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Tahoe Filing For Natural Disaster Relief Due To Lack Of Snow

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pikupfulofsnow
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Squaw Valley is having their worst winter possibly ever. With a near zero inch base and only sun/warmth in the 14 day forecast, SF Times reports they might file for natural disaster insurance relief.


http://www.sftimes/squawvalley.com
Jan 3 2012 1:47AM
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
gosh Tahoe is killing me right now. Worst winter break ever
Jan 3 2012 1:51AM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
I remember 2004/2005, Washington did not have a winter (until April). Seems like the Sierras are suffering a similar fate. I feel for you guys, just don't come up north.
Jan 3 2012 1:53AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,049
Most areas in the US are having this problem, utah has barely received like 90" so far this year... mammoth got 24 ft in december and they got maybe 24 inches this december...
Jan 3 2012 2:05AM
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TheBredward
Posts: 186 - Karma: 36
Worst winter break of my life. I need to go to sleep until next winter...
Jan 3 2012 2:10AM
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manutdsaol
Posts: 906 - Karma: 56
No Snow? We deal with that shit year round. But I feel for you guys. If I lived near a real mountain I'd be pissed
Jan 3 2012 2:13AM
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skiingute
Posts: 630 - Karma: 15
Yeah Utah hasnt had a great year but at least there is enough snow to ride on and enough for some meager park building.
Jan 3 2012 2:20AM
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whipple
Posts: 1415 - Karma: 5,167
must be evening out after last season
Jan 3 2012 2:26AM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
Yeah snoqualmie pass was only open for a week the entire year. Fortunately they refunded our season passes
Jan 3 2012 2:34AM
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Rosbif
Posts: 2543 - Karma: 930
Can't find anything about this anywhere else apart from here. Any functioning links?
Jan 3 2012 2:39AM
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BIG_E.Z.
Posts: 102 - Karma: 16
i remember that year. only got in like two days. and my trip to whistler turned into a trip to san diego.
Jan 3 2012 2:39AM
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RRhighrider
Posts: 2140 - Karma: 1,124
More like 2 inches. It has been really sad
Jan 3 2012 2:45AM
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ShredMasterPlus
Posts: 1159 - Karma: 807
WOOO POW POW In canada take that for all those years of ur 400inches!
Jan 3 2012 2:51AM
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RubberSoul
Posts: 11249 - Karma: 14,642
threads
Jan 3 2012 3:03AM
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MikeWeinerONE
Posts: 501 - Karma: 1,215
the glass is half full... we'll get plenty of snow this winter, just hoping it comes soon...
Jan 3 2012 3:10AM
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Rockhound
Posts: 3432 - Karma: 851
sucks up in the pacific northwest too man, all rain, all the time..... FUCK
Jan 3 2012 3:23AM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
east is dope! rock skiing for life
Jan 3 2012 3:34AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,049
only because of low temps and snow making. outside of snowmaking is bare
Jan 3 2012 3:36AM
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remster
Posts: 898 - Karma: 261
Sounds bad. Thats why I live in NZ
Jan 3 2012 3:44AM
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JAHrig
Posts: 738 - Karma: 2,649
Its not great up here in MT, but we have had some pow days the last two weeks and enough base for the whole mountain to be open. Nowhere near like last year. I have faith though, its a comin!
Jan 3 2012 4:07AM
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Rosbif
Posts: 2543 - Karma: 930
Eh? That sounds exactly like NZ!
Jan 3 2012 4:25AM
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Iclam19
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
Stay positive the low pressure trough will make its way through!

Hopefully soon....
Jan 3 2012 4:31AM
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Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
Does Squaw have any non-snow activities they could market, like hiking, tubing, parachuting et cetera?

Sounds pretty bad anyway.
Jan 3 2012 5:06AM
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hoodratz47
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hood has a decent base. at 60 inc. but still its need to snow.. we went for 4 weeks with out snow then a foot. now no snow till friday. hopefully


