After X Games, we flew home, back here to our training base at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, and there was a Nor Am race up at Sugar Bowl. So, got off the airplane late at night, got up the next morning, and went up to the Sugar Bowl race. First day on [...]
Posted by: rwoods Category: Conditions, On the Mountain
It’s hard to believe January 2010 has come and gone. It was a blink of an eye, and one to remember: 10 feet of snow fell at the base lodge and 14 fell at the mid mountain stake. Storms like that aren’t just weather; they’re a journey.
With all the unbridled wind, prodigious accumulation, [...]
Posted by: jbenson Category: Conditions, On the Mountain
After an exciting and snowy December we have entered what I like to call June-uary. Our January warm spell means one thing, great skiing all over the mountain. Today I found cold chalky snow, and even some powder on north facing slopes, and springy corn-like snow on south and east facing terrain. [...]
Alpine Meadows is so beautiful this morning! 8 to 10 inches of new snow and blue sky!
It’s snowing like crazy as of about 3:30pm, November 20! Alpine Meadows could see as much as 10 to 15 inches of snow overnight! Yeah!!!

