Alpine Ski Blog

Miracle March is working out, huh?  166 inches in March at Squaw?  Before March 1st, Squaw had only gotten 142” all season.  We have more than doubled our annual snow … Read More

With Northstar/Heavenly/Kirkwood 2012-2013 season passes on sale for a few weeks now, we knew it couldn’t be long before Squaw/Alpine would release their next year season passes to the public. … Read More

The Line of the Week
 Squaw Valley USA Hanging Snowfield Who says Squaw Valley gets skied off fast on powder days? You just gotta relax and choose your lines carefully. … Read More

Here’s a press release straight from the horse’s mouth: Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Scheduled to Stay Open Daily Through April 29 Resorts announce that Squaw and Alpine are scheduled … Read More

March has not been a bad month, especially compared to the prior 4 months.  Many of the resorts will end up more than doubling what had fallen all season in … Read More

  Snow everyday in the forecast for a week?  This is one of the only weeks of this winter that has had a forecast like this.  As of right now, … Read More

We’re gonna let Noaa do the talking on this one. NOAA.gov: The trough for the weekend has continued to slow its progression inland and is digging further south in the … Read More

This weekend will have some interesting weather.  A gusty Saturday followed by a snowy-ish Sunday.  We all have our fingers crossed for a few more inches of snow and that’s … Read More

This video is of a skier riding a small wet avalanche on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, CA a long way while wearing a helmet cam yesterday, March 20th, … Read More

Lake Tahoe had two skiers missing from Sugar Bowl ski resort over the weekend.  In response to the skiers being missing, Search & Rescue asked the Union Pacific railway to … Read More

We know that a lot of backcountry skiers are going to want to get out there this week.  We are more than just a little freaked out from our last … Read More

Last Monday we looked at the forecast possibility of up to 8 feet of snow on the mountains West of the lake and we got it.  The top snowfall totals for Tuesday-Sunday … Read More

TAHOE SKI RESORTS’ STORM TOTALS – MARCH 12th – 19th, 2012: #1 – Alpine Meadows = 88”- 109″ #1 – Kirkwood = 90” – 109″ #2 – Squaw Valley = … Read More

LAKE TAHOE SKI RESORT STORM TOTALS – MARCH 12-18th, 2012 #1 – Alpine Meadows = 69.5” – 84″ #2 – Squaw Valley  = 26.5” – 80” #3 – Sugar Bowl … Read More

An in-bounds avalanche occurred at Kirkwood ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California today, March 18th, 2012.   IN-BOUNDS AVALANCHE DETAILS: – Avalanche occurred in Sentinel Bowl at 2:14pm – … Read More

Squaw got 15 inches of new snow at the base overnight and 24 inches on the upper mountain.   The upper mountain storm total is 72 inches. It’s currently 15F at High Camp & 22F at the base. There … Read More

The snow levels dropped all the way down to 6500 ft. overnight!  It’s snowing hard over Donner Summit so there may be a little more snow than expected above 7000 ft. this morning.  … Read More

Although backcountry ski conditions have been phenomenal in Tahoe the past few days the persistent weak layer (PWL) that continues to plague our snowpack remains on the minds of all. … Read More

You have your Beacon, Shovel, Probe, Avalung, Air Bag… Now you’re ready to explore and dominate the untamed backcountry, right? Wrong. What do all of the aforementioned avalanche tools have … Read More

Everything is progressing as expected for the first half of the week.  It snowed down to lake level until early this morning and now the snow levels are rising.  They … Read More

The Line of the Week
 Squaw Valley USA Storm Day Huck Although difficult to shoot, storm days tend to be some of the best days on the hill. There’s nothing … Read More

Finally a storm train for Tahoe setting up this week as a trough off the West coast gets ready to stream in moisture off the Pacific.  With the continuous moisture … Read More

Vail Co-President Blaise Carrig and Squaw/Alpine CEO Andy Wirth were on Sacramento’s Capital Pubic Radio yesterday morning. They spoke about how Colorado has taken over Lake Tahoe via Vail (colorado … Read More

We all know that this year is a bad year.  Hearing exactly how bad is the tipping point.  Hearing that it’s the second worst snowpack on record just hurts.   … Read More

This video is from the boys at Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City, CA from today, March 7th, 2012.  The test performed is a propagation saw test done at 8,000 feet … Read More

VAILS 2ND QUARTER FISCAL 2012 NUMBERS: – 15% drop in skier visits and 15% drop in net income – Net income of $46.4 million for 2nd quarter, a decrease of … Read More