Tahoe Forcast

Holy SHIT 6 FEET!!!! At least this will give me a good base for when I return in May..... :cussing:

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
359 AM PST WED DEC 29 2004
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THIS AFTERNOON...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 7000 FEET WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.
AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT
BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE TAHOE AREA. 2 TO 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW IS
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH UP TO 6 FEET OF SNOW
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.
PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEW YEARS DAY WEEKEND.

I have Friday off, and 4 hours of comp time to burn this year. So I can either take Thursday AM or PM off. WHich is it gonna be? I can come in at 7AM, and skip out at 11. Or I can hit first chair, ski til 12:30, and be at my cube at 1:00. Drive time in blizzard to Squaw = 30-45 minutes. But with 90 MPH winds and 3+ inches/hour, will anything worth sking be open (KT?) Thursday afternoon? What about Friday?

Furthermore, will Saturday or Sunday be the day? In years past, if we REALLY get 6 feet up there, they won't be able to even open anything until last Saturday afternoon or Sunday...right?

I know, I know, I'm lucky to even get to ski here and have my job. Believe me, I'm appreciative. I have to tell my boss by the end of today what I plan to do tomorrow....rrrrrrr.

tough call mang....your right, all this snow & wind is going to make getting the mountains open on time pretty damn tough. If you can take the time off on Friday...then maybe that would be the better day? tough call.

we talked to a couple of employees at gold coast who said that they were put on call for tomorrow because the mountain is expecting to not even open. :frown:

my guess is maybe thursday afternoon (but doubt it). so i would bet on friday, still some flurries, wind dies down and you get the deep stuff, plus they are able to actually open some of the mountain.