Happy New Year
Partly cloudy skies were a blessing this morning. Seeing sunshine turn snow covered trees, mountainsides, and winter chalets into a fantasy land always makes me… Read More »Happy New Year
Mark’s Reports
We Almost Made It Skiing Today
Over the years, we have learned that there are different strategies for how to deal with these warm storms that turn cold. Here’s the two… Read More »We Almost Made It Skiing Today
If Dynamic Means Wet, It Was Dynamic
It’s not that I did not know that it was going to be incredibly wet today, I knew that. I went skiing today because I… Read More »If Dynamic Means Wet, It Was Dynamic
It’s A Go With The Flow Kind Of Week
Yesterday was not the day that many people were dreaming of. It was definitely wet and soggy until late in the day when it turned… Read More »It’s A Go With The Flow Kind Of Week
A California Christmas
In my family, it’s been a tradition to go skiing on Christmas Day since I was about 12 years old. It’s not a tradition I… Read More »A California Christmas
It’s A Festivus Miracle
Yes, it was a Festivus miracle again today at Alpine Meadows. How so? For the second time this week, an inch of snow transformed some… Read More »It’s A Festivus Miracle
Happy Winter Solstice
Today marks the Winter Solstice, which most people know is the shortest day of the year. From here on out the days get longer. The… Read More »Happy Winter Solstice
It’s Like Magic!
My expectations were really low for skiing today. I mean really low. There was a heavy cloud deck and a light layer of mixed precipitation… Read More »It’s Like Magic!
Pleasantly Surprised…And Storms Reappear On The Horizon
I was pleasantly surprised today at Alpine Meadows. There were far fewer people on the hill than expected (thank you World Cup!). I left the… Read More »Pleasantly Surprised…And Storms Reappear On The Horizon
Heading Into Peak Season Mode
A change is afoot. We’re about to make that transition from early season mode to peak season mode. Some schools began their Christmas holiday at… Read More »Heading Into Peak Season Mode
Variable Conditions Out There
The terrain available at Alpine Meadows expanded again today. As we suggested, and later the Ops Blog suggested, Sherwood did open today. Not only… Read More »Variable Conditions Out There
Bluebird Beauty Of A Day
It was a bluebird beauty of a day at Alpine Meadows. None of the upper mountain was open yesterday and there was deep snow out… Read More »Bluebird Beauty Of A Day
A Prelude & Plywood
Today was the prelude to the big storm that is expected for the weekend. About 7 inches of new snow fell overnight at Alpine Meadows,… Read More »A Prelude & Plywood
It Was Indeed A Yeeeewww Kind Of Day
Yeah, today was awesome. Yes, Summit did open just before noon and that gives us more room to play…but before that happened it was an… Read More »It Was Indeed A Yeeeewww Kind Of Day
Soggy But Still Fun
This is not the way we expected this storm to turn out. This second round of snow was supposed to be colder than the first,… Read More »Soggy But Still Fun