Trevor Semmens Breaks Down His "Near-Disaster" Crash On McConkey's

Towering over the looker's left side of the KT-22 lift—a Palisades Tahoe classic—stands McConkey's (previously known as Eagle's Nest—Palisades changed the name in honor of the late, great Shane McConkey), an imposing, near-vertical face that's functioned as a big mountain test piece for years and years. A skier descends McConkey's at Palisades Tahoe, CaliforniaCourtesy Palisades TahoeThe zone's weighty reputation is well-deserved. Popularized by the likes of—you guessed i