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Is Tahoe on track to have another horrible season?

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pikupfulofsnow
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Current weather and forecasts point towards yes, this year will be another horrible season in Tahoe.
Bums me out, I'm 6 hours away.
Nov 26 2013 5:17PM
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perryhunter
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Oh yeah! Heavenly is awesome til mid-April I guess.
Jan 27 2014 9:34PM
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ThaLorax
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Tahoe is on track for a come back. I'll calling 350" before the end of the season.

Y'all can take your negativity and fuck yourselves with Squaw's broken sewage pipeline.
Jan 27 2014 9:42PM
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Karma_Police
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Hahahahahaha, just shit ALL over the white ribbon of death.

Were you there? A buddy that coaches at alpine said it was a shit show, literally.

It was DUMPING on that single run though. Man, I could go on and on.
Jan 27 2014 10:01PM
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Ribss.
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Fuck man, I bought pow skis last year and have only ridden them twice in one and a half seasons. At least Northstar's park isn't too bad.
Jan 27 2014 10:11PM
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ThaLorax
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No, I honestly haven't even skied Tahoe this season and I have both the Vail and Squaw pass. All 14 of my ski days so far were in Summit County in October and early November.
Jan 27 2014 10:33PM
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Jahoe_Stuyve
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Its just gonna rain alllllll day tomorrow anyway so... what is a base again?
Jan 28 2014 8:45PM
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juicedrummer11
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a base is the part of your skis that you tear to shreds when skiing the sierra mountain range in the '13-'14 "winter"

or base could commonly be referred to as a number less than 20 on a mounain's homepage online also during the current winter
Jan 28 2014 9:09PM
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simmers
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Blazers play tonight
Jan 28 2014 9:35PM
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broto
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THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY NIGHT... CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEAR TWO FEET ABOVE 8000 FEET...ONE FOOT OR
MORE ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND AROUND 6 INCHES AT LAKE TAHOE LEVEL.
SNOW FORECASTS BELOW 7000 FEET ARE LOW CONFIDENCE DUE TO
UNCERTAINTIES WITH WHEN SNOW LEVELS DROP THURSDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: 8000 FEET WEDNESDAY... DROPPING BELOW 7000 FEET
AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TO LAKE LEVEL THURSDAY
MORNING.


from weather.gov
Jan 28 2014 10:39PM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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looks like i might be right
Jan 29 2014 4:12PM
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ModMommy
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My brother said it's raining (!!!) in Reno right now, so hopefully it's cooled enough in Tahoe so this storm delivers.
Jan 29 2014 4:15PM
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broto
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I'm not in tahoe, but i'm heading out there in a couple weeks to visit and ski with my buddies so i've been tracking the weather fairly closely. Looks like the it's rain in tahoe right now as well, should switch to snow tonight
Jan 29 2014 4:17PM
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ThaLorax
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It's puking................................... rain right now at the resorts.
Jan 29 2014 4:20PM
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roddy116
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How is it right meow?
Jan 30 2014 2:31AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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Squaw says 6 new inches, but the base webcam makes it look more like 3. Also pretty soggy looking.

I love living in the NW.
Jan 30 2014 10:41AM
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RubberSoul
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squaw says 6 and i believe you that it looks like less at base but there's gonna be a huge difference between base camp and upper mtn, and isn't it supposed to keep going thru today?
Jan 30 2014 10:46AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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oh yeah, i don't doubt 6 at mid mountain. And i guess it is, but the base still looks like its sloppy. Hopefully the upper half can end up with a foot or more.
Jan 30 2014 11:02AM
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taylornicky
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FINALLY SNOW
Jan 30 2014 12:19PM
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sugarloaf
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gonna head out soon and see how lower mountain is fairing at squaw. currently big flakes falling on the valley floor. no upper mtn today :( but tomorrow will probably be raging. will report back, but its good to finally see some snow
Jan 30 2014 12:44PM
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kevinegan
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truckee has about 8 and counting. its beautiful, i forgot what snow looked like for a bit.
Jan 30 2014 1:11PM
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juicedrummer11
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hopefully the snows again all night and tomorrow so saturday can be awesome
Jan 30 2014 7:54PM
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skitheeast77
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bad joke:

Why do snowboarders love the tahoe drought? Because every mountain is Bear
Jan 30 2014 8:08PM
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kevinegan
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got too damn hot today it was dumping till about noon and just stopped...
Jan 30 2014 8:31PM
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GreenStezz
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I'm sleeping in the patrol shack at the top of Kirkwood right now and it's still dumping............................
Jan 30 2014 9:53PM
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ThaLorax
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skied from 2-4 today at Squaw. straight scraped out bullert proof with a select few good turns. I only skied Red Dog though. uppr mtn is foreseably closed. going to alpine tomorrow in hopes for a few more options. barely snowing right now.
Jan 31 2014 6:02AM
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RubberSoul
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no hate dude but how can you be negative about the conditions when you showed up at 2? im not around tahoe right now but i got plenty of pics from my friends that showed there was lots of fun to be had yesterday
Jan 31 2014 9:41AM
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goat00
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yesterday was tits. today should be too, cuz some lifts didnt open yesterday (heavenly/sky)
Jan 31 2014 12:26PM
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SkiBum.
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There is no longer a "on track"

Tahoe is having a bad year. Horrible year actually. Probably one of the worst, if not worst, on record. (three years ago was just as bad probably)

At least the water content from this last storm helped (Helped overall...not the snow)

1.5" of rain first with 6" of mank did more harm then good...
Jan 31 2014 12:45PM
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RubberSoul
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youre thinking of 2 years ago, 2012. 2011 was epic


and i was there in 2012, march brought the snowfall up to like 70% of average, translation, march was pretty sick. not saying it makes up for the bad year or saved it but it was a major consideration
Jan 31 2014 12:50PM
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SkiBum.
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Yeah, your are right. 2012.

