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Sierra-at-Tahoe

Sierra

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California

Rick

I got up super early to ski this morning at Sierra and arrived at 7:01 AM to beat the crowds. The joke was on me… I was the first person in the parking lot and no one else arrived ‘till after 8:00 or 8:30 AM. The mountain was supposed to open at 9, but due to high winds and snow providing no visibility, it did not open by 10 o’clock. At that point several super-helpful employees told me they doubted it would open today until possibly very late afternoon, if at all. So I jumped in the car to head up to Palisades. Halfway to Palisades, I got the text message saying they weren’t gonna open today. Sure would be nice if they had a way to at least provide a reasonable prediction in advance when the wind is gonna be too much for them to run their chairs.

Tuesday was great.  Deep powder laps all day.

Matt

Incredible powder on Tuesday. Almost too much powder…almost. 

This app says Sierra has 30”-50” snow. I don’t know where it is measured but my experience is it’s probably more like 6-12” in most places. That said, the groomed runs are quite nice. And any brown or icy spots are easy to avoid. They are doing a really good job maintaining the runs.  Off piste is risky because of rocks and such but also, because of the warm and very cold cycle, the snow there is rock hard until well after lunchtime.

Pretty thin snow at places, Sierra definitely needs some more snow but the groomers are packed and fast as heck, and there was almost no one there all day. If you're OK dodging the occasional brown spot check it out. Hope for more snow soon. Pic is of the West Bowl

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Crystal 

Great powder day with dumping snow! Not very windy and great dry snow! The chute and jackrabbit had been super fun 

Dumping snow!!

Go to Kirkwood if you want a resort that’s actually fun with good snow. This is hands down some of the worst skiing I’ve ever experienced. The snow is beyond terrible - I’ve been on better snow in Big Bear. 

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