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Modesto, CA
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Columnists: Ron Agostini - Skiing

Look for Kate Reichle among the trees at Dodge Ridge. She prefers snowboard rips in the pines between Six Shooter and Sundown, or the Shots above Boulder Creek Canyon. Below Chair 7, Reichle tests herself between Flume and Exhibition. After all, the snow season is her time.

The Modesto Ski Club keys its activities around skiing, of course, but it offers more than just fun in the snow. "We're a club of all seasons," says club president Debra Clover, and she is armed with evidence.

One inescapable fact governs everything each winter in the Sierra — snow is the boss. When it falls, traffic increases. When it doesn't, the pace slows.