They seem to all just blend together...haha.
Jan 31 2014 12:51PM
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sugarloaf
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pretty much this. I was out pretty early and it was a little better today but it's also more crowded. still not enough snow. typical squaw too, didn't open upper mtn yesterday, claimed new terrain today, then all the opened is gold coast and they're so kindly letting us hike sibo. apparently shirley and sibo will open tomorrow, probably with ridiculous crowds and gapers from the bay. i'm officially a very bitter, very jaded local who is moving very soon.

south lake seems like it got more snow. anyone riding kirkwood or sierra and can update us?
Jan 31 2014 2:30PM
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RubberSoul
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i saw pics that looked mad fun from that today, why wouldn't you do that?? way better than anything else you've had this year, no?

you are jaded! not that i blame you but man
Jan 31 2014 2:48PM
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skiEER
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it was really good up top above 8500 at Heavenly the past 2 days but there was a really noticeable drop off the lower you went.
Jan 31 2014 9:29PM
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ThaLorax
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I want being negative. I was giving a description of what our was like while I was there. I skied both Alpine and Squaw today. Alpine is doing a lot better right now. conditions obviously aren't ideal amd the rain didn't help but there's plenty of fun to have out there.
Jan 31 2014 9:51PM
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HalfandHalf
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sibo was dope yesterday! hike kept the rest of people away so i didnt mind.
but yea, they coulde given us shirly yesterday and not saved it for the public as usual.

Feb 1 2014 7:33PM
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californiagrown
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Commence an EPIC jinx:

Low pressure will setup in the Gulf of Alaska next weekend sending storms into the West Coast from Canada down to CA. The GFS has now joined the European models for several runs in showing the precip pushing far enough South to bring a decent snow event next weekend. There is colder air associated with this system so the snow levels would be low enough for all snow on the mountains. The concern was the low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska would setup too far West and the ridge off the CA coast would keep the precip just to our North. For now it appears that won't be the case, at least for the start of this pattern next weekend. We won't talk about snowfall amounts until we get with 5 days on Monday, but looking at current model runs it would be measured in feet.
Feb 1 2014 10:57PM
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ThaLorax
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Wow, typing on my phone apparently makes me sound illiterate.
Feb 1 2014 11:00PM
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goat00
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forecasts look good for south lake. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=96150
Feb 2 2014 2:01PM
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louie.mirags
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that is awesome that the weather is improving there! looking great for the northeast later this week as well
Feb 2 2014 4:25PM
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Karma_Police
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Yup, rode kirkwood Saturday and Heavenly Sunday.

Snowed all day at heav Sunday, surprised they only reported 1", they got a boat load more.

Kirkwood was good but beware, 2 core shots half the size of my pinkie. Kirkwood has the best snow in the basin. If these storms over the next week come to fruition then the wood will be fucking prime.

Sentinel bowl is still pretty hairy.

Skied the fingers/chutes off of skiers right of 6, if you went around the rope, fairly thin, had to be light on your feet, sun exposed, buddy got cliffed out (he's an idiot.)

Dick's drop was skiing really fun and pretty filled in for how little of snow there has been.

Honestly everyone complaining is being a little bitch, be happy we finally got some fucking snow.


Feb 3 2014 1:16PM
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quixotic
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Heavenly did only get one inch yesterday. I was sitting in my lift hut watching it snow all day and then measured in an untouched area that had been groomed the previous night and despite it snowing all day.. It really was only an inch.
Feb 3 2014 3:41PM
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Karma_Police
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I probably gave you a peace sign.

It was surprising they only got that much, I guess it's been so fucking long since it snowed I have no idea what heavy and light snowfall looks like :(
Feb 3 2014 5:31PM
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juicedrummer11
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i was there saturday as well. the snow was nice at least just wish it was a little deeper off the sides. i was on new skis so i didn't stray off too far just yet. did setinal bowl once and didn't wanna risk it goin back.

also my buddy took a good little channel out of his board. luckily it wasn't quite a core shot so not too terrible but still could use a lot more snow
Feb 3 2014 6:04PM
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taylornicky
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Skied heavenly on saturday 2/1. It was so much fun. I wasn't expecting the good conditions. Skied untouched powder off of sky and dipper all day. So much fun! And barely any clouds in the sky.
FINALLY
Feb 4 2014 12:05AM
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Karma_Police
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FUCKIN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://opensnow.com/dailysnow/post/2112
Feb 5 2014 12:46PM
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powerbong2000
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oh fuck yes. Just in time. Thank god.
Feb 5 2014 1:06PM
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sugarloaf
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*cautiously optimistic*
Feb 5 2014 1:17PM
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broto
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yessss leaving for tahoe in 6 days!
Feb 5 2014 1:19PM
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Karma_Police
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There will be no fun to be had, I will have used it all up.
Feb 5 2014 1:48PM
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