#1, 1/6/05, Little Truckee Summit: One first ride of the season at LTS and right after a major snow storm. Greg McKay tried a simple hill climb, that would ordinarily be easy, but with the fresh snow.... well you see what happened

#2, 1/14/05, Brockway Summit: Gary Taylor found too much soft snow while riding up hill through the trees. 5 MPH faster and Gary would most likely have made it.

#3, 1/14/05, Brockway Summit: Even on the flats, the depth of the fresh snow can be challenging, when you don't keep up your speed. Ken Wallace is coming to the rescue.

#4, 1/21/05, Brockway Summit: Greg McKay and Wayne Fischer take Justin Lewis, reporter for the North Tahoe Bonanza Newspaper for a ride. Here Justin is taking a few notes on what he just experienced, while sitting on Wayne's sled in the middle of Watson Lake.

#5, 1/21/05, Brockway Summit: Greg McKay and Justin Lewis, North Tahoe Bonanza reporter, over looking a fogged in Lake Tahoe. In January of 2004, Lake Tahoe was fogged in for 7 days in a row.

#6, 1/23/05, Tahoe Meadows: The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District sponsored an avalanche class. Here Steve Backer dug a snow pit and now is describing the different layers of snow conditions that can exist.

#7, 1/23/05, Tahoe Meadows: Instructor, Steve Baker buried a transceiver in the snow, simulating a buried person with a turned-on transceiver. The class, using their own transceivers in the receive mode, practiced finding a buried avalanche victim.

#8, 1/23/05, Tahoe Meadows: What a view of the lower portion of Tahoe Meadows. Photo was taken from the Relay Peak Road, which leads to the upper portion of Tahoe Meadows snowmobile area..

#9, 2/11/04, Tahoe Meadows: ,Wayne Fischer took Don Amador, Blue Ribbon Western Coordinator, for a ride at Tahoe Meadows. Hey Don, you are supposed to ride not talk on a cell phone.

#10, 2/12/05, Mt. Rose Ski Area: A trick snowmobiler doing an aerial jump at the Reno-Tahoe Sled Fest event being held at Mt. Rose ski area.

#11, 2/20/05 Little Truckee Summit: Two snowmobiles left outside overnight, next two Webber Lake

#12, 2/24/05 Little Truckee Summit: Clayton Whitmarsh and Dick Carnel overlooking Sierra valley. Highway 89 goes through the middle of this valley, with Sierraville, to the east of this photo.

#13, 2/24/05 Little Truckee Summit: Bill Crumb being out-pointed by Dick Carnel and Ken Wallace on which was to go from here.

#14, 2/24/05 Little Truckee Summit:, Clayton Whitmarsh has a bad habit of riding too close to tree wells. Tree wells are very good at sucking in your sled next to a tree. Dick Carnel, Bill Crumb, Ken Wallace and Chuck English are to the rescue.

#15, 2/24/05 Little Truckee Summit: The group taking a sunny break on a very beautiful day. We could have asked for nicer weather.

#16, 3/6/05, Mineral, CA: Greg McKay and Wayne Fischer (the photographer) take a ride out of Mineral, CA with the local snowmobile club. Mt. Shasta is in the distant background.

#17, 3/9/05, Blackwood Canyon: Don Zuliani telling a "fish" story to Clayton Whitmarsh and Dick Carnel during a short stop.

#18, 3/9/05, Blackwood Canyon:, Looking down Blackwood Canyon on a sunny day, with Lake Tahoe in the background.

#19, 3/9/05, Blackwood Canyon: Wayne Fischer enjoying the view at the top of Blackwood Canyon.

#20, 3/9/05, Blackwood Canyon: Don Zuliana and Greg McKay taking a break south of Blackwood Canyon. The mountain across the Lake is Heavenly Valley Ski Resort.

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