❄ How It’s Skiing
It’s not really skiing. There’s simply not enough snow.
Most Tahoe resorts are open in name only. Mt Rose has the most open terrain but even then is quite limited.
Conditions including high temperatures and high humidity have limited both natural snowfall and resort snowmaking. We’re stuck in this pattern for the foreseeable future.
💡 Pro Tip
NOAA outlooks are a great resource for planning ahead (most forecasting services are based on the same underlying data). Forecasts beyond 10 days generally venture into voodoo-land.
View free NOAA outlooks and more at snowsignals.com/resorts.
🧭 From the Field
[12/6 Carson Pass] Thin coverage by Elephant’s Back (typically gets a lot of snowfall) - hike not ski conditions. Mostly breakable melt-freeze crust where there is snow. [Sierra Avalanche Center]
[12/6 Mammoth] By no means hero conditions, but much better coverage and decent hard-pack skiing for our East-side Mammoth friends. [Reddit]
🗓 Next Up
Not much. The earliest we expect a break in the pattern is December 19. Hold tight and pray for snow.
Happy turns (soon),
The Weekend Warrior