Over 14 feet in January and STILL SNOWING #januBURIED
We keep climbing the snowfall ladder! In fact, we just broke our 45 year record of snowfall in January…and it’s only January 12! We’re slowly but surely getting terrain open. Today we had the following lifts operating:
Squaw Valley
- Exhibition
- Far East
- First Venture
- KT-22
- Red Dog
- Squaw Creek
- SnoVentures Carpet
- Tucker Carpet
Alpine Meadows
- Hot Wheels
- Meadow
- Roundhouse
- Scott
- Subway
Projected Operations for January 13
Squaw Valley
- 9am Projected Opening
- KT-22
- Exhibition
- Red Dog
- Squaw Creek
- Far East
- First Venture
- SnoVentures Carpet
- Tucker Carpet
- 10:30am Projected Opening
- Aerial Tram
- Funitel
- Bailey’s Beach
- Big Blue
- Mountain Meadow
- Gold Coast
- Shirley Lake
- Need further assessment to determine operations
- Squaw One
- Olympic Lady
As always, stay tuned to our website and app for real-time resort information and we encourage you to use the below resources before you travel to the mountain.
Alpine Meadows
Projected lifts with possible delayed openings pending lift and condition accessment
- Summit
- Hot Wheels
- Lakeview
- Meadows
- Roundhouse
- Scott
- Sherwood
- Subway
- Yellow
- Big Carpet
- Little Carpet
Projected Operations for the Weekend
Squaw Valley
Our teams are working tirelessly to get terrain open, but new snow moving in today has slowed us down a bit. Have no fear, though, because we’ve got full crews ready to shovel, clear lifts of deep snow, build transit roads, perform snow safety, set up resort boundaries and terrain markings and so much more that goes into getting terrain open! The next lifts on the docket to re-open between Friday-Monday are:
- Siberia
- Solitude
- Emigrant
- Broken Arrow
- Headwall: Teams will be out there tomorrow morning, after getting all the above lifts open, to dig out and put chairs back on the line. There was damage from winds to the top lift shack, which will also need to be fixed. Chairs were taken off the line during this storm to prevent damage – we saw over 150mph winds at the top of Headwall at some times. Patrol will also need to reestablish all terrain markings and boundaries as this storm completely buried them. Keep in mind setup for Headwall takes half a day in good conditions.
- Granite Chief. All boundaries are completely buried and need to be reset. Typically, this takes half a day to a full day in good conditions. We will know more as we make progress tomorrow.
- Belmont
- The Pulley
Alpine Meadows
- Summit
- Hot Wheels
- Lakeview
- Meadows
- Roundhouse
- Scott
- Sherwood
- Subway
- Yellow
- Big Carpet
- Little Carpet
Photo Tour from around the mountain today (January 11)
Shirley Lake buried this morning taken by our mountain manager
Granite Chief buried this morning, again taken by our mountain manager
Alpine Bowl Chair completely buried at the bottom terminal
Weather And Condition Resources
- Weather forecast from the National Weather Service
- Road Conditions from CalTrans
- Real-Time Resort Information
