Conditions, On the Mountain

New snow October 5!

No Comments 05 October 2011

New snow October 5!

Mother Nature has reported for duty, and last night’s snow has started to cover the slopes at Alpine Meadows! Four to six inches of the stuff is currently blanketing the area around the base lodge. A few extremely zealous skiers headed up the Kangaroo trail for a few inaugural turns, and others streamed into the [...]

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Conditions, Featured, On the Mountain, Video

Summer hikes, location-naming contest

No Comments 24 August 2011

Summer hikes, location-naming contest

Alpine is in full swing preparing for another powder-filled winter; however, we can’t help but to appreciate the unmatched scenic beauty that Tahoe has to offer during the summer months. As many of you know, the wildflower bloom this summer is beyond vibrant, with fragrant seas of purple, red, yellow, fuscia, white, and orange. Now [...]

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Alpine Weather: Closing With a Snow Day!

1 Comment 14 May 2011

Alpine Weather:  Closing With a Snow Day!

After a season of record snowfall it only seems fitting that we should close out the Season on Sunday with a snow day. A very cold low pressure for this time of year is currently sitting off of the CA coast.  It will begin to push inland Saturday night with snow beginning to fall on [...]

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Alpine Weather: The Sun is Finally Out! For Good?

1 Comment 26 April 2011

Alpine Weather:  The Sun is Finally Out!  For Good?

It hasn’t really stopped snowing on the mountain since last Wednesday although it has been showery and light.  Alpine has picked up a few inches each day adding up to 22 inches up top over the past 6 days.  That brings the April total now to 43 inches up top and the season total is already over 800 inches. [...]

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Alpine Weather: More Snow & Unsettled Through the Weekend

No Comments 20 April 2011

Alpine Weather:  More Snow & Unsettled Through the Weekend

Alpine picked up 4 more inches from the storm on Wednesday night bringing the April snowfall total to 25 inches.  We just keep adding to the incredible snowfall this season. Moisture continues to stream into Northern CA and we will see more snow Friday night.  The models have pushed up the precip amounts a little [...]

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Alpine Weather: More snow this week

No Comments 18 April 2011

Alpine Weather:  More snow this week

Alpine picked up 3 inches at the summit overnight with a dusting at the base.  Snow levels continued to drop all night and were down to the base this morning, but the heaviest precip had already pushed south of us. Temps will rebound today to close to 50 at the base and the 30′s up top.  We should have [...]

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