Operations Update for February 11-12
476″ and Counting… After the rain, came 32″ in 24 HOURS (or 2.6 FEET) in 24 hours. 30″ of that snow total came in a 12 hour period – whoa! That means as of 6am this morning, we have surpassed our average snowfall of 450″. Here are the totals as of this morning Squaw Valley […]
Operations Update: February 10
Today’s Overview: February 9, 2016 Both mountains experienced high winds and extreme weather today. At Squaw Valley’s ridge, wind gusts clocked in as high as 139mph today. Jeff Goldstone, Alpine Meadows Director of Operations, shared these videos of what the mountain looked like this morning: Video of Top of Roundhouse Chair on February 9 Top […]
Operations Update: February 9
TODAY’S OVERVIEW: FEBRUARY 8, 2017 Today both mountains opened with limited operations and some delays. Our crews were once again challenged by extremely high winds (upwards of 100mph gusts) as well as heavy rain and unstable snow. Alpine Meadows experienced a partial power outage early this morning, which was restored by 8am. Alpine crews were […]
Operations Update: February 8
Both Mountains Closed Today, February 7, 2017 Last night the storm brought 16 inches of new snow to Alpine Meadows’ upper mountain and 10 inches to Squaw Valley’s upper mountain. Over the course of the evening, snow levels rose bringing heavier, wetter snow and rain to the mountains. Rain on top of new snow causes very […]
Live Music at Squaw | Alpine
Palisades Tahoe is your North Lake Tahoe music headquarters. We all know how much fun it is to kick back and listen to live music while enjoying your favorite après drinks. That’s why we’ve decided to blow the roof off this year’s music calendar with the biggest FREE music lineup around.
Operations Update: February 7
Today’s Overview: February 6, 2017 Our crews worked through the night last night to prepare the mountain for operations and maintain terrain and access roads. Watch below as our Squaw Valley Grooming Manager, Kurt Wilhelmy, battled winds in excess of 100mph with low visibility while grooming the road to the top of Headwall Chair. Video of Cutting the Road to […]
Operations Update: February 6
Today’s Overview: February 5, 2017 Today we saw windy weather in front of the incoming storm. Fortunately, the winds were not quite as high as anticipated and both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows were able to open some upper mountain lifts for most of the day. Blue skies peaked out and fun turns were made! […]
Operations Update: February 5
Today’s Overview: February 4, 2017 Today was extremely windy at both mountains. Wind gusts have been over 100mph since 10am on the ridgeline at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which greatly impacted our operations. The top terminal annomonenter at Roundhouse was recording 60-75 mph winds. Video of Groomer at the top of KT-22 on February 4 […]
Silverado Update: February 4
We had originally projected a potential opening of Silverado early of next week. That does not look likely. Snow safety needs to be completed, and the road needs to be re-established, at a time when the snow is adequately stable and not waterlogged. The machine will sink and get stuck otherwise. Then complete snow safety, and setup. It […]
Operations Update: February 4
Today’s Overview: February 3, 2017 Today we experienced very high winds at both mountains. Wind gusts were over 100mph at some points on the ridgeline at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which impacted our operations. High gusts continued in the afternoon – the Funitel was seeing 80mph winds! Some lifts went on hold at Squaw Valley, […]