Squaw Valley Powder Day Report:

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KT-22 and Headwall at 8:30am today.
KT-22 and Headwall at 8:30am today.

Squaw Valley reported that they received 7″ of snow on Sunday night and Monday.  The entire mountain was closed, more or less, yesterday leaving us all of Siberia, Headwall, Solitude, Shirley Lake, and Granite Chief fresh for the taking.

McConkey's and KT-22 at 9am today.
McConkey’s and KT-22 at 9am today.

We showed up at 8:30am, it was mostly sunny, and there were very few people in line for the Funitel.

Ski-Mac on the top of Granite today.
Ski-Mac on the top of Granite today.

At the top of the Funi, people seemed to chose between going straight to Sibo-Reverse Traverse-Headwall or Granite Chief.  We chose Emigrant to Granite and it was pretty great in spots.  Icy moguls were sticking out of the fresh snow in many spots, but if you found a smooth line, it was fun.

Funnel was a highlight today.
Funnel was a highlight today.

After we mined all the smooth spots on Granite, we tried Shirley and found the zone under the Funnel smooth, fast, and fun.

Dumping snow at noon today.
Dumping snow at noon today.

As we were riding up Shirley after a few laps, we saw patrol skiing down the Funnel – Rob Gaffney’s favorite run at Squaw – and we skied up to the patroller.  He announced that he was going to open the Funnel on his next lap.  Naturally, we followed him up and we’re stoked to be first ones in the Funnel.  We did two laps and hooted a bunch.

Shirley today.
Shirley was fun today.

Solitude’s Rainbow Bowl was good.  Siberia was funky and ungroomed with icy moguls.  We never did do the Reverse Traverse, but Headwall/CII must have been good because The Andy Hays did a bunch of runs there in the morning.  We were too lazy to do the big lap all the way to the bottom and ride the Funi back up.

Tram Face is dry...
Tram Face is dry…

By about noon the snow was getting pretty heavy and it started snowing hard.  Stick to your goggles snow.  We ended up skiing down the mountain run at about 1pm and around the base of Headwall the snow turned to rain.

Rock Pile on Granite first thing today.
Rock Pile on Granite first thing today.

Overall it was a great day with some fun snow.  Stoked to get in one more powder day.  Could it be the last?  How much longer will Squaw/Alpine stay open?  We’ll have to wait and see…

The Fingers on KT-22.
The Fingers on KT-22.

RECORD HEAT ON THE WAY TO TAHOE:

64ºF on Friday...
64ºF on Friday…

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2 thoughts on “Squaw Valley Powder Day Report:

  1. Funny that yesterdays conditions were worthy of a ‘powder’ report.. soooo deep, hehehe

    Thanks for keeping it positive

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