Squaw skittles at Red Dog yesterday at 1:30pm. photo: snowbrains

“The ‘fresh’ was some of the heaviest Sierra cement I’ve ever skied. Got better once it was skied up a bit. Saw tons of people falling, especially early on when they ventured into the untouched. Overall, pretty fun for a 2.5 hour ski day. Also, sounded like Chinese New Year with all the bombs going off.” – Guy LaDouche

Squaw had 20″ of new snow as of Wednesday morning and 30″ of snow as of this morning. They have now gotten 323″ of snowfall this season.

Squaw opened only Squaw Creek, Red Dog, and Far East yesterday beginning at 1:18pm.

As of 10:30am today, Squaw only has Gold Coast and Shirley Lakes open on the upper mountain. They’re trying to get more open up there but winds have been consistently gusting into the 60mph range since 1am today.

Yesterday was a crazy one in Tahoe with an avalanche burying Alpine Meadows 5-feet deep, burying 2 cars and damaging a home in the process. 3 people were rescued by firemen from their buried cars.