A Shifty Forecast
And yet again, it was one of those days that turned out to be better than expected at Alpine Meadows. The remote sensors at the… Read More »A Shifty Forecast
Mark’s Reports
Another Winter Transition In Progress
We had one last little blast of spring conditions this morning before a series of weather systems make their way into the Sierra over the… Read More »Another Winter Transition In Progress
Summer-like Trending Back Toward Winter-like
The transition from a great week of winter skiing last week to summer-like temperatures this week has been rough. Both the day time temperatures and… Read More »Summer-like Trending Back Toward Winter-like
Ski Review: Moment Deathwish 104
Yeah it was not all that memorable as a ski day, hence this report. Click here to jump to a brief conditions report. Obviously since… Read More »Ski Review: Moment Deathwish 104
An Energetic Saturday
There was all sorts of energy in the atmosphere at Alpine Meadows and the Northern Annex today. The skiing turned out pretty good, for most… Read More »An Energetic Saturday
Volatility
Yesterday was really quite fantastic as a ski day. You wouldn’t normally expect that from a storm that delivered only 2″ of new snow. But… Read More »Volatility
Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming…
We have had an amazing run for the last three days, and some would say five days, but today was back to our regular programming.… Read More »Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming…
Luck Of The Irish?
Truth be told, if I were willing to do one of those DNA testing services, I would test out at something like <2% Irish. So… Read More »Luck Of The Irish?
The Longest Weekend
It’s Day 3 of the longest weekend of the season and it was much better than I expected, being a Saturday during a series of… Read More »The Longest Weekend
Deep Snow, Deep Trouble: Surviving the Chaos of a Powder Day
Frequent readers of Unofficial Alpine already know that I have a love/hate relationship with powder days. Sometimes they are really good, sometimes they are far… Read More »Deep Snow, Deep Trouble: Surviving the Chaos of a Powder Day
Doubling Down On Winter Storms
I went skiing this morning. There was excellent spring skiing. TL;DR None of that matters. Let’s look a week ahead into the forecast, as everything… Read More »Doubling Down On Winter Storms
Transition Days Are Difficult
It was the mother of all transition days today, the change to Daylight Savings Time. We lose an hour of sleep. Everyone is cranky about… Read More »Transition Days Are Difficult
I Lowered My Expectations And It Worked!
Honestly, I set my expectations low today. You probably read that in my last post. This time of year, it generally gets pretty warm the… Read More »I Lowered My Expectations And It Worked!
This Storm Is A Yugo…But Next Week…
If you did not live in the 1980’s, you may not understand the reference to the Yugo. It was a cheap imported car from Yugoslavia… Read More »This Storm Is A Yugo…But Next Week…
This Day Made Me 😁
The first storm of the series has come and gone and truth be told, we did get pretty close to the 6 to 10 inches… Read More »This Day Made Me 😁