Alpine Ski Blog

The first time I met David Wise, he was just another 11 year old kid building a little jump on Gunners Knob to do back flips. Now at 21, he’s … Read More

Last weekend we were skiing powder and chowder. This weekend we are back to June-ary. There’s a small amount of snow forecast tonight, but hopefully not enough to interrupt the … Read More

Lake Tahoe’s Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board just approved the use of pesticides in Lake Tahoe’s waters.  Lahontan wants to use herbicides and pesticides in Lake Tahoe to halt … Read More

Lake Tahoe finally got her first real snowstorm of the season this past weekend.  60 inches at 8,200 feet at Squaw. Before this past weekend, Squaw hadn’t seen more than … Read More

Before this weekend’s storms the Sierra snowpack was at 10% of normal.  After that strong series of storms, the Sierra snowpack is around 25-30% of normal to date.  That is … Read More

Sunshine blessed the mountain this morning.  A white blanket turned late season brown hillsides into a bright winter scene.  Today the mountain began to open.  At Alpine Meadows openings included: … Read More

This latest storm has worked wonders for Tahoe ski resorts. Pow was skied, terrain was expanded, hope was regained. But realistically we are still looking at a low tide in … Read More

This video is from today, Jan. 23rd, 2012.  Alpine meadows claims 72 inches of snow from this storm and 24-34 inches in the past 24 hours. As promised, the video … Read More

Tahoe needs a vicious series of storms to roll thru, bury everything, shut down the resort if it has to, and end this heinous drought that we are having.  We … Read More

When is the last time you saw the Alpine Meadows parking lot full on a weekday? Yeah, it does not happen often. But when Alpine Meadows reports 28 inches of … Read More

The first appreciable storm of the 2011/2012 season hits the Tahoe area!  A foot at 6,500′ – stop reading this article now and get your ski boots on!     … Read More

Finally, a real snow storm arrived overnight.  The good news is that it was wet and heavy which means more terrain is being covered up with white gold.  It is … Read More

Snow has finally come to Tahoe and people are able to reap the rewards.  It’s been a tough season and every inch counts.  Yesterday was a powder day and that … Read More

  Conditions continue to improve at Alpine Meadows. The snow stopped yesterday afternoon, but the wind kept refilling pockets overnight. The mountain was nicely reset overnight between wind and groomers. … Read More

While many other freestyle and freeride teams were fighting for space in Alpine Meadows parks last month, ASC Alpine Freestyle coaches Drew Fisher and Tyler Homen found snow and park … Read More

Our storm was upgraded from a Winter Weather Watch to a Winter Storm Warning.   WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TAHOE: …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON … Read More

Tahoe ski resorts got anywhere from 2 – 21 inches of snow with the winner being Mt. Rose ski resort with the 21 inches.  Not the 3-7 feet that was … Read More

Winter finally arrived at Alpine Meadows. It was the first significant snowfall in 65 days. I think Alpine’s estimate of 8-16 inches was pretty conservative as things seemed to have … Read More

The Storm is here.  The Winter Storm Warning is here.  Heavy Snow is happening.  The only problem, right now, is the snow levels at 8,700 feet (that’s the top of … Read More

A 34-year-old English man died at Heavenly ski resort Tuesday.  El Dorado County Sheriff Department has reported that the victim hit a sign post and perished from the wounds received … Read More

It may start more as cement on the mountain and rain at your house but then we go to powder Saturday and again Sunday night. We have a large wave … Read More

  Wet is the word for  the day at the Tahoe ski resorts.  It is raining softly along the Truckee River. Overnight an inch or two of slush fell at … Read More

There was new snow today. It was only an inch at Alpine Meadows, but that was enough to change people’s moods.  The mountain looked crisp and white for a bit … Read More

It’s been 12 days since I last skied Alpine Meadows. A week in Revelstoke reminded me what winter can be like. That we can have a “fire weather watch” in … Read More

Here is your Friday afternoon report from Alpine Meadows.  Colder temperatures the last couple of nights have allowed snowmaking crews to go back to work.  Coverage was better today than … Read More

It’s dry up in Lake Tahoe.  Tahoe and all of the Sierras are looking and feeling like it hasn’t snowed since June, which is essentially hasn’t.  Grass is tall after … Read More