The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report

Last night it snowed enough to make the mountains look ...........

The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
Produced by Andy Wertheim
Tahoe/Truckee Realtor
email: andyinalpine@yahoo.com
website: www.tahoeriverfrontrealty.com

Hello Skiers,

Last night it snowed enough to make the mountains look just perfect as the sun rose this morning. We received a total of about 14 inches of snow at the base area and additional amount at the upper elevations.
Trees are laden with snow all the may down to the Truckee River, as the warmer temperatures that we experienced yesterday dropped over night into the teens. Today the sky is partly cloudy.
It was definitely a powder day at Alpine this morning as a large group of people waited at the base of Summit Chair for the rights to place first tracks in the seasons deepest powder. It was a joy to make tracks in the powder this morning, although I remain somewhat cautious. There was an cloud creating foggy conditions hanging over the upper mountain. This made visibility somewhat difficult in the bowls. We skied the D7 and D8 areas as well as Sunspot and found plenty of powder to cut up during the first hour or so of the morning. Scott was turning but was not scheduled to open until noon. The mountain looks much better with coverage 100% improved from yesterday. We still need more snow, but things are looking good.
Enjoy your day. Andy

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Today felt a little bit more like a normal ski day as...........

The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
Produced by Andy Wertheim
Tahoe/Truckee Realtor
email: andyinalpine@yahoo.com
Our real estate website: www.tahoeriverfrontrealty.com

Hello skiers,
Today felt a little bit more like a normal ski day as Summit open for the first time this year. Alpine also started turning Hot Wheels this morning. The temperature finally dropped into the twenties over night and appears to be steady in the mid to high twenties this morning. Thus, snowmaking is occurring on the hill in various areas. The warm wet weather that we have experienced the past couple of days has not changed the mountain experience very much. A firm base exists under the nice soft topping that fell during the day yesterday. We did not receive much new snow and the sky cleared during the night. The storm forecast for last night must have taken a different track, however it did leave an inch or two of snow on the upper mountain. Skiing in the bowls was much like skiing on wind buff on the first couple of runs. Coverage is fair in certain areas, but you cannot just let go and ski at a normal pace. I was taking one turn at a time and stopping to check out areas that I could not see in an effort to save the bottoms of my skis and not take an unnecessary fall. There were some good turns in D7 and out in the middle of Wolverine Bowl as well as in the center of Alpine Bowl. Dance Floor remains well covered as does the moderate Weasel Run which was covered with death cookies when I skied it. Blue and Green Trails are the same as they were the other day. Good snow, but the coverage is minimal. I watched too many skiers come down the Face at one time and decided to skip it. Be careful out there and have a good time.
A friend of mine recently returned from Alta where he enjoyed four days of great powder skiing. There is good snow and excellent coverage somewhere out there.
Enjoy your day. Andy

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One good day leads to one that is not so good.

The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
Produced by Andy Wertheim
Tahoe/Truckee Realtor
email: andyinalpine@yahoo.com
Our real estate website: www.tahoeriverfrontrealty.com

Hello skiers,

One good day leads to one that is not so good. After a very nice morning of skiing on Monday we have been watching it drip warm wet drops from low gray clouds. It snowed, a very wet three inches on Monday night at the base area of Alpine with up to five inches on the upper mountain. Alpine has been talking about opening the Summit lift on Thursday, as it appears that there is just barely enough coverage in the bowls. However, the constant drizzle and overnight rain that we received last night which is continuing this morning are not helping the situation. Early this morning, in an effort to get some fresh air and a little exercise, we skinned up to the top of Roundhouse and telemarked down. It was raining, or at least drizzling, the entire way up. It appeared as if a quarter of an inch of wet snow fell sometime during the night on the upper third of the mountain, but it was not snowing at all at the top of Roundhouse. We did not see any snow falling above Roundhouse as we peered out from under our dripping hoods. The run down was wet, but pleasant on spring type groomed snow. The weather people appear to be changing the forecast for the weekend. The heavy snowfall that they were talking about yesterday is being downgraded to a less intense storm. The Reno weatherman indicated that we may receive 6 inches of snow over the weekend. However, they are continuing to forecast very cold temperatures.
Enjoy your day. Andy

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