323 days ago

500 inches of snow in California

Californian ski resorts have over 500 inches of snow

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A number of resorts in California have reported their snowfall totals have passed the magic 500 inches (43 feet/12.5 metres) mark in the past 24 hours. Squaw Valley and Northstar at Tahoe were amongst resorts to pass the 500 inch mark. In Squaw’s case still with two months of the season to go. The totals follow falls of at least 20 inches in the past 24 hours.

The huge snow totals are the result of a La Nina weather pattern from the pacific which has broughtregular abundant snowfall to the region for the past four months.

However further north resorts including Mt Baker in Washington state and Mount Washington on Vancouver Island in Canada have had more snow still, both reporting snow depths at present of around seven metre (23 feet)

The 500” plus benchmark has only been reached three times in the past 13 years and never before April at Squaw Valley’s 2010–11 winter season, the new snow is setting the Lake Tahoe resort up for a truly phenomenal spring skiing season.

Squaw Valley received 2 feet of snow in the last 24 hours, bringing the season’s snowfall totals to 518”. After a brief respite, a colder storm is slated to deliver an additional 1 to 2 feet of high quality powder on Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19 with snow showers predicted through Tuesday, March 22.

With a current base of 203” and more snow on the way, Squaw Valley USA is slated to have a phenomenal spring skiing season. Ranked one of the Top 5 Spring Skiing destinations in North America by The New York Times, Squaw Valley offers a mountaintop pool and hot tub overlooking the Sierra, incredible spring snow conditions and one of the longest ski seasons in the country. Squaw Valley boasts Lake Tahoe’s longest winter season with a scheduled closing date of May 8, 2011.

For skiers and riders looking to take advantage of the great conditions, the resort will be selling a discounted Spring Season Pass for $199, valid from April 11th through the last four weeks of the 2010–11 winter season.

http://www.visitcalifornia.com/

1 year, 22 days ago

California ski resort events

California plans Spring events on back of huge snowfalls

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California’s ski resorts have seen a remarkably snowy start to winter 2010–11, with some of them seeing 235% over average snow-depth for this time of year and five of the top ten snowiest places on earth currently in the sunshine state.

1 year, 55 days ago

Skiing mohawk Glen Pake

Glen Plake on the changing face of California skiing

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Glen Plake first skied aged two. According to his official biography: “…it was his third-grade teacher who used a Möbius flip from the seminal ’70s ski flick Outer Limits as a way of demonstrating math that turned his life. For Glen, there fell into place a connection between skiing and the wider world, an understanding that there were deeper forces beneath this sliding on snow. In that brief flash of insight, Plake knew that skiing held something greater for him.”

California ski helmet law

California to become first state in US to make ski helmets compulsory

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California may be the first US state to introduce a law requiring children to wear helmets on the ski slopes next winter. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently considering whether to make a bill in favour of such a helmet wearing requirement in to law, the bill passed through California’s senate with a two thirds majority this week.

Mammoth to offer new ski back trail

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It’s been more than 30 years since originally envisaged, but Mammoth Mountain in California has finally begun work on a new Village Ski Back Trail which is expected to open in 2011. It will give skiers and snowboarders a new option to get from the slopes of Mammoth Mountain to The Village at Mammoth.

2 years, 186 days ago

Reno-Tahoe International Airport will be getting a daily flight to Mammoth Lakes just in the time for the winter ski season

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Reno-Tahoe International Airport will be getting a daily flight to Mammoth Lakes, Calif., just in the time for the winter ski season. Airport officials on Monday announced that Horizon Airlines will offer the flight Dec. 17 through April 11. The 76-seat Bombardier Q400 will leave Reno daily at 4:30 p.m., and arrive at Mammoth Mountain at 5:20 p.m. A return flight leaves Mammoth at 4:20 p.m., arriving in Reno about 50 minutes later. Officials say the flight will originate in Seattle, and make the stops in Reno and Mammoth Lakes before continue to Los Angeles.

http://www.visitmammoth.com/