# Return to Winter | Sky Tavern | E81

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Podcast: [Mind the Track](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658)
Published: 2026-02-17T19:01:39+00:00
Episode link: https://www.mindthetrack.com/podcast/return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81
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Duration seconds: 5924

## Resource

Amidst a sudden return to winter with 5 to 8 feet of new snow after a 5 week dry spell, on this two-part episode, in the first half the boys cover the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, seeing a Lake Tahoe Knight Monsters hockey game and field some listener calls on the COR LORD hotline. With big avalanches a near certainty, Pow Bot advises people to be smart during this stormy period, give the snowpack time to heal and abide the F.A.C.E.T.S. snow safety acronym. The second half is a discussion with Christopher Brown and Rick Reed of Sky Tavern, talking about the history of the largest and longest-running community non-profit ski program in America, why the operation recently implemented a no uphill access policy and some exciting news coming for the 2026 mountain bike season.   2:50 – PB drives to Santa Barbara for a surf/mountain bike trip, TW goes to Santa Cruz. 5:50 – Hasn’t snowed in a month but a huge storm is incoming. 7:30 – Skiing on dirt across the American West – one of the worst winters ever on record. 9:30 – Recording at Sky Tavern – discussing uphill policy – no uphill ski access currently. 11:30 – Going to see the Lake Tahoe Knight Monsters in South Lake Tahoe. 13:50 – Going roller skating in Santa Cruz. 15:00 – The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Milano Cortina. 16:12 – Ryan Wedding – Parallel Giant Slalom Olympian who turns Mexican drug cartel kingpin. 19:40 – Breezy Johnson got checkers in the downhill and Lindsey Vonn went wreckers. 20:40 – Czech Republic is now known as Czechia. 21:15 – Nordic skier wins bronze in Nordic skiing then confesses to cheating on his girlfriend. 22:00 – Weinergate – Olympic long jumpers injecting their dongs with fluid for more surface area. 24:30 – Downhill Phil is angry about the ICE CREAM MAN! 26:40 – Boyerma…

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