KT-22 opened for the season. photo from today. photo: yimmers/snowbrains

Lake Tahoe is having its best season since 2011. We just went through four brutal years of very low snowfall. This year is different…

This year, Tahoe snowfall is going strong with 7 ski resorts already breaking the 100″ snowfall mark as of yesterday.

Heavenly has gotten more snow already this year, 97″, than they ever got did all last season! KT-22 at Squaw is already open and Headwall should open this week. The Chutes opened at Mt. Rose today.

According to the NOAA graph below, in the Tahoe Basin, we’ve already surpassed the deepest snowpacks of last winter. Crazy, right?

" The peak of the snowpack is typically near April 1, and this is the date used to compare overall winter snowpack numbers. The winter of 2014-2015 brought an abysmal snowpack to the region, with most basins only reporting 2-20 percent of average as of April 1, 2015. However, last year’s peak was also earlier in the winter, closer to March 1, and would be slightly higher than current conditions, as can be seen in the chart." -NOAA, today — ” The peak of the snowpack is typically near April 1, and this is the date used to compare overall winter snowpack numbers. The winter of 2014-2015 brought an abysmal snowpack to the region, with most basins only reporting 2-20 percent of average as of April 1, 2015. However, last year’s peak was also earlier in the winter, closer to March 1, and would be slightly higher than current conditions, as can be seen in the chart.” -NOAA, today

Lets rejoice in our early season snowfall and keep our eyes on the horizon for more. According to climatologist, the current strong El Nino should be kicking even more snow Tahoe’s way beginning next month.