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How much snow is in the Tahoe area?

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TaranItUp
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Hey guys, I might be flying up to Tahoe area in the next few days, but it all depends on how much snow is there. I heard that they have poor snow coverage, but I wasn't sure. So how much snow is at the local ski areas around Tahoe?
Dec 19 2011 2:04PM
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caliskigirl
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Unfortunately very little. Other than a dusting last week it hasn't snowed at all in December, and there is no snow at least in the two week forecast.
So sad. Last year we were soooo spoiled with huge early season sierra dumps. This year all that's open at any resort is a groomer or two with some jibs set up, maybe a small park if you are lucky :( Not to say that we aren't skiing-even an hour or two messing around is a good time (over not skiing at all) but if you come out here it probably isn't worth buying tickets.
Dec 19 2011 2:28PM
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TaranItUp
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Alright, thank you. Yeah it probably wouldnt be worth it then. Thanks for the info.
Dec 19 2011 2:44PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I hear its 100% manmade ribbons of snow.
Dec 19 2011 2:47PM
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Captain_Slow
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I have a trip booked jan 15th to 21st i pray itll get dumped on by then!!! Been waiting a rlly long tiime for this trip
Dec 19 2011 2:54PM
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Thrash
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I heard in the first week of January sometime it's suppose to snow
Dec 19 2011 8:06PM
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californiagrown
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january 7-8 it will snow 30-36 inches according to multiple weather sources. it will be 23 degrees as a high, with little to no wind.
Dec 19 2011 10:23PM
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Parks.
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A lil bit
Dec 19 2011 10:25PM
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EricaMN.
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actually, i checked kirkwood after skiing today for lolz. 9 inches
Dec 19 2011 10:28PM
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I.B
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Pretty much
Dec 19 2011 10:36PM
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Pool.
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http://tahoeweatherdiscussion.com/

theres a storm brewin
Dec 19 2011 10:38PM
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cobra_commander
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All the deep powda, man you got no ideas on the pow pow going down up in there. Getting deep in them tahoes, bacountry action like you aint neva seen my man.
Dec 19 2011 10:46PM
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Otherside
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I went the second or third opening weekend of boreal....I skied 5 inches of powder and the preseason conditions are currently better than what therw is now.
Dec 20 2011 12:53AM
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smuggs
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not sure where ur skiing but alta has some good coverage.
Dec 20 2011 1:31AM
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bret
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squaw's lack of effort doesn't extend to every resort in tahoe. boreal's rail garden is still really well done, and i'd go so far as to say that heavenly and northstar are killing it! both resorts have two pack jumplines that are real fun, as well as a shitload of full-size, well set-up rails. doing fantastic work with what we've got.
Dec 20 2011 2:06AM
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Thrash
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I will finally get to start working and skiing pow. It's taken too long, we really need it.
Dec 20 2011 2:30AM
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quixotic
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i want snow.
Dec 20 2011 3:54AM
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Ribss.
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northstar has a fun park, ride there if you like park and i guarantee youll have a great time
Dec 20 2011 4:19AM
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Boooshank
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Cool link. Bookmarked.

It enlightened and depressed me at the same time. Booo to no snow.
Dec 20 2011 5:37AM
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caliskigirl
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I agree, and while I am primarily a Squaw rider I have been to other resorts ;)
He was asking about how much snow there was, and there is very little, that's obvious. I do applaud our Tahoe resorts for making the best out of what they have and some of them, like you've mentioned, have done great work. Like I said, I'm still skiing and having fun, as are many other pass-holding skiers. However Tahoe is hurting economically right now because of the lack of snow, just ask anyone who lives up there and works in any sort of tourist-type industry-there have been a lot of cancellations for hotels and rentals and business is hardly booming compared to the norm for this time of year. And given how expensive tickets are, I wouldn't blame someone for changing their plans due to the lack of real snow, or at least waiting to come out to Tahoe until a good storm or two hits, especially if they aren't from the NorCal area.
Dec 20 2011 4:32PM
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jerad
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there's no snow, go surf instead (seriously)
Dec 20 2011 8:23PM
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bret
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seriously, you know me, i live here, i work in the tourist industry, my mountain is barely open and i probably won't get work till january. it sucks. my point was that if the OP likes to ride park, he can find surprisingly good midseason-ish conditions and dope setups at several resorts around the lake. wouldn't want to boo-hoo someone out of a tahoe trip right now just cuz there's no pow-da and a few places aren't working with what they've got. heav, northstar and boreal are all going off and definitely worth paying for... especially given the investment they've made to bring us such fantastic conditions in a so-far-snowless winter! wouldn't want to overlook that...!
Dec 20 2011 9:51PM
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Pool.
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this, and op could probably get some tickets to snowglobe music festival and have a good time at night as well as skiing during the day
Dec 21 2011 1:48AM
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