Sugar Bowl got walloped Sunday with 28 inches of new snow, bringing its two-day total to 43 inches, the most in the Lake Tahoe region.
It was the biggest one-day snowfall this season for Tahoe ski resorts, which were starved for any amount of snow several days before Christmas. The Christmas holiday skiing looked extremely bleak. On Dec. 22 there were just six resorts open and only a combined 21 total trails in the Tahoe region available for skiing and snowboarding.
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Sugar Bowl had a huge Sunday snow total and that came after 15 inches had dropped the previous day. Although conditions have proved difficult the last two days for skiers and riders, the snow is here, and lots of it.
At Palisades Tahoe, resort personnel were looking at 19 inches of fresh snow Monday morning and 38 inches in the past three days.
“Our season snowfall total is 143 inches and the majority of our lifts have been able to open. Our season is just getting ramped up,” Palisades Tahoe spokesperson Maddy Condon said.
Three resorts – Kirkwood, Boreal, Homewood – were all reporting 29 inches over the past two days. Homewood was reporting 26 inches Monday morning and Boreal had 24.
Ten of Tahoe’s 13 ski resorts received 21 or more inches in the past two days.
“We’ve stacked 16 inches in the last 24 hours and over 2 feet of snow in the past 48 hours. Mother Nature is absolutely showing off,” an email from Sierra-at-Tahoe stated.
WEATHER FORECAST: OpenSnow forecaster Bryan Allegretto is predicting some much-needed sunny days this week.
“It will be partly sunny with a few scattered snow showers Monday,” Allegretto wrote. “The weather will be mostly sunny Tuesday with snow showers on Wednesday. Then, mostly sunny for the end of the week through the weekend.”
Allegretto is forecasting a dry pattern for the third week of January, although it will possibly be colder. When storms return is in question.
“It’s nice seeing the ski areas back near average for snowfall for the date, at least for now,” Allegretto said.
TAHOE SNOW REPORT (January 4-5)
- Sugar Bowl: 28-15 – 43 inches
- Palisades Tahoe: 14-19 – 33 inches
- Kirkwood: 9-20 – 29 inches
- Boreal: 5-24 – 29 inches
- Homewood: 3-26 – 29 inches
- Northstar: 10-17 – 27 inches
- Sierra-at-Tahoe: 10-16 – 26 inches
- Tahoe Donner: 10-15 – 25 inches
- Soda Springs: 3-21 – 24 inches
- Mt. Rose: 11-10 – 21 inches
- Diamond Peak: 6-12 – 18 inches
- Heavenly: 10-7 – 17 inches
- Granlibakken: 5-10 – 15 inches
