Photo Tour and Snowfall Totals: Pineapple Express Delivers 2 Feet To Tahoe

By Barclay | December 11, 2015 10:46 am ET

Skier: Hazel Birnbaum | Photo Credit: Kirkwood Facebook Page

The pineapple express came in hot last night and the storm is far from over.

Related: Another 2+ Feet For The Sierra By Monday

Current NOAA forecasts have the second wave hitting the area on Sunday with the snow sticking around till Tuesday! As far as today is concerned, the winners are Northstar and Heavenly with a total of 24″ of snow in the last 24 hours.

LET THE BOMBS FLY!

NOAA Forecast

Basically, we won’t know who the real winner is until some time next week!

Photo Tour and Snowfall Totals

Northstar- 24″

Heavenly- 24″

Kirkwood- 23″

Buenos Dias my friends,
Cup’O’Joe in hand with ‪#‎MotherNature‬ delivering a solid 19”@the base with upwards of 23” @the summit… Temperatures are 21@the base with 20@the summit… Winds, SW 27/31…
Still snowing with the ‪#‎StokeLevel‬ @23” an all-time record

Roads – SR88 & 89 have Chain Controls in place, slick, snowy and low visibility as of 0400…
Latest road info 1 (800) 427-ROAD…

Level set your opening timing expectations:
We are digging out now with Patrol setting up for Snow Safety this morning… Expect Snow Safety delays on 1,5,6 & 11 for the team to get out and about…

What a wild ride my friends but as of 0500:
We’re issuing an official ‪#‎ColdSmokePowderDay‬ Alert here Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Forecast models have us looking @4”-8” on the under-fit falling throughout the day here…
Dress warm & bring the ‪#‎Stoke‬ my friends… Today is going to be a good day…

Stay’n Thirsty,
Coop