Top 5 Backcountry Runs Around South Lake Tahoe This is a guest post written by Eddy van der Kloot, mapmaker and owner of Backcountry Ski Maps Lake Tahoe is home to some of the finest backcountry terrain in the world, and while locals might argue over whether Truckee or South Lake has the best touring, the truth is that you can’t go wrong with either side of the […] Backcountry Guest Author | February 11, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Deep Powder & Steep Lines Above Lake Tahoe Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from January 30, 2021 We went for a long walk in the Tahoe backcountry today to avoid the crowds. It worked. We were just about the only ones on the mountain we sojourned to. The Tahoe Sierra just reported 78″ of snow in 3-days ending on Friday. We took our time, told each […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2021 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Report: Hero Snow and KT Laps After 78″ of Snow In 3 Days [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hstn6ifq8uc&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=SnowBrains"] Galen Carrico | January 29, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Report: 22″ of New Snow = Big Airs, Big Crashes, Small Backflips [arve url="https://youtu.be/qoflhcCiTzI"] Miles Clark | January 29, 2021 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Deep, Light, Sunny Powder Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from January 26, 2021 We went for a stroll in the Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry today. The snow was deeper than we expected. You still hit the firm bottom occasionally, but it was infrequent. More often than not, it was just deep and light. We did two laps and watched the clouds build […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 27, 2021 0 Comments
4-Day Blizzard Warning Issued For Greater Lake Tahoe, CA Area | Whiteout Conditions Tuesday-Friday This Week Parts of California are in for one hell of a storm this week. A ‘Blizzard Warning‘ has been issued for the Greater Lake Tahoe, CA area from Tuesday night until Friday morning this week. That entails almost four straight days of dangerous whiteout conditions for virtually all of the area’s roadways and ski areas. The National Weather Service issued a […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 26, 2021 1 Comment
Alpine Meadows, CA Report: 100″+ Inches of Snow and Counting This report is from January 24, 2021, at Alpine Meadows, California. Brought to you by Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows The snow finally returned to the Sierra this weekend, and it came in cold, light, and dry. Alpine Meadows reportedly received about 4″ (inches) of snow on Friday and Saturday, which helped the resort reach 100″ inches of total snowfall on the season. […] Conditions Report Galen Carrico | January 25, 2021 0 Comments
Record High Numbers of Bald Eagles Counted at Lake Tahoe The Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, with a small army of volunteers, recently tallied 42 individual bald eagles around Lake Tahoe. For the past 40 years, the number of bald eagles in Tahoe have been counted each winter. This year’s count, lead by the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS), identified 42 individual eagles around the lake. Thanks to the […] SnowBrains | January 22, 2021 0 Comments
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