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fucking way she goes
Jan 3 2012 5:18AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
welcome to europe 2010-2011
Jan 3 2012 5:18AM
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whoa-dere
Posts: 10596 - Karma: 7,103
alaska is where it's at i heard
Jan 3 2012 6:45AM
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.skiwi.
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Chyeea! Reppin!
Jan 3 2012 7:06AM
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alexg1687
Posts: 1505 - Karma: 1,581
You think you guys are struggling. Its been 40 degrees C for about 3 days now here. It'll take several days for all our houses to cool down and the pavement is too hot to walk on during the day.
Jan 3 2012 7:25AM
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Errl
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somehow my mountain in PA has some features set up and some trails..
Jan 3 2012 7:34AM
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mountainviper
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Yeah it's been sucking everywhere but hang in there. I actually think that feb-march are gonna be banner. Basing that off alot of factors but I look at everything, including space weather. The solar maximum we are currently in is the likely culprit and even though we've seen alot of moisture so far, I'm of the opinion that it's not nearly the amount expected for this year. If what I'm looking at continues, it appears to me that there will be a drop off in solar activity around the second or third week in january and shy of your typical solar storm here and there, it looks like it'll stay fairly quiet into march before it ramps back up again. If all the moisture we have been expecting comes out of the pacific around the same time we are going to see record snowfalls. I get it though. The resorts are hurting due to drastically shortened seasons but as far as skiing goes, it could be a decent two months.
Jan 3 2012 8:11AM
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.Roockley.
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this
Jan 3 2012 8:58AM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
yay. my first season in europe it dumps buckets here and not back home in the NW. scoreage
Jan 3 2012 9:15AM
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Jwenz
Posts: 8893 - Karma: 7,633
he is not saying base...just saying received...
Jan 3 2012 9:26AM
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KyleA
Posts: 865 - Karma: 510
Not PC.  Snowbird YTD is 99".
Jan 3 2012 9:54AM
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nickyp
Posts: 5673 - Karma: 215
Yeah last year was tragic. We got to the airport and decided not to board our flight to Geneva an hour before take off, and got a flight to Norway instead, it was that bad.

2007 was the worst year though. There was 1 run, and one lift open in Cauterets
Jan 3 2012 10:19AM
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Bill.Nye
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We've gotten maybe 2.4" this december. It didn't snow any more than trace amounts.
Jan 3 2012 10:29AM
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the.cheat
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i wouldn't complain about 90 inches, thats over half of an average season here.
Jan 3 2012 10:47AM
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LikeALion
Posts: 132 - Karma: 12
aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!   4 feet last week up in WA and more coming   im up here for a couple weeks now
Jan 3 2012 10:48AM
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snocompton
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 268
lol what part of wa? only been raining at baker/stevens/crystal/snocompton
Jan 3 2012 10:52AM
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*Nickdel*
Posts: 2264 - Karma: 956
this
Jan 3 2012 11:12AM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
buncha horse shit.  the winter that never was. 
Jan 3 2012 11:23AM
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SkierX
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Sometimes you have to suffer through periods of crap to be able to appreciate the goods when they get delivered.
Jan 3 2012 11:29AM
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kingskier
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yeahhhhh europpe
Jan 3 2012 12:08PM
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Lemuel
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I could give two shits less about snowfall, I just want cold temps for snowmaking. 26 degrees in CT today! It's been in the 40's and 50's all break.
Jan 3 2012 12:19PM
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cottage_steeze
Posts: 564 - Karma: 58
well apparently some websites are still calling for average snowfall totals which means we should be getting semi pounded once it actually starts falling
Jan 3 2012 12:31PM
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onenerdykid
Posts: 6657 - Karma: 10,889
How the tables have turned... now Europe has more snow than they know what to do with... I can't wait to get out of Vermont and be back in Austria...
Jan 3 2012 12:31PM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
come up to Schweitzer Mountain we have a 42 inch base
Jan 3 2012 12:43PM
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JibbaTheHutt
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 1,597
this exactly!!! so many places over Europe with a base of over 3m already!

some places got more snow in like 2 weeks than they got all season last season!!
Jan 3 2012 1:01PM
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250r
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we'll have a 200cm base at midmountain by tomorrow in whist...the snow was fuckin around for a couple weeks here but it seems to be back on track now
Jan 3 2012 1:09PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
Damn, at first, I thought all of this 'Don't go to Tahoe, there's no snow' talk throughout the season was to keep people from encroaching on epic powder.  I never investigated it too deeply, and it's sad to hear that it's true. 

On the bright side, 2012 has brought something like Winter into the East Coast... hopefully it's here to stay.
Jan 3 2012 1:09PM
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_steffen_
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dumping in ohio right now chyeeeaaaa. Hopefully late season makes up for this draught, headed to slc late march.
Jan 3 2012 1:26PM
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