VIDEO: Xander Guldman Cruising Around Squaw Valley, CA | Early Season Conditions Are GOOD Xander Guldman posted this video yesterday of him cruising around Squaw Valley, CA on Sunday. Conditions at the resort are good, considering it’s only the first week of December. This guy is fun to watch and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for us this season. Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: 40-Second Long Backflip/360º Train at Squaw Yesterday… Meet my friends, they’re pretty cool. #guinessbookofworldrecords? [v]: @aimzdoran A post shared by Connery Lundin (@c0nnery) on Dec 3, 2017 at 7:30pm PST Squaw got 4″ of snow yesterday. That was enough to make this happen. Skiers are good here… SnowBrains | December 4, 2017 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Conditions Report: 4″ Powder Day = Flips, Spins, Hucks, & Crashes Galore 4-inches. Squaw only got 4-inches of new snow last night and the place went off. Watching Squaw today was like watching a ski movie. Big hucks, large spins, obnoxious amounts of backflips, and at least one spectacular crash. Meet my friends, they’re pretty cool. #guinessbookofworldrecords? [v]: @aimzdoran A post shared by Connery Lundin (@c0nnery) on Dec 3, 2017 at 7:30pm […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 3, 2017 0 Comments
Alpine Meadows, CA Conditions Report: Powder Day w/ Lots of Terrain Open & No One Out Yesterday day was opening day for intermediate and advanced terrain at Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA – it was a powder day with no one out. (They had had beginner chair Kangaroo open since November 18th, but this was the first day with intermediate and advanced terrain.) Alpine opened the Summit and Roundhouse chairs yesterday for the first […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 1, 2017 4 Comments
The Sierra “Snow Line” Is Rapidly On The Rise | It’s Gone Up By 1,200′ – 1,500′ In Recent Years According to KQED, warming temperatures have pushed the snow line in the Sierra up by 1,200ft – 1,500ft in recent years. To come up with this data, researchers used a special snow-level sensing radar to monitor the rain-snow line over the course of 10 years. After gathering that data, they cross-checked the results with temperature data from the mid-20th century […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 1, 2017 0 Comments
Current Snow Cover In The United States | Where’s It Good? | Where’s It Bad? This map is looking pretty dry and desolate, which isn’t what you want to see on the last day of November. Snow cover is relatively low in the United States right now, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t good skiing to be had. The low levels of snow cover can be attributed to abnormally warm temperatures this fall. All too […] Weather Chris Wallner | November 30, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA: What Are Atmospheric Rivers? | In More Scientific Terms NOAA: Atmospheric River Q & A ARs are the water-vapor rich part of the broader warm conveyor belt (e.g., Browning, 1990; Carlson, 1991), that is found in extratropical cyclones (“storms”). They result from the action of winds associated with the storm drawing together moisture into a narrow region just ahead of the cold front where low-level winds can sometimes exceed hurricane […] Weather Guest Author | November 30, 2017 0 Comments
Summit & Roundhouse Chairs to OPEN for 1st Time This Season at Alpine Meadows, CA Tomorrow: Squaw Alpine just announced today that they will be opening the two of the best chairlifts at Alpine Meadows tomorrow: Summit & Roundhouse. “Good news, skiers and riders… Summit and Roundhouse have been added to the schedule for tomorrow! Head to Alpine Meadows for access to Wolverine Bowl and Alpine Bowl. Please note, Alpine Bowl to Dance Floor to East […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 29, 2017 1 Comment
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