Andy’s Reports

Excitement is in the air. Reports from the weather gurus indicate this week will usher in winter with copious amounts of snow. Roll up your… Read More »Snow Is On The Way

Is this getting tedious, day after day of gorgeous blue skies overhead? My weather guru tells me that we can expect 3″ to 5″ of… Read More »Corduroy

It was almost a short sleeve ski day at Alpine. It certainly was a day to dress as lightly as possible. The early morning temperature… Read More »Hot Hot Hot

It feels like another spring January in Tahoe. Warm weather, as temperatures hit 48 degrees at the base of Alpine Meadows this afternoon. Skiing remains… Read More »Gentian Gully

Based on a few comments to yesterday’s report that I wrote after my morning tour of Alpine, I will back off a little and admit… Read More »Excellent Skiing Today

A little sunshine, or should I say a cloudless sky, and everyone and their grandmother shows up to ski.Where were they yesterday when wind speeds… Read More »Not A Powder Morning

We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to say good bye to 2020. My first few runs in the few inches of… Read More »Happy New Year

I missed skiing Christmas day and even the 10″ to 12″ of new powder yesterday. Perhaps it was the high winds and number of lifts… Read More »No Complaints Today

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. I was out on the hill making turns this morning, Although we need some new snow to freshen… Read More »Happy Holidays

It is amazing how well the snow is holding up given the warm temperatures that we are experiencing in Tahoe (41 degrees on the crest… Read More »The Great Conjunction

Six inches of new snow fell overnight at the base of Alpine Meadows. It was just enough to enjoy powder turns in the soft new… Read More »Soft Powder Turns

Blue sky overhead and cold overnight temperatures created a beautiful winter skier pack surface. Other than my first run, which was on the groomed surface… Read More »A Beautiful Morning

Mark will probably call me wussy for leaving after just a few runs this morning, and perhaps he would be correct. Snowfall last night barely… Read More »Just A Dusting

A new Covid lift line was installed this morning at the base of Roundhouse. Its purpose appears to be to give a larger number of… Read More »New Covid Lift Line Configuration