Friday, April 8, 2011

WINTER SKIING IN APRIL!

SQUAW VALLEY El 6200 has 4” of fresh snow they will be operating the Cable Car Funitel and 7 lifts; at EL 8200 will operate 11 lifts, with 6” of powder. ALPINE MEADOWS did receive 4 to 6” of new snow they have scheduled 9 lifts. MAMMOUTH MOUNTAIN with 24 lifts expected today. SUGAR BOWL operating the Gondola and 9 lifts today. New snow fall of 1 to 3”. HEAVENLY Operating the CC Aerial Tram and 10 lifts on the California side and 10 on the Nevada side. Heavenly did receive 10” of new snow. KIRKWOOD 16 to 18” of new SQUAW VALLEY USA EL 6200 has 4” of fresh snow they will be operating the Cable Car, Funitel snow with 10 lifts scheduled today; cross country has 60 K of MG track. BOREAL MOUNTAIN RESORT 2 to 3” of fresh snow, 5 lifts for day skiing 2 tonight for night skiing. SODA SPRINGS received 2 to 3” of new snow, 5 lifts on the schedule for today. MT ROSE is planning on operating 3 lifts for today the winds on top were 45 MPH plus, they did receive a trace of new snow. NORTHSTAR AT TAHOE there should be 14 lifts operating today; Cross Country is open. They did receive 5” of fresh powder. SIERRA AT TAHOE has 8 lifts planned for today. They received 4” of new snow. TAHOE DONNER did receive 2” of new snow, they have scheduled 5 lifts, X/C 35 trails, with 70 K of track. Tahoe Donner will close for the season April 17th. . DIAMOND PEAK did receive 3” of new snow; there lift operations today should be 4 lifts. They will close for the season on Easter Sunday. HOMEWOOD MOUNTAIN should operate 6 lifts today, with 2 to 4” of new snow. Operating daily thru April 11th, then weekend skiing 9AM until 2 PM on April 15 thru the 18 and again April 22 thru the 24th. THE WEATHER WAS TAKEN BETWEEN 4:30 AM AND 6 AM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. LIFT OPERATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO WIND WEATHER AND SNOW SAFETY, THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW TEENS ; WINDS WERE MOSTLY LIGHT 5 TO 25 MPH; SNOWING; THE SURFACE CONDITIONS WERE, FRESH POWDER; M/G; AND SKIER PACKED POWDER. BE AWARE RIDE AND SKI WITH CARE.

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