An Epic Day
I think we can describe today as epic at Alpine
The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
Produced by Andy Wertheim
Tahoe/Truckee Realtor
Email: andyw@sierra.net
Office website: www.tahoeriverfrontrealty.com
Hello skiers,
I think we can describe today as epic at Alpine. All lifts were running, the sun was shinning, and new snow lay softly over the entire mountain. Yesterday’s tricky deep fluff that reached up and seemed to grab my tips forcing them downward disappeared or just compacted, leaving us with good easy powder skiing. A crowd of people showed up unusually early and stood shoulder to shoulder in the Summit line. Another crowd was in line at Roundhouse before the opening and a third smaller group of people waited at the bottom of Scott. I suppose they walked up to the lift from the lodge. A friend who was in the Summit line and rather tall, reported face shots as he descended from Summit. I headed for Sherwood and was happily making run after run on South Face with a small group of skiers. The snow was deep enough to hit my chest and a little more wind packed than the north facing protected slopes, but darn good. Art’s Knob and Expert Shortcut were deep and light, as was Seldom Slides. High Traverse proved to be just as good as the rest offering up more untracked turns. Today was filled with great skiing and beautiful weather. I think we can call it epic.
My little pocket dictionary is not always correct. Powder is defined as: A deep layer of nice, fresh, light, fluffy snow that falls a week before you arrive at a ski resort or the day after you leave.
If you were at Alpine today, a weekend, with plenty of other riders, then you can say that you got the powder and stuck it. We don’t always miss the perfect day.
Enjoy your day. Andy
