Conditions Report
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IS THERE ANY SNOW IN TAHOE?????
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Last week Kirkwood Mountain was graced with a freak massive amount of new snow of…wait for it…3 inches! Given the season so far, that 3 inch storm yields to one of the deepest powder days of the year! With a bluebird forecast the day after the major snow event, I rallied up to the mountain to see what I could find in and beyond the boundaries. Albeit with a firm layer underneath, those 3 inches definitely helped to allow for fun on the slopes with some pow slashing. I started the day on Wagon Wheel Bowl and encountered the fabled East wind. The good news? Well, that wind was depositing snow in a few select areas. My first plan of attack was to head past the Funnel Chute into Saddle Chute where I found some extremely decent turns.
My main objective of the day was to explore Broadway chute and possibly ski tour out to Peak 9795. After a lap in the chute, the East wind told me to go explore Thunder Saddle instead. To my luck, my usual stomping grounds between Vista and Thunder Saddle held the sheltered goods. The snow was definitely the best on the mountain by being smooth and fast.
After 4 weeks of being closed due to ‘hard snow,’ the Wall opened up so I had to check it out. After one turn off the cat track I realized why it was closed…frozen glacier moguls! Even with a massive firm layer below, I found pleasant turns in All the Way, The Ridge to Waterfall, and down the middle of the bowl of The Wall.
To finish out the day, I lapped Chair 6 by exploring Chamoix, Oops and Poops, Olympic and Lightning. I was astonished to find one solo track at 1pm on Oops, and zero tracks in the Olympic fun zone at 2pm.
On Sunday February 1st, I returned with my 3 year old daughter and was pleasantly surprised to find great morning groomers and gorgeous weather. After dropping her off for a ski lesson, I reunited with an old ski pal and we went exploring off Chair 6. As usual, we found the best turns in Chamoix, Oops and Olympic.
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WILL THIS NEXT STORM DELIVER? WE CAN ONLY HOPE!
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As of Wednesday January 28th we still have a snowpack…
Yes, for this season, this is considered a powder day…
View of the coverage of the Funnel Chute zone…
Groomers were amazing the day after THE STORM…
I’d say we need more snow for an extreme comp on the Cirque…
The steeps of Thunder Saddle have decent coverage all things considered…
The backside of Kirkwood…
People were going for hippy pow turns under the Wave…
I planned on hiking up to California Chutes after a West Shore lap but the East wind pretty killed that idea…
Looks like the uphill wind blew away the possibility of fluffy turns…
No fall zone here…wintery slough on top of a glacier…yay!
Here’s a view of the line and the coverage…
Backside of Round Top Peak at 10,381ft…
Found some fun on the backside on the way to Thunder Saddle…
I stumbled upon some fresh snow in Thunder Saddle…
Over towards Vista, I found the run of the day!
Today, the Wall opened!
Between some super firm areas, I found some heavenly turns…
Here’s a great view of the snow situation in Tahoe. The valley at the bottom of Kirkwood is at 7800 feet…
Coverage on Cornice Chair, Glove Rock and Martin Point…
On February 1st, I brought my 3 year old daughter for a slay session at Kirkwood…
Groomers were pretty much damn perfect in the morning before her ski lesson…
Once on my own, I lapped some groomers off Chair 6…
I met up with an old ski pal, so I took some pics while finding fresh snow skiers right of Olympic…
Yeah, so that’s NOT ice…
And yet another wintery area to the right…
Found some good snow in Oops & Poops…
Chamoix had the best snow, so we lapped it…
Ski lesson over but the next lesson was about Gaper Gaps…
My daughter is doing quite well, so we ended the day with some air…
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PLEASE SNOW
