{"podcast":{"title":"Mind the Track","slug":"mind-the-track-6307658","podcast_index_feed_id":6307658,"rss_url":"https://mindthetrack.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.mindthetrack.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8426bda84740f0b905bf3/1681491239622-ZZZFGSKHQ2PFIMSL46PD/IMG_2786.jpg?format=1500w","author":"@Pow_Bot and @trail_whisperer","episode_count":90,"summary":"An adventure podcast about chasing powder on skis and snowboards in winter, hunting singletrack loam on mountain bikes in summer, profiling the “core lords” of the outdoors in the Lake Tahoe region and fostering the culture of mountain life through education and experience in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T06:18:50.824997+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658"},"episode":{"title":"Return to Winter | Sky Tavern | E81","slug":"return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81","published_at":"2026-02-17T19:01:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658/return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658","url":"https://www.mindthetrack.com/podcast/return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63f8426bda84740f0b905bf3/t/6994bbb81bd8ed1149338939/1771355335852/E81+-+Return+to+Sky.mp3","summary":"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…","meta_description":"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 sta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5924,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-the-track-6307658/episodes/return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658/return-to-winter-sky-tavern-e81.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}