Drizzle
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
