Posted by Maura on February 25th, 2010 — Posted in real estate
I was very saddened to hear yesterday that Big Mountain Skier and Truckee local
C. R. Johnson died yesterday from injuries sustained from a fall on the Light Towers at Squaw Valley, California. He was 26 years old.
C. R. Johnson courtesy of Sierra Sun stock photography
I met C.R. when he was 15. My husband and I were living in Cordova, Alaska for the winter working for Points North Heli-Adventures their first year in operation. C.R. was a sophomore in high school at the time. His father Rusty Johnson, retired avalanche forecaster for Squaw Valley, took him out of school for a week of heli-skiing. Even at 15, C. R. was flashing first decents in an unchartered area, but doing it with his dad and loving every second of it. His first decent in Cordova was named “El Muchacho” and I could see from an opposing peak as C. R. flashed this technical line in the Chugach as if he had been there already.
Like my own son, C.R. begin skiing as soon as he was upright, and moved up through the Mighty Mights Program at Squaw Valley. Despite the huge success early on that C.R. enjoyed in the ski industry, he was the most ego-less and happy person that you could ever meet. He would greet and talk to everybody that he encountered, and was always pleasant. After coming back from a serious head injury a few years ago in which C.R. was in a coma for a few months, he slowly rehabilitated his way back to skiing and seemed to make almost a complete recovery.
His death is a huge loss for a small community that is already reeling from the loss of other friends in the past year plus. I am sick over what his parents, Russ and Lorraine Johnson and sister Khalil are going through. My condolescences go out to the entire Johnson Family.
C. R. Johnson in MSP\’s Seven Sunny Days
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Posted by Maura on February 14th, 2010 — Posted in real estate
It is President’s Weekend, arguably the biggest and busiest holiday for the Tahoe/Truckee area. We are having a fantastic ski season with a lot of smooth, skiable snow. My family’s passes are blacked out for the holiday weekend so we were forced to explore other options for our weekend activities.
While I went skate skiing at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Center to enjoy the sunny warm weather, Declan and my husband Jason went on a little back country excursion. This was Declan’s first time touring so they took it easy on a gentle slope on the south side of Squaw Valley.
After skiing on Saturday, we met up with some friends and went to the Truckee Regional Park Rink. Located in the middle of the Regional Park on Brockway Road, the ice skating rink was a buzz of parents, children, and an eight-year-old’s birthday party. Strung with twinkling outdoor lights, this charming community rink is both affordable (both of us rented skates and skated for $11) and fun.
There were two other firsts that we enjoyed this weekend. This morning, upon discovering we were out of 1/2 and 1/2 for morning coffee, decided to try out the new coffee shop in town Elijah Blue. Located on Donner Pass Road in Old Town Truckee, Elijah Blue’s is a bright, inviting space with window seats, extra long tables for many to share, and delicious breakfast dishes.
And they french press all of their coffee with Blue Bottle Coffee out of San Francisco. We ended up staying for two hours. What a great new addition to the downtown scene!
Lastly, and not yet experienced, we are going to Stone Soup, Truckee’s community dinner idea that Project Mana launched out of the old Rec Center site on Church Street. Sponsored by a different business each week who serves their own soup for all to share, Stone Soup literally feeds the community. It runs every Sunday night, December through March. Bring a bowl and a spoon, donate if you can, if not, simply eat up and be thankful. My office Pacific Crest Properties is hosting March 14th.
Which leads me to my happy discovery: there is plenty to do in Truckee besides downhill skiing! (But I am really really glad that my pass is good starting tomorrow!)
Good luck to all of the Winter Olympians from our community competing in Whistler! We are all cheering you on!
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