Conditions Report
Written on February 10th, 2019 at 7am PST
“3 FEET OF SNOW OVERNIGHT | SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DAY TO EXTREME AVALANCHE CONDITIONS” – Squaw Alpine today
Due to high avalanche danger, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, CA are closed today.
36″ of snow fell overnight last night, 46″ in the past 24 hours, and the current temperature in Squaw is 24F at 6,217′.
Squaw Valley personnel are currently turning people around at the Squaw Valley post office.
The storm that hit Tahoe last night was nuclear with both high winds and very high snowfall rates.
5ย Tahoe highways are currently closed and have been closed since yesterday.
As of this writing, 6 Lake Tahoe highways are closed:
Highway 50 – (Echo Summit) Road Closed – on US-50 from mile post 52.1 in El Dorado County to mile post 70.6 in El Dorado County in California. Currentย asย of:ย 2/10/2019ย 5:59:10 AMย PST.ย ย Road Closed – on US-50 from mile post 21.6 in El Dorado County to mile post 52.5 in El Dorado County in California.ย Currentย asย of:ย 2/10/2019ย 5:59:10 AMย PST
Interstate 80 – (Donner Summit) Road Closed – on I-80 from mile post 33.1 in Placer County to mile post 0.0 in Washoe County in California. Currentย asย of:ย 2/10/2019ย 4:19:43 AMย PST
It snowed in the San Francisco Bay Area last night and this morning.
Mt. Tamalpaisย in Marin County, CA has snow on it this morning.
