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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
