Alpine picked up 3 inches at the summit overnight with a dusting at the base. Snow levels continued to drop all night and were down to the base this morning, but the heaviest precip had already pushed south of us. Temps will rebound today to close to 50 at the base and the 30′s up top. We should have [...]
Alpine picked up 3 inches from the weak storm this past Wednesday bringing the April snowfall total to 18 inches. We will have lots of clouds today & tomorrow as moisture is streaming into the Pacific NW and the Northern tip of CA. The biggest affect on us today and tomorrow will just be some wind and maybe [...]
With the 16+ inches from the storm last week Alpine has now picked up over 800 inches on the season up top. The base is now around 23 feet up top and 12 feet at the bottom. That will be the peak of our base as we go into Spring but it’s a big one [...]
We have an unseasonably cold storm moving in tonight that is going to bring really cold air and up to 2 feet of fluffy powder to the mountain. There is a cold area of low pressure off the coast of British Columbia this morning that is working its way South down the coast. Winds will pick up [...]
The warmup is brief today and tomorrow as the next shot of cold air is set to move in Wednesday. This shot is much stronger than over the weekend. Highs today could break 60 at the base and 50 on the mountain. As the cold front approaches on Wednesday winds will pick up and highs will be [...]
Mother Nature may be playing a nice little April fools joke on us today. Inversions kept temps in the 50′s on the top half of the mountain overnight and highs today could break 60 degrees. It will be a different story over the weekend as a cold front moves through on Saturday bringing colder temperatures [...]
It’s interesting to see a mountain stransform literally before our eyes. This March was an invitation to a non-optional, participation-mandatory tango sponsored by Mother Nature. We all watched Alpine’s snowpack grow, shift, and manipulate itself from what was familiar territory three weeks ago into an exquisite, foreign moonscape. The result? Astounding scenic beauty previously unknown [...]
What an incredible run of storms over the past 2 weeks. Alpine already had a great base but now we should have more than enough snow to last through the spring. Over the past 10 days up top Alpine Meadows has picked up 197 inches of snow, over the past 2 weeks 253 inches, and [...]
Alpine Meadows picked up another 19 inches in the past 24 hours bringing the total for storm #1 in this series to 26 inches. It also brings the weeks total to 136 inches, the month’s total to 240 inches, and the season total to 748 inches up top! This is the biggest season since 1994-95 [...]
Alpine Meadows picked up another 20 inches from the snow showers over the past 24 hours. That brings the 4 day storm total to 110 inches or over 9 feet up top, and the 9 day total to over 13 feet. That is not the end as we have another 4 day storm cycle headed [...]
Alpine picked up 28 inches in the past 24 hours bringing the storm total to 54 inches and the 7 day total to 9 feet on top. There is a ton of snow still to come this week as Alpine is quickly approaching 700 inches on the season. The mountain is buried in massive amounts [...]
If you live at Lake Tahoe or visit, undoubtedly you’ve picked up the local paper and read the phenomenal articles published by Mark McLaughlin, a.k.a., The Storm King. You’ve probably read one of his many award-winning books, including Sierra Stories: True Tales of Tahoe (volumes I and II); Western Train Adventures; The Good, The Bad, [...]
Alpine picked up another 16 inches on top yesterday morning with the last band of heavy snow that pushed through. That brings the storm total to 39 inches, the 7 day total to 58 inches, and the season total to 636 inches. Alpine averages 450 inches a season so we are now at 141% of the annual snowfall average and [...]
Off to a good start on the 5 feet in 10 days countdown we started on Sunday. Alpine picked up 17 inches from the first storm and is now only a few inches away from breaking the 600 inch mark for the season at the summit. We have a lot more snow coming starting tonight [...]
We have a series of storms on the way starting tonight, and we will transition back into a colder pattern by the end of this week that could last a while. As you can see in the 10 day precip map there could be enough precip to bring 4-5 feet over the next 10 days. [...]
Alpine picked up a total of 26 inches from the last storm as of Monday bringing the season total to 578 inches which is already 128% of the annual snowfall average. Nice weather again today ahead of the next storm that will hit the Pacific NW. The parade of storms will continue to impact the Pacific NW over [...]
Alpine Meadows picke up 7 inches overnight as of 6 a.m. as this 2 day storm is just getting started. We have already picked up the forecasted amount for the first part of the storm and we should pick up another 3-6 inches today. There will be a lull in the action this evening before part 2 [...]
Alpine picked up a total of 20 inches from the Wed/Thu storm bringing the season total to 123% of the annual snowfall average. Beautiful weather has followed the past 2 days. Looking at the models over the past few days they continue to bring in less precip for the warm part of the storm this weekend. There is [...]
The storm looked good as it approached last night and brought 3 inches of accumulation to Alpine in the early morning hours. Then this first wave of moisture weakened and split apart pretty quickly this morning. There is a cold front approaching from the West as well as some heavier bands of snow. Then behind the cold front this [...]
What a great weekend of soft powder at Alpine after picking up 4 feet on Friday. Alpine has now received 532 inches on the season, 118% of the annual snowfall average as of February 26th. That’s not the end as we have many more storms on the horizon, the first of which will arrive Tuesday night. [...]