Skiers and snowboarders at Tahoe ski resorts were treated to some powder skiing Saturday morning following an evening of snowfall.
The snow ranged from 2-12 inches at Tahoe ski resorts by Saturday morning (March 5). It was the first snow since last week and was also accompanied by cold temperatures in the Lake Tahoe region.
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Homewood Mountain received the most snow among Tahoe ski resorts, getting a foot at its summit. The resort, located on Tahoe’s West Shore, got 3 inches at its base. It previously had the most snow during late February storms with 22 inches.
Palisades Tahoe was reporting 9 inches, bringing its season snow total to 298 inches. The resort was predicting 1-3 inches of additional snowfall on the mountain during the afternoon to bring the storm totals to 6-12 inches.
Boreal Mountain, which offers night skiing until 8 pm, received 7 inches.
The snow was continuing to fall Saturday and was expected to continue until late afternoon.
“We have a lull in the snow showers Saturday morning as the center of the low crosses the Sierra,” a Palisades blog stated. “The snow showers could last through the late afternoon before clearing Saturday night.”
It definitely looks more like winter again in the Tahoe region. The weather also turned cold at Tahoe ski resorts. Low temperatures fell into the teens at many resorts and the highs were only getting mostly in the mid-20 range Saturday.
“The snow won’t be all that is falling. The temperature is expected to drop into the teens and 20s by Saturday as well,” a Sugar Bowl press release stated.
SUCCESSFUL SKI SEASON: Although since late December, Tahoe ski resorts have received very little snow, it’s been deemed a successful ski season overall.
Many Tahoe ski resorts have exceeded the 300-inch total with more than a month left in the season.
“It has been a really good season,” said Vail Resorts’ West Region Director of Communications Sarah Roston told the Tahoe Tribune. “The snow has held up really well despite the lack of snow. We were happy to have some new snowfall come through recently, of course.”
WEATHER FORECAST: Following snow Saturday, there is no snow in the forecast for Tahoe ski resorts.
Sunday’s high temperatures were expected to be in the low to mid-30s. The snow was gone, but in its place at many Tahoe ski resorts was expected to be clear and mostly sunny.
Conditions will be spring-like most of next week. High temperatures should rise into the low 50s by Tuesday and are expected to be in that range through Friday. Evening low temperatures are expected to be in the mid-20s.
BOULDER BLOCKED HIGHWAY 50: A massive boulder on Highway 50, near Echo Summit, blocked the roadway Thursday evening and into Friday afternoon.
Caltrans deemed the roadway conditions safe for motorists around 2:40 p.m. Friday and the highway reopened.
Highway 50 was closed around 6 p.m. Thursday due to the rock slide. Caltrans crews performed blasting operations Friday morning and also repaired a guard rail damaged by the rocks.
Crews on Friday had to drill holes and exploded some of the massive rocks blocking the roadway to make clearing the road an easier task.
The California Highway Patrol said the rocks did not crash onto anyone, and there were no drivers nearby at the time.
TAHOE SNOW REPORT (reported March 5)
- Homewood: 12 inches
- Palisades: 9 inches
- Boreal: 7 inches
- Soda Springs: 7 inches
- Mt. Rose: 6 inches
- Alpine Meadows: 6 inches
- Northstar: 5 inches
- Sugar Bowl: 4 inches
- Kirkwood: 4 inches
- Tahoe Donner: 3 inches
- Diamond Peak: 3 inches
- Heavenly: 2 inches
- Granlibakken: NA
