Conditions Report
Alpine Meadows ski resort in California opened the summit for the first time this season yesterday and it was good.
No, it was great.
Honestly, I don’t know Alpine that well. We kept going out on the High Yellow traverse and finding large, completely untracked zones that confused me.
“Is this closed or does this cliff out or something? It’s 1:30pm, why aren’t there any tracks?” – miles
“No, it goes and it’s open. Because it’s Alpine, dude.” – Alan
We skied powder at Alpine yesterday from 9am until we were exhausted at 3pm without stopping once. Lots of traversing, lots of powder, lots of mini-hucks.
The powder was around 2-6″, recrystalized, dense, and absolutely lovely where the wind hadn’t hit it too much.
High Yellow was the call as well as the terrain near the ABC chair. Right under the Summit chair was fun a well.
To be totally honest, Alpine is skiing better than Squaw right now especially since you can bang top-to-bottom laps all day on Summit Chair.
There were no lifts lines at Alpine yesterday. None at all.
Yesterday was my favorite day of the season so far.
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You gotta get out more man.
That looks a lot like Squaw Valley South.
Yeah, man! Great skiing with you. Alpine is full of pockets, but you do have to be a careful cause sometimes it *does* cliff out.