It’s been a year since parking reservations were implemented at Alpine Meadows and Palisades Tahoe. At this time last year, we were all stressed out… Read More »Honk!!! An Update On Alpine Meadows & Palisades Tahoe Parking for ’24-’25
Ski season at Alpine Meadows is theoretically getting closer. With the opening of limited terrain at Mount Rose last Friday, the pressure is ramped up… Read More »Rumors And Challenges 1.5
Sometimes it feels great to be proven wrong. In yesterday’s post I wished for a new webcam at The Chalet. It turns out it is… Read More »Whoa!!! There Is A New Chalet Webcam!!!
Mount Rose opened for the season today, again claiming the honors of being the first in Tahoe to open. They even beat Mammoth by a… Read More »UPDATED: Day 1 Of Skiing In The Tahoe Region
The second of two winter storms has now rolled through Tahoe, both performing significantly under forecast. The first only brought a dusting of snow for… Read More »UPDATED: Not Quite The Storm We Wanted…
We have one month to go before the official start of meteorological winter, but with a lot of cold temperatures and the magic of snowmaking,… Read More »It’s Looking A Bit More Like Winter
We keep waiting for a sign that winter weather is on the way, bringing us a chance to start skiing sometime next month. Last week… Read More »Changeable Weather Ahead?
We’re briefly dipping a toe into winter this week in Tahoe and it feels great. I am sitting here in my living room this morning… Read More »Dipping A Toe Into Winter
It’s getting to be that uncertain time of the year, that time where you just can’t count on the weather. The models are constantly shifting,… Read More »Uncertainty
We are just under two months from the projected opening date for Palisades Tahoe on November 27th. Of course the standard disclaimer of “weather and… Read More »The Longest Two Months
Once, we were skiers. Skiing on wooden skis with metal edges that were screwed into the base. The length of a person’s skis were measured… Read More »Changing Times
Greetings New COO, We wanted to take a few minutes to introduce you to Alpine Meadows. You know, it’s that mountain that is on the… Read More »Alpine Meadows: A Primer For A New COO
If you are an avid skier in this area, you probably have been glued to Watch Duty, the Alert fire cams and other resources wondering… Read More »Fire On The Mountain
Boy, a guy leaves the country for nine days and suddenly there is a whole bunch of news and various tid-bits about Alpine Meadows and… Read More »Catching Up With News
Long time readers know that I have been saying for years that Alterra desperately needed a third mountain in the Northern California market. Ideally that… Read More »Somebody Has Been Listening…Sierra At Tahoe!