” album drops in mid-November. Dope Lemon – Angus Stone – indie rock, psychedelic rock. Steely Dead at CBC – Steely Dan/Grateful Dead mashup band.

1:42:30 – Uncle Coz interview at Gold Lake, Foiling and Florida Man for Tom, digging trail and making a trip to Ely, NV for Kurt.

1:45:55 – Downieville has shaped the evolution of the sport of mountain biking.