Rain/Snow Showers Possible Friday, Snow Friday Night into Saturday
Thursday: Partly sunny with some clouds Thursday with highs in the 40s on the mountain to near 50 degrees at the base. Ridgetop winds gusting from the south up to 40+ mph. Thursday Night – Saturday Systems: The next storm is digging south and splitting as it moves into CA Thursday. That is delaying the […]
Colder with Snow Friday into Saturday
Wednesday – Thursday: We are in a dry pattern through Thursday. Mostly sunny Wednesday with highs into the 50s at the base and 40s up top. Partly sunny Thursday with highs in the 40s on the mountain. Thursday Night – Saturday Systems: The next storm is digging south and splitting as it moves into CA […]
Mild Thru Wednesday, Cold With Snow Thursday
Sunday – Wednesday: We are in a dry pattern through Wednesday. Mostly sunny with highs into the 40s Sunday and then 50s Monday – Tuesday on the lower mountain and 40s up top. Lighter winds through Monday. Winds up top gusting up to 40+ mph from the southwest by Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday we could see […]
Feb 24: Crisp and Sunny at Alpine
We came mid-afternoon today and parked near the Subway chair. This is where you often see family picnics, parking lot tailgates, and dogs playing in the snow. It’s only been a couple of days since the recent storm dropped 17″ of snow and thanks to the cold of late, the snow is still damn good. […]
Feb 23: Cold, wintery bluebird turns at Palisades!
Isn’t it nice when the weather cooperates and gives us winter conditions during the winter? We have had a welcome return to winter this week and the skiing has kept getting better since the snow fell on Monday and Tuesday. Palisades Tahoe is reporting 17” of total snowfall on the upper mountain at 8,000’ in […]
17 Inches of New Snow! Drier but Cold thru Friday
Snowfall Report: The scattered snow showers continued Tuesday adding 5 additional inches of snow to the 2-day storm totals. We saw a total of 8 inches at the base and 17 inches on the upper mountain! Pretty much what we expected from this storm. A nice refresh of the slopes. Wednesday – Saturday: High pressure […]
A Foot of New Snow & Counting
Snowfall Report: The scattered snow showers continued Monday with steady snow Monday night. As of early Tuesday morning, the mountain has picked up a foot of new snow, with 6 inches at the base. The snow continues to fall as of Tuesday morning. Tuesday Snow: Scattered snow showers are possible into Tuesday night. It’s a […]
Fresh Snow & More Coming Monday Night – Tuesday
Snowfall Report: The snow started falling early Monday morning right after the early morning measurements are taken. Around 2-3″ of new snow did fall Monday morning right after the reports of 0″ were posted. Monday- Tuesday Night Snow: It’s a colder day Monday with highs in the 30s at the base and 20s on the […]
Cold with Powdery Snow Monday – Tuesday Night
Sunday: Sunday a cold trough is approaching from the north. We could cool a few degrees back into the 40s and see increasing west winds. Ridgetop gusts up to 70+ mph during the afternoon could affect some lifts by afternoon. Sunday Night – Tuesday Night Systems: A cold trough digs down from the north after […]
Days on the Mountain
JT Holmes recounts the impact that Tom Day has had on not only him, but the entire sport of skiing – from both behind and in front of the lens.