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First Snow of the Year for South America | Photo Tour:

First Snow of the Year in South America.

Are you starting to think about the South American winter season? South America is. So much that she just experienced her first snow of the season in the southern latitudes. Baguales, Bariloche, Catedral, Cerro Chapelco, Corralco, Villarica and more all just got their first hit of snow of the 2015 winter season. It’ll surely melt away before the next snowfall, but it’s a sign of the changing of the seasons and you’ve gotta like that. […]
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NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Sierra Nevada, CA Today | New Snow = 5 Inches

Winter Weather Advisory for Sierra Nevada, CA

Last night, the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California received its first snowfall of the season. Squaw Vally got 6-7″ of snow up high. Up to 5 more inches of snow are on the way today before 11pm. NOAA just issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Sierra Nevada above 8,000-feet. “A Winter Weather Advisory has been posted for the Sierra above 8000 ft through 11pm this evening. 1 to 4 inches of snow has already been observed overnight, with […]
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First Snow of the Year for Sierra Nevada, CA | Up to 6″ Above 8,000-Feet Tonight

Sierra Nevada, CA from space in 2011.

The first snowfall of the 2014/15 is on its way this weekend in the Sierra Nevada, California. NOAA is forecasting snow above 8,000-feet on Friday night and Saturday. Up to 4″ is forecasted on Sonora Pass, CA. It ain’t much, but we’ll take it. What it really means is that winter is on it’s way. Tahoe ski resorts will be opening as early as November 22nd and Boreal likely even earlier. Lets do this. Low pressure will move across the Sierra Friday Night and into central Nevada by Saturday. An area of rain and high elevation snow is forecast to develop on the north side of the low, leading to snow levels […]
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1st Day of Vermont Skiing, TODAY

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After many days spent rushing out of work to get some sort of activity in before the light ends we have finally made it to ski season. And boy has it arrived. Usually we somehow convince ourselves that skiing on two to three inches covering rocks is “fun” but this morning was amazing. Skiing with FIS was certainly a wake up call, but we definitely got our vert in. After a quick run on the cliff trail we made our way up to the top of Nosedive. […]
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