Coronas of assorted varieties aside, we're flying in to Sacramento late Saturday evening, plan for now is to drive to Squaw early Sunday... which seems like it will coincide with a fairly nice dump. Yes we are renting a 4WD. I hope a saving grace is that fewer people will be making the same drive on a Sunday, vs Saturday, although it seems like there's a lot of pent up demand for any freshies out there right now.
We'll be staying in Tahoe City for a full week (doing the Ikon-Epic swing through) - no FOMO - plenty of time to circle back and hit up something we passed by earlier.
Questions for the learned locals, if I may:
- As the weather is setting up now, for that Sunday specifically, do you recommend Squaw or Alpine (or even N*)? Looking for crowd/liftline avoidance; it's our 1st trip to Tahoe so I suspect we will find cool stuff anywhere we go.
- What can we expect road/traffic wise on 80? Seems like Donner Pass is the primary bugaboo- what other sporty spots can we expect? - How's the comparison vs I70 on the Denver-Summit county run?
- We've got CalTrans and CHP Truckee facebook bookmarked and ready to check; how quickly do they react and update status?
- Traction laws seem similar to CO and UT; is the specific requirement for M+S tires on 4WD also? This may be a challenge on a rental out of Sac, probably only have "all season."
- This seems like a "small" storm by Tahoe standards; when does CHP start shutting stuff down?
Many thanks in advance!
We'll be staying in Tahoe City for a full week (doing the Ikon-Epic swing through) - no FOMO - plenty of time to circle back and hit up something we passed by earlier.
Questions for the learned locals, if I may:
- As the weather is setting up now, for that Sunday specifically, do you recommend Squaw or Alpine (or even N*)? Looking for crowd/liftline avoidance; it's our 1st trip to Tahoe so I suspect we will find cool stuff anywhere we go.
- What can we expect road/traffic wise on 80? Seems like Donner Pass is the primary bugaboo- what other sporty spots can we expect? - How's the comparison vs I70 on the Denver-Summit county run?
- We've got CalTrans and CHP Truckee facebook bookmarked and ready to check; how quickly do they react and update status?
- Traction laws seem similar to CO and UT; is the specific requirement for M+S tires on 4WD also? This may be a challenge on a rental out of Sac, probably only have "all season."
- This seems like a "small" storm by Tahoe standards; when does CHP start shutting stuff down?
Many thanks in advance!