Yosemite National Park Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update | Snowpack Is At Least 150% Of Average Yosemite National Park Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update: By: NPS New snow: 21 inches Total settled snow depth: 90 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 49°F (April 1) Low temperature: 4°F (March 29) Our Tuolumne Meadows winter rangers enjoyed some blue skies this week while trekking to the tallest peak in Yosemite, Mt. Lyell (13,114 feet). Mount Lyell divides the park’s two main watersheds, […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 4, 2019 0 Comments
Tahoe Has Seen Snow on 48 of the Past 60 Days! The University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory has recorded snowfall in Tahoe 48 of the last 60 days. With more snow in the forecast, it’s uncertain as to when the area may attain its peak snowpack. You may also like: Squaw Valley, CA Is Currently Experiencing Its 3rd Snowiest Season On Record! Cold temperatures and relentless precipitation has slowed snowmelt […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 3, 2019 0 Comments
Hundreds of Millions of Dead Trees are Seriously Hindering Wildfire Firefighters in California The 2010-2017 drought and bark beetle infestations have killed over 129 million trees in California, and millions more drought-stressed trees are expected to die in the coming years. The scale of the die-off is unprecedented in the recorded history of California. The majority of these dead trees are located in the central and southern Sierra Nevada. This situation presents two significant problems […] Fire Firebrains | August 29, 2018 1 Comment
Yosemite Bears are Active and Looking for Food as Unseasonably Warm Winter Continues It’s so unseasonably warm and dry right now in the Central Sierra, some bears that normally hibernate in Yosemite in the coldest depths of winter are active, out and about, and looking for food, reports uniondemocrat.com. A mother bear and her cubs have been spotted and photographed in the Tuolumne River watershed, near the Hetch Hetchy entrance station to Yosemite […] Steven Agar | February 8, 2018 0 Comments
Snowpack Across Western States Showing No Signs of Improvement | Long Term Forecast Also Poor The snowpack across the western states shows no signs of improving, with 100% of California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico all showing below average snowpacks. As we are all well aware, this is not great for current skiing conditions, nor for the summer water levels. Current record high temps, especially in California, are having a negative impact on the snowpack. […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 5, 2018 1 Comment
Halfway Through The Snow Accumulation Season, CA Snowpack Is Only At 30% According to UCB, approximately half way through the snow accumulation season in California, the snowpack is only at about 30%. Along with that, it doesn’t look like it will improve much in the near future as above average temperatures and below average precipitation are forecasted to impact the state in February. It’s not just California though, the West is looking pretty […] Weather Chris Wallner | February 1, 2018 1 Comment
Aspen Heads $1.5 Billion Venture and Combines Squaw Valley Holdings, Intrawest and Mammoth Resorts The new joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company, the Crown family own Aspen Skiing CO. (SkiCo), announced yesterday that the $1.5bn purchase of Intrawest Resort Holdings and of Mammoth Resorts is now complete, reports sierrasun.com. The sale consolidates Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, KSL, Intrawest and Mammoth Resorts as one company with 12 mountains and 6m annual skier […] Industry News Steven Agar | August 1, 2017 15 Comments
3 Storms Headed For California Within The Next Week | 4+ FEET of Snow Is Forecasted To Fall California got pounded by a storm last week that dropped heavy snowfall, heavy rainfall, high winds, a tornado, flooding, white-out conditions, avalanches, and mudslides. As we move into the middle of this week, California is going to get hit with another large storm. Up to 24″ Wednesday -Thursday, up to another 24″ Friday, and another storm arrives Sunday-Monday. The storm […] Weather Chris Wallner | January 16, 2017 3 Comments