At Alpine Meadows we have awesome powder and awesome grooming. While the Jet stream is in control of the powder, Grooming Manager Dave Cassaro is in charge of the grooming. Starting just after the lifts close down and the sun sets on Tahoe, Dave’s team hits the mountain in state of the art Snow Cats [...]
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Posted: December 1st, 2008
Posted by: rwoods Category: Conditions, On the Mountain
Posted by: rwoods Category: Conditions, On the Mountain
“Why aren’t you guys makin’ snow?!? Crimeny, it was freezin’ out my house in Truckee this morning!”
Yep – we at Alpine Meadows hear that quite often lately. Morning reports from downslope towns have downright frigid morning temperatures; only to arrive at Alpine’s base to find warm air; and even warmer air near the summit.
Even though [...]
The Toyota Snowbomb / Alpine Meadows htto://www.skialpine.com Sick and Twisted Big Air competition was Sunday, March 9. This HUGE competition included $5000 in cash, and great sponsor prizes. This year’s cash purse was Snowbomb’s largest sum to be awarded.
The event was a “big air” format in which competitors hucked a custom-built step-down jump at the [...]
