A Rare Thing: A Third Day Of Mountain Closure
Alpine Meadows and Palisades Tahoe remained closed for a third day on Sunday, March 3rd. Not many people had a third day of closure on… Read More »A Rare Thing: A Third Day Of Mountain Closure
Alpine Meadows and Palisades Tahoe remained closed for a third day on Sunday, March 3rd. Not many people had a third day of closure on… Read More »A Rare Thing: A Third Day Of Mountain Closure
Yes, this storm came in a little warmer and quite a bit later than what “the experts” thought would happen. Consequently, Hotter Wheels was able… Read More »A Little Behind But Not A Bust
It’s a confusing time of the year weather-wise. The temperatures were warm today and there was plenty of spring snow to enjoy, even though there… Read More »Meteorological Spring And The Biggest Storm of Winter Are On Our Doorstep
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
Wow, that was a beautiful and very spring like weekend, which was perfect for people wanting to watch the World Cup, and those that just… Read More »Winter Took A Weekend Off…But She Has Big Plans For Later This Week
Why yes, that is an excellent bluesy band that has graced the Sun Deck at Alpine Meadows a number of times over the years, not… Read More »Joy And Madness
That closed low to our south delivered another round of snow overnight, with differing sources saying anywhere between 3-10 inches of snow falling at Alpine… Read More »Now That’s More Like It!
It’s another one of those days that was tough to call a powder day. The snow levels ran at about 6000 feet overnight and 6-8… Read More »A Bluebird New Snow Day
While some might tell you that this was the best day of skiing ever, it would not be a true statement. Was it a really… Read More »Responsibility
We’re looking at a series of storms arriving in Tahoe, and the first of those arrived a bit earlier than expected. My last report was… Read More »An Active Stormy Pattern Arrives
The mountain sure felt empty today, relative to the number of people on the mountain this weekend. We were back to more of a midweek… Read More »A Short Transitional Period Before The Storm
It’s been quite a week at Alpine Meadows. It seems like we have had storm day after storm day in these first 7 days of… Read More »Fun But Frigid
Whether or not today was a good day of skiing or a great day of skiing is totally a matter of personal preferences. I took… Read More »A Matter Of Preference and $3B
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
You don’t know if you don’t go. Honestly, I wasn’t super hopeful about how skiing might be at Alpine Meadows this morning. There was supposed… Read More »As The Adage Says…