Updated: Thoughts On The Base To Base Gondola
Love it or hate it, the Base To Base Gondola is just about here. Just a few days from now, a giant celebration is planned… Read More »Updated: Thoughts On The Base To Base Gondola
Love it or hate it, the Base To Base Gondola is just about here. Just a few days from now, a giant celebration is planned… Read More »Updated: Thoughts On The Base To Base Gondola
Disclaimer: We’re going to talk about the Base To Base Gondola here, and not all of that talk will be positive. No matter what is… Read More »G-G-Gondola…I Can Barely Say It
Honestly, the skiing was just not that great today. There is also not much weather to talk about, besides frostbite inducing temperatures. So we are… Read More »USFS Gives Their Final Stamp Of Approval To The Gondola Project, Lawsuit Settled
The initial scoping meetings were held for the proposed SquAlpine Base To Base gondola this week. “Here we go again” is the best summary I… Read More »The Base To Base Gondola: An Ugly Future For Alpine Meadows
Another round of salvos was fired this week regarding the proposed gondola connection between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. As we have already reported, the… Read More »The Gondola Squawble Continues
We thought the news might be coming sometime soon. After a dismal series of snow seasons, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings needed to do something to maintain interest… Read More »The SquAlpine Gondola Connection: A Community Divided
It was an another day of weather changes at Alpine Meadows and our neighbor to the north. During the course of my ski day, I… Read More »Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Our morning sky finally arrived without a cloud floating in it. I woke up happy and feeling very upbeat. For the first time in a… Read More »Power Outage
Yeah, it was that kind of day. There was a whole lot of wind, but not much in the way of snow yet. Yesterday, I… Read More »Gust ‘N Bust
Hello Skiers and Snowboarders, Talk in the locker room, at an ungodly early hour this morning, included questions about the wind speeds above Alpine and… Read More »Slow Start, but Nice Ending
Wow, now that was a surprise. It was probably the busiest day of the season so far, being a bluebird powder day that fell on… Read More »Surprised And Not Surprised
Upon arrival at Alpine Meadows Locker Room #3, I encountered friends staring at their phones, claiming that lifts were open, but other information indicated most… Read More »A Fool and His Skis
Hello Skiers and Snowboarders, We all love to walk out of the lodge to find cold squeaky snow waiting for us between the deck and… Read More »Junuary Spring Arrives Early
Well today totally exceeded expectations when it came to ski conditions. I was a little bit salty to start the day, as my skis did… Read More »An Awesome Day And “The Storm” Has Not Yet Hit
You may already know I am not a fan of listicles, as some other ski blog really overdoes that. But 10 days ago, an article… Read More »Top Ten Reasons It Was So Crowded During The Holiday Week At Alpine Meadows & Palisades Tahoe