California/Nevada 2022-2023 Tahoe Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[Pequenita]

Sugar Bowl not opening today .......

I'm hoping I can sneak up there tomorrow....

 

[textrovert]

Squaw & Kirkwood crossed 500". Boreal & Sierra just a few inches shy and will also cross today. In February.

 

[textrovert]

I'm hoping I can sneak up there tomorrow....

It going to be dig-out day for most places.

Half-way though the blizzard with these totals-

 

[Pequenita]

It going to be dig-out day for most places.

Yeah, but temps get warm quickly on Thursday.

 

[Spnole]

Late report... after a fun drive in on hwy 50 from SFO/SAC, we hit Heavenly at 9:30am yesterday. Lines were never more than 10 minutes and plenty of untracked powder to be found. Conditions deteriorated by about noon and we called it a day. Best runs were skiers right of Canyon chair. Roundabout was a nice finish to the morning. Sitting in the condo in SLT waiting to see if Heavenly is going to open at 11 as advertised... crossing my fingers.

 

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Late report... after a fun drive in on hwy 50 from SFO/SAC, we hit Heavenly at 9:30am yesterday. Lines were never more than 10 minutes and plenty of untracked powder to be found. Conditions deteriorated by about noon and we called it a day. Best runs were skiers right of Canyon chair. Roundabout was a nice finish to the morning. Sitting in the condo in SLT waiting to see if Heavenly is going to open at 11 as advertised... crossing my fingers.

You timed it for a big one

 

[textrovert]

Good news. There's parking available.

 

[skibob]

Summit Lodge (Mt Pluto, top of Comstock) at Northstar this morning.

 

[Chris V.]

Good news. There's parking available.

But the way it's dumping, you might need your own snowplow to get out at day's end.

 

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Blog update-

Blizzard Closes the Mountain - Palisades Tahoe at Lake Tahoe

Snowfall Report: The upper mountain picked up an additional 38 inches of snow in the past 24 hours as of 5 AM Tuesday! That brings the 7-day totals to over 100 inches and counting, and pushed the season total to over 500 inches so far! The high avalanche danger and blizzard conditions continuing...

blog.palisadestahoe.com

 

[textrovert]

They're busy digging at SB. And their response to one of the comments looks promising for tomorrow @Pequenita

 

[willy384]

I was just told that Vail corporation is laying off all part time employees. Vail's reasoning....they are losing money!! What a joke-

 

[Chris V.]

This tells the story at Donner Lake.

 

[SSSdave]

We are now at all time epic depths for Tahoe ski resorts all of which shut down today. So all will need patience. Yesterday the East Peak Heavenly webcam that looks down from their lodge, was nearly blocked by the rising deep pile of snow atop the roof below the camera. Today, none of the 4 live Heavenly webcams shows anything but snow white. At Kirkwood, the Cornice lot camera shows a road bulldozed sheer snow cliff of a few feet where one walks up to lifts 5 or 6 and the Mountain Village. At some resorts, areas below lifts are so close to snow, bulldozers need to plow tunnels and then patrols will need to rope off those areas. At some lift bases, employees will need to use small snow blowers and shovels to dig down to chair levels. Any employees living in local areas may be locked in their streets are slowly plowed. So resort manpower to dig out quickly will be limited. Just not the Tahoe region. Yosemite Valley in the National Park at only usually rain only 4k elevation has been closed due to deep snows for a few days and won't open till Thursday...maybe.

Although the current forecast shows a storm break by dawn partly cloudy Wednesday with no storms Thursday and Friday, I doubt much of anything will be open until Friday with minimums Thursday for the sake of resort lodging guests. In fact, some resorts have already stated Wednesday closures. Anyone expecting to drive across I80 or US50 on Thursday will need luck driving extra long miles of plowed highways to not get stuck behind guaranteed accidents. Then Saturday, another multi-day storm moves in with 50" plus forecast for KW. I may decide to ski Thursday but not at Tahoe.

 

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[Robertito]

Almost as good as your own clips, Sir. His soundtrack is more natural, though.

 

[textrovert]

Full stoke ahead!!

 

[AlpsSkidad]

I'm hoping I can sneak up there tomorrow....

FYI. Sugar Bowl website says they won’t open until 11 tomorrow…

 

[SSSdave]

snowy NASA Sat SoCal storm images:

California/Nevada - 2022-2023 Big Bear, Mountain High, Waterman, Baldy Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

C South Coastal Region NASA photos from recent rare cold storms showing before and after. After big wet winters as an old landscape photographer, some March-April years am down in Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve state park and other desert flower fields on long desert road trips. So...

www.skitalk.com

 

[John Webb]

Full stoke ahead!!

This just blows me away! Beyond comprension! Cody is saying lifetime