California/Nevada 2019-2020 Tahoe Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups Thread....

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Am I correct in assuming that Squalpine is going to be open 7 days/week, unlike Rose?

That was what I assumed. Also, their "lift tickets" online purchase calendar is listing every day as an option starting tomorrow.

https://squawalpine.com/lake-tahoe-ski-lift-tickets-squaw-valley-alpine-meadows

 

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Probably noted earlier in this thread somewhere...

Tahoe tentative opening dates-

 

[John Webb]

Warren Miller includes a lot of perks including a free Mt Ashland ticket that appears to be unrestricted that @mdskier may be interested in and I may be able to use on my way N in Feb, plus a 2fer for Mt. Rose that is only valid through 12/20 and a 2fer for Squalpine not valid weekends or holidays, but looks like it's good all season otherwise. See https://warrenmiller.com/events/ca for CA shows. Tickets also include discounts for Schweitzer, Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Mountain Collective. Eldora, Silverton and 20% off at Sport Basement.
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Belated reply to this Oct 28 post:
Some of us of a certain age, self included, get to ski Mt Ashland for Free. Missed out after Whistler as they are closed early in the week.
That said, I'll likely see the WM movie somewhere soon.

 

[John Webb]

https://longrangesnowcenter.net/2019/11/10/north-american-winter-outlook-2019-20/

My final North American winter outlook is now available.
Unfortunately California is set to have a largely below average season, per my forecast. It won’t be absolutely abysmal though, with potentially improving conditions later in the season. This is owing to the current base-state that has not been pleasant to California in recent months. Might have to be a case of needing patience for snowfall.

Nothing worthy of note in the medium term either, sorry.

Sadly, if that happens I'll drive to SLC for some early season turns. Done that before.

 

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They should have picked a better angle




Better tweet up now-

 

[Andy Mink]

I did the Squalpine thing this morning. Kangaroo was open at Alpine and had good coverage. Definitely a crispy surface accentuated by the bumpy seams where the groomer had worked. As it warmed up and the crowd, which wasn't huge, skied the surface started to turn to sugar. I imagine it softened up some more after I left.

Some nice Squalpine swag for the early birds


My spot in line


Looking up Kangaroo

After about 8 runs on Kangaroo I headed over to Squaw to do a few laps on Pioneer. I'm counting my two runs as skiing at Squaw on opening day.

Busting trail to the lift


Too to bottom coverage

It's all in good fun and it's better than places like Florida get all year!

 

[textrovert]

Just got an email from Smooth Rides - new location at the Truckee Save Mart shopping center and partnership with Blue Zone. New times too- 7am-6pm, 7 days a week.
Very convenient! Any more details @Philpug ? Maybe some PugSki discount?

 

[Eric267]

Snuck over to Alpine for a bit this afternoon. Quiet for the most part. Was getting pretty bumped up with some wonky groomer ruts by mid afternoon which made it a little interesting. Better than I expected..

A bit of a pattern change going into next week should bring down nighttime temps and possibly some precip into the equation. Hopefully that knocks out the inversions which have had the upper mountains roughly 8-10° warmer than the base at night for the last 2 weeks. Nothing to worry about as of yet since it seems like in the trend has us with more seasons past Memorial Day than natural snow to kick things off. First few weeks of December are key!


The roo around 2


*Some good tracking links

NOAA readings SV 6200/8,000/8700 & AM (ward)
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/remotedata/sqwhic.php

Squalpine 7 yr snow tracker
https://squawalpine.com/skiing-ridi...ms/squaw-valley-snowfall-tracker/?tab=ui-id-7

 

[davjr96]

Sitting at the top of kangaroo at Alpine... After walking up. Lift maintenance until at least 10.

 

[Andy Mink]

Sitting at the top of kangaroo at Alpine... After walking up. Lift maintenance until at least 10.

At least it's a pretty short walk.

 

[John Webb]

WTH Come on & get your act together !
One lift open at Alpine and it's broken ?

 

[Near Nyquist]

It’s hike to ski at alpine today
Time to earn your turns n harden up for the upcoming season

Or

Stay home and have a beer

 

[Andy Mink]

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It’s hike to ski at alpine today
Time to earn your turns n harden up for the upcoming season

Or

Stay home and have a beer

At least they can get the service trucks close.

 

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Kangaroo already down.

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[Near Nyquist]

They fixed it

No lines

 

[Tricia]

https://longrangesnowcenter.net/2019/11/10/north-american-winter-outlook-2019-20/

My final North American winter outlook is now available.
Unfortunately California is set to have a largely below average season, per my forecast. It won’t be absolutely abysmal though, with potentially improving conditions later in the season. This is owing to the current base-state that has not been pleasant to California in recent months. Might have to be a case of needing patience for snowfall.

Nothing worthy of note in the medium term either, sorry.

Thanks for that. Its pretty much what we expected.
I'm sure we'll get plenty of turns in and enjoy them all.

Somewhat better. I got California right last year IIRC.

Yeah, I remember. I think it looked a little better last year but not much.

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I forgot that @Andy Mink and I had an appearance. I remembered you, though.

I did the Squalpine thing this morning. Kangaroo was open at Alpine and had good coverage. Definitely a crispy surface accentuated by the bumpy seams where the groomer had worked. As it warmed up and the crowd, which wasn't huge, skied the surface started to turn to sugar. I imagine it softened up some more after I left.
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Some nice Squalpine swag for the early birds

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My spot in line

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Looking up Kangaroo

After about 8 runs on Kangaroo I headed over to Squaw to do a few laps on Pioneer. I'm counting my two runs as skiing at Squaw on opening day.
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Busting trail to the lift

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Too to bottom coverage

It's all in good fun and it's better than places like Florida get all year!

Sorry I missed it.Had fun hitting it with you last year.

Just got an email from Smooth Rides - new location at the Truckee Save Mart shopping center and partnership with Blue Zone. New times too- 7am-6pm, 7 days a week.
Very convenient! Any more details @Philpug ? Maybe some PugSki discount?

Smooth Rides is indeed open two doors down from Blue Zone. The tunes will be done as they always have been but the details are not quite clear to us yet. Will report back when we know more

 

[Andy Mink]

It looks like Mt. Rose was sneaking in some snow making. Kit Carson Bowl is covered from the top though it gets narrow. Now they need to get snow to the lift. This week should be the ticket with colder weather coming.

 

[Mendieta]

It looks like Mt. Rose was sneaking in some snow making. Kit Carson Bowl is covered from the top though it gets narrow. Now they need to get snow to the lift. This week should be the ticket with colder weather coming.
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A little snowfall on Tuesday might do it? Hoping for it! From BA:

Tuesday we have increasing clouds and wind as a storm moves in. We could see some light showers later in the afternoon. Tuesday night we could see some light rain and snow with snow levels lowering to around 7,000 feet. Wednesday the light showers could continue. We could see a coating up to a few inches of snow above 7k.

 

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This week's snow is favoring the East side. Mt. Rose looking to pick up the most.

From BA-

 

[Tony]

This week's snow is favoring the East side. Mt. Rose looking to pick up the most.

Rose may have highest prediction for N Tahoe, but Heavenly is predicted to get more. Source is also OpenSnow. Sorry that format is not the same.


And Mammoth is predicted to get a little more. Probably not enough to open more unless it over-delivers, but should cover the gravel I found in some place last week and colder temps will help snowmaking.