Recent storms have dropped nearly a foot of snow at Northstar California ski resort, putting its snow total over 400-inch mark for the 2015-16 season.
Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe – Heavenly Mountain, Northstar California and Kirkwood Mountain – added up to 10 inches of fresh powder on Saturday night. The forecast calls for additional snow today and Monday.
Northstar is currently reporting 411 inches of natural snowfall to date this season. A sizable winter snow storm hammered the Lake Tahoe region over the past 10 days, coming at a time when many of Tahoe’s ski resorts needed some fresh snow after a mostly dry, warm February.
Sugar Bowl ski resort, located off Interstate 80 at Donner Summit, was reporting 444 inches earlier in the week and Sierra-at-Tahoe was at 386 inches.
Kirkwood recorded 16 inches in the past day, 42 inches in the past seven days, and now is right at the 400-inch mark. Heavenly has received 22 inches over the past week and has a season-total of 313 inches.
Simultaneous snow storms spanning the western U.S. have added 1 to 4 feet of fresh snow during the onset of March. There has been more than a foot of fresh powder at Colorado’s Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, and Keystone resorts, plus a foot of new snow at Utah’s Park City Mountain.
March is often one of the snowiest months during the ski season. Additional snow and storm patterns are forecast throughout each of the three regions in the approaching week.
Jeffrey Weidel can be reached at skiweidel@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeffweidel and visit his website at www.tahoeskiworld.com.
· Heavenly Mountain: Past 24 hours: 15”; Last 7 days: 22”; Season to date: 313”
· Northstar California: Past 24 hours: 20”; Last 7 days: 47”; Season to date: 411”
· Kirkwood Mountain: Past 24 hours: 16”; Last 7 days: 42”; Season to date: 400”
