With the opening date lurching ever closer for Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley, we keep looking for positive signs in the weather forecast. We have… Read More »We’re Trying To Put Our Best Positive Spin On The Weather…And It’s Not Easy
The crowds are developing around Truckee and it’s looking and feeling a bit more winter-like in this weekend. The only thing missing is enough snow… Read More »Skiing & Riding This Weekend? The Options Are Limited & Expensive
We haven’t had many opportunities to talk about Alpine Meadows Freestyle Team alumnus K.C. Oakley at Unofficial Alpine. For years, many of us watched K.C.… Read More »K.C. Oakley: Another Olympic Hopeful From Alpine Meadows Freestyle
As forecast, an strong east wind event has developed this evening. Here’s the graph released by the Reno office of NOAA tonight: You’re reading that… Read More »If There Was Much New Snow On Summit…It Went To Points West
Hello skiers, A thin layer of white is covering our mountains. Trees in the upper elevation look frozen in place with a white frosting clinging… Read More »It Looks And Feels Like Winter
The latest little series of storms left 7-10 inches of snow at local resorts. Kirkwood is claiming 12-18 inches, but they have a reputation for… Read More »Latest Storm Not Quite As Good As The Dreamcasts Suggested
The news keeps happening over the ridge at Squaw Valley. For the record, we have no connection with the Unofficial Squaw guys and we have… Read More »Three News Items From Over The Ridge
Alpine Meadows is reporting 2 inches of new snow this morning and the webcam photo below verifies that it looks like the wet snow we… Read More »New Snow Finally Arrives And The Extended Starts To Look Promising
The models and forecasters are beginning to see some agreement that something is going to change with the weather this week. A low pressure system… Read More »A Good Shot Of High Elevation Snow This Week, Then Back To More Of The Same
Things are going to be different this year at Alpine Meadows. It just won’t be the same on those busy days at Summit & Roundhouse… Read More »We’re Going To Miss You Kate!
The December issue of Powder Magazine arrived in our mailbox today and we were stoked to find an article about Tahoe. It wasn’t your typical… Read More »Powder Magazine: Keep Tahoe True
I got an email this week that about half of the Alpine Meadows rails and boxes were removed from the Alpine Meadows parking lot. The… Read More »#FreeAlpine…The Assimilation Of Alpine Meadows Continues
And folks, this is why real estate companies should not be in charge of making decisions at Alpine Meadows. The unofficial word is that December… Read More »Alpine Meadows Set To Announce Their Latest Scheduled Opening Date Ever
I know, some of you are getting tired of hearing about this event, and we promise, this will be the last post on the subject… Read More »The Lost Sierra Hoedown: A Shared Passion For Music And Snow
If you’ve been reading UnofficialAlpine.com lately, we have been sticking to a theme of true passion and love for sliding on snow. The fact is,… Read More »The Lost Sierra Hoedown: Bringing Us Back To Our Roots