Mark Nadell, the Far West Nordic Coordinator dropped us some lines and some photos.
The Far West is the West Coast of USA and Mark is located in Truckee, California.
Fasterskier.com readers, especially Europeans might mostly associate California with beaches, surfing, Hollywood and Los Angeles. The reality is in fact that the California Mountains especially in the Lake Tahoe, Truckee area receives some of the heaviest snowfalls in World.
Fasterskier.com staff has skied at numerous famous ski resorts and ski towns in both North America and Europe, but we have never seen the amount of snow we experience when we go to races at places like Royal Gorge, California.
Unbelievable is all we can say — sometimes the snow is close to the power lines! The temperatures are almost always pleasant in California. Cold weather racing hardly ever exist. Two years ago we did a race at Royal Gorge and the temp was 15-20F at the start — that most have been a “cold recordâ€. The standard is more like: skip your long underwear, wear sun lotion, consider a T-shirt and don’t forget your sunglasses.
