Alpine Conditions

Today was the last day of the season at Alpine. Sadly, a few more Tahoe resorts are closing today. Winter is gradually coming to an …

The stoke was high this morning with Alpine reporting 13” of new snowfall in the last 24 hours. The Summit and Roundhouse lift corrals were full by 9am as people were excited to ski all of that fresh new snow. On our first chair ride up, we saw lots of back seat bandits flying down the hill, really having difficulty making turns. The best turns were definitely higher up the mountain in the morning. North Peril specifically had my favorite turns. I hit a lot of icy bumps under the surface when trying to ski Pete’s Peril today. The Palisades zone also had some decent snow in it, but the visibility was not as good.

There were 7 lifts open today and the FiS spring series racing event was taking place on Werner’s Schuss. Last night was quite cold, in …

We showed up early and hopped on a Subway chair today. These might be the last days for that lift as the snow was melting …

Spring skiing is in full swing in Lake Tahoe. Come early if you can! But if you, like me, are busy in the mornings, we …

According to the calendar, we’re only one day into Spring, but today we felt the apparent changing of seasons for what must be the 10th …

Today was the Red Bull Raid event at Palisades Tahoe. If you aren’t familiar, here is how they describe the event on the website: Red …

Spring officially begins on March 20th this year, but we got an early taste of it today at Alpine. It was a typical spring skiing …

I arrived at Alpine at 10:30 this morning under partly cloudy skies expecting the snow to remain firm following a cold night in Tahoe. I …

Winter finally returned to Tahoe! Or at least for a few days. It was a powder day yesterday, and we expected today would be good …