Gondolas and Good Friends

I’m freshly back from a 5 day Lake Tahoe trip/adventure. Every year I, along with some longtime pals, fit in a long weekend snowboard and ski trip to somewhere really fantastic.  This time it was North Lake Tahoe since our Bay Area friend owns a condo in Truckee.

I shot too many frames to count and will be editing and processing them over the next few days. I’m building a little photo story to post up here or on my website but I couldn’t wait to share a couple images right away. The above was shot on the final day out and was taken a Sugar Bowl resort in Donner Pass. The snow was particularly nice that day and despite being beaten up by 4 consecutive days at Northstar and Squaw Valley I was feeling really good. We were a sorry lot of sleep-deprived (7 good friends who haven’t seen one another in a while tend to stay up late shooting the breeze over beers), sore and sickly 30-40 somethings. Some of us fighting through mild colds or aches and pains but the trip was a great success. We’re already talking about where to go next year. Any suggestions?

All photos © 2009 Gary Allard

~ by Gary Allard on January 16, 2009.