Tahoe '24/'25 - This Thread Shall Not Be Privatized!!

[bobz]

Not underwhelmed! The main lines off of Tamarack are properly shredded by now, but still skiing nicely.


It’s still relatively untracked on the slopes not very far to the west. And then nice soft snow (with a floor underneath) pretty much all the way back to the car.

[powdork]

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[old goat]

Corning up on south facing, just in time for the next precip.
Some short lines today, no problem but I'm sure getting tired of fighting to be able to fit into the 6 spot on Summit, of having people try to sit in my lap. (I'm willing to make exceptions for the latter but no takers)

[skier666]

Wondering about this time next week…hmmmmm.

[supermodel159]

^^Nice to see storms finally measured by feet this winter.

[TahoeJ]

We might get rain at lake level and 10 feet up top. Pray for cold temps.

[bodywhomper]

Whose fx yall looking at? NWS Sac?


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[climberevan]

BA really wants to lose that beard.

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[powdork]

Still some soft snow to be found out there







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[jackstraw]

^dog pic rocks! [emoji106]

Looking good....

[bodywhomper]

That’s not what NWS Sac is fx’ing. At seven thou, three hundie feet Mt Judah, their pt fx is for eleven inches of snow Friday through EOD Saturday, then rain-snow mix all of Sunday with no measureable snow in Sunday. A thousand feet higher, pt forecast is for twenty inches of all snow.


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[~mikey b]

pfft

what does the NWS know anyway?


actually come to think of it, I fear for the future of NOAA and the NWS

[mcski]

Given the ethos, why would our new Handsmaid empire keep anything as sciency as noaa around. Especially when there is a commercial grift to attempt

[jackstraw]

The thing with weather predictions is they're dynamic in nature, eh.

[TahoeBC]

I like that BA really went out with a limb with his snow totals prediction, 0 to 9 feet

[mcski]

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It’s amazing how accurate he is

[claymond]

That’s not what NWS Sac is fx’ing. At seven thou, three hundie feet Mt Judah, their pt fx is for eleven inches of snow Friday through EOD Saturday, then rain-snow mix all of Sunday with no measureable snow in Sunday. A thousand feet higher, pt forecast is for twenty inches of all snow.


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The NWS Reno discussions are better overall for weather along the crest and east. I'll point forecast, say, Carson Pass (Sac forecast area), then read the discussion from Reno

[~mikey b]

yeah just a little bit east or west gets you a different forecast from Reno or Sac or Fresno depending where you’re at

the nice thing about Reno is they have a recreation forecast with focus on different elevations

same thing up at Shasta

[bodywhomper]

Yeah. I also often flip-flop between the two: NWS sac and NWS Reno, since most of my skiing is also on the crest. The format of the Reno office’s fx discussion is much nicer.

The Reno office is also forecasting much higher snow level than BA seems to indicate. I don’t subscribe to open snow, so I’m not seeing his hype, only seeing those high snow volumes in what the guy for Wichita :winky: is showing …. Now wed/th are making me look at my calendar….

I think I’m bringing a trash bag for Sunday… and re-sealing my gloves.

Stoked that people were finding some soft goods from last weekend!

[powdork]

I can understand using 7546’ for snow measurements at OV since that is at least on the mountain but why do the list alpine as 6480’ when Summit starts at over 6800’ (more than 500’ higher than OV’s base).


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[powdork]

The Reno office is calling for 8k’ snow level. BA is calling for 7500’-8500’. Seems to be about the same.
BA also said “We expect mostly all rain from lake level up to near 7000 ft. Maybe a mix just below at times. A mixed bag between 7000-8000 ft. and possibly all snow above 8000 ft., which is a bit colder than the models were showing yesterday. “ which also seems like 8k’.


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[bodywhomper]

So his graphic was showing four feet Thursday through Monday at seventy-five hundred feet, but his text write-up was saying Saturday and Sunday could be all rain at that elevation?


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[old goat]

NWS Reno page has the mountain observations--particularly useful for wind speeds, what the temps were like overnight. I don't see that on the Sacramento page.

[J. Barron DeJong]

BA does weather write-ups for Pallisades, so even if you’re not subscribed to Open Snow you can still get some insight into what he’s thinking. (More applicable to North Lake resorts.) https://blog.palisadestahoe.com/

[bodywhomper]

Thanks. I haven’t made the time to explore the palisades site much.

The mtn obs link on the Reno NWS site is super useful. I used it last weekend to help decide on layering for the wind chill. I wished SB contributed to that data pool.

I also follow “Nevada County Weather - the original” on FB. He’s more focused on the west side and not a skier but has over thirty years of observing and forecasting for the area.


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