Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is making the necessary adjustments in a season when the snow is not plentiful. Squaw Valley has received the most snow among Tahoe ski resorts with 207 inches and Alpine Meadows has 198 inches for the 2019-20 ski season (SEE SNOW TOTALS BELOW). However, that total is far from its average […]
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Snow conditions remain good at Tahoe ski resorts
Despite the lack of snow, Tahoe ski resorts still have good conditions for skiing and snowboarding. That’s the news this week coming out of Tahoe ski resorts. The nine Tahoe ski resorts contacted here unanimously say snow coverage is still substantial, even though there has been no snowfall in February and the forecast isn’t calling […]
No holiday snow expected at Tahoe ski resorts
There is little chance of snow forecast for Tahoe ski resorts on President’s Day weekend. The Weather Channel has forecasted a 10-percent chance of snow dropping Sunday (Feb. 16) and Monday at Tahoe ski resorts, which haven’t received any snow this month and virtually none since mid-January. Bryan Allegretto, Lake Tahoe weather forecaster for OpenSnow.com, […]
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows gets 6 inches new snow
A mild snow storm Tuesday was good to several Tahoe ski resorts, while others weren’t as fortunate, receiving absolutely zero snow. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows was among the happy recipients, waking up Wednesday morning (Jan. 22) to 6 inches of new snow for skiing and snowboarding. The half-foot of snow placed Squaw Valley closer to […]
Blairsden skier dies in Alpine avalanche
This is an update from an earlier story today that was posted to Tahoe Ski Resort. One skier was killed and another was seriously injured Friday following an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe. Within hours on Friday (Jan. 17), Placer County Sheriff’s deputies identified the victim as Cole Comstock, 34, […]
Storm delivers 2 feet of snow at Tahoe ski resorts
A huge snow storm arrived as predicted, delivering more than 2 feet of snow to Tahoe ski resorts by Friday morning. Storms for the 2019-20 ski season in Lake Tahoe haven’t been prolific, but this week’s one-day storm left behind 20 inches of snow to six Tahoe ski resorts, resulting in a huge powder day […]
Big snow storm hits Tahoe Thursday
Many Tahoe ski resorts have received 6 or more inches of snow this week. However, a larger dumping is expected by Friday morning. Bryan Allegretto, California Snow Forecaster with OpenSnow, is predicting up to 2 feet of snow by Friday morning (Jan. 17), setting up an excellent powder day for Tahoe ski resorts skiers and […]
Tahoe forecast 2 feet of snow
After several recent mild storms dropped slight amounts of snow, Tahoe ski resorts can expect a nice dumping later this week, up to 2 feet of snow. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno is forecasting 10 to 14 inches for lower levels of Tahoe ski resorts and 18 to 24 inches on summits from […]
Weak snow systems hitting Tahoe ski resorts
Although it will be snowing for multiple days this week at Tahoe ski resorts, don’t expect much snow to accumulate. The weak system began Wednesday (Jan. 9) and continued into Thursday. The forecast for Tahoe ski resorts continues with not much snow arriving through Tuesday. “These weak systems are getting kind of old, but it’s […]
Sierra snowpack measurement at 97 percent
The first snowpack survey measurements for 2020 resulted in some good news from the California Department of Water Resources. The measurements were taken at Philips Station in South Lake Tahoe and revealed a snow depth of 33.5 inches and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 11 inches, which is 97 percent of the average for […]