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Sugar Bowl, CA Report: Still Winter on Donner Summit

Vintage Film Footage (1930) of backcountry skiing on Donner Summit, pre-Sugar Bowl | YouTube – Bela Vadasz Report from March 22, 2021 Brought to you by Sugar Bowl Resort The Spring Equinox was over the weekend, but it sure felt like winter at Sugar Bowl on Monday. After a weekend of instructor training with an AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course […]

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Mike Bartholow | March 26, 2021
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Avalanche Conditions on Donner Peak, CA = Still Dangerous

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This is a video and report of avalanche conditions on Donner Peak in Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday, Wednesday, December 11th, 2013. The results of this snow pit test show that avalanche conditions in the Tahoe area are still dangerous. SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER SNOW PIT OBSERVATIONS 12/11/13: Surface hoar has formed in many of the sheltered areas on Donner Peak. These thin feathery snow grains represent the snowpack equivalent of frost. Below the surface the […]

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SnowBrains | December 12, 2013
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