Conditions Report
Kirkwood ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA has already gotten 11-inches of new snow at their 7,800-foot base as of Noon today.
“Just a tad bit after the high Noon hour with 11″ of accumulation @our 7800′ base here…
Temps 31@base with 25@summit, winds still light 15ish SSW…
Perfect set up my friends, I hiked around the base and it is really settling in well…
Snow is lightening up a bit, but we have another cell approaching up and through the Mokelumne canyon…
Roads are R1 as reported by Cal Trans so slow’yr roll my friends…
Stay’n Thirsty,
Coop” – Kirkwood’s great PR dude
As of 7:25am, they only had an inch or two at the base. Since the 7:25am update, they’ve gotten about 10″ of snow at their base.
That means it’s been snowing about 2.5 inches per hour the past 4 hours at the base! Just imagine how much snow they’ve been getting at the top of Kirkwood at 9,800-feet!
This storm in Tahoe and all of the Sierras is for real and the current Winter Storm Watch doesn’t expire until 10pm. NOAA is forecasting 1-2 Feet of snow in the high mountain of Tahoe today.
We just got a report from World Cup skier Travis Ganong of 12″ of snow at the base of Squaw. He went cross country skiing.
Solid 12+ inches here at the bottom of @squawalpine with much more up higher! Just went on a cross-country ski mission to explore the winter wonderland! Winter is here!” – Travis Ganong via facebook at 1pm today
KIRKWOOD PHOTO TOUR TODAY as of NOON:
That would be a solid foot of snow at the bottom of Alpine! I skied up on the roads up the mountain and found some pretty nice turns on a tele ski/cross country set up!