What a way to end the trip! We flew via Las Vegas (so got to see the airport full of pokies) to Reno where after hanging out in the airport for several hours we met up with Massy, Jack's mate from Scotland who's been living in Tahoe for several years.
Massy has one of those dream lives you hear about - he basically runs a ski rental business which means he has all the gear you could ever want, lift passes for every mountain plus the flexibility to have hours every day on the slopes! He can even snowboard to work! Massy is a legend and totally hooked us up with gear and tickets then took us around for a couple of days to show us all the secret stashes. Luckily we got a couple of end-of-season dumps and had several days of fresh powder too! We ended up riding 5 or 6 different resorts in 7 days with fresh tracks at least half the time. Unfortunately I twisted my knee at Squaw Valley halfway through the day so was reduced to drinking beer by the pool at the top of the mountain with some drunk Cali girls, not all bad :)
Awesome place, will go back one day for sure (especially now Massy has two sleds to get into the backcountry). Would have loved to go to Mammoth too but you can't do everything! After a great visit we packed up our hire car, said thanks and goodbye to Massy and pointed towards San Fran....
