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Lake Tahoe Ski Resort Snowfall Totals | Up to 17″ of New Snow

Squaw today. photo: squaw

Tahoe just got its biggest storm of the season. It was a big of a sneaker storm as only 4-12″ were forecasted by NOAA for this entire storm. Squaw has already gotten 12-17″ and it’s still dumping snow up there. The best part of this storm is that it’s cold and snowing to lake level. This is by far the most snow Tahoe has gotten down to lake level this year. NOAA has a winter weather advisory in effect until 8pm tonight. They’re calling for 1-4 more inches of snow above 7,000. Let it snow. […]
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Lake Tahoe Snowfall Totals and Photos Today: Up to 22″ of Snow

The “Severe” storm that was supposed to clobber Tahoe last night is widely being considered a dud. The main issue was that the wind shifted to coming from the South, which didn’t give it the power to get over the Pacific Crest and into the Tahoe Basin. West of the crest did very well with 12-16 inches being reported. The East side of the Tahoe Basin did poorly with only 3-5 inches being reported. At 4am today, it was snowing down to 4,000-feet and still raining in Truckee… In Tahoe City this […]
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Lake Tahoe = 2nd Worst Snow Year on Record | 44% of Average

Lake Tahoe, California has recorded three low snow winters in a row. This winter, was the second worst snow year in recorded history. For skiers and snowboarders, it’s been a brutal experience.In 2011/12, Donner Summit, CA saw 322″ of snow putting that year at 81% of average, which doesn’t sound so bad. It was the fact that it didn’t snow at all until January 20th that made that season […]
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