California Firsthand Reports

04/26/2021

Beautiful April 24 spring day with light freshies at Squaw! Can still ski top to bottom via mountain run.

On 14 th April 2021

it’s spring time folks. conditions aren’t bad. a bit icy in the morning; soft and slushy in the afternoon.

This was from a week ago (3/23) -gorgeous day on the slopes with plenty of hard packed snow with a bit of powder on top from snowfall early in the week. Perfect for spring skiing. Weather was warm though so I imagine the snow will not last unless there is more snowfall in the next week or two.

Awesome ski and board after a good foot plus snow on Monday.Blue bird day on Tuesday.

Lines too long at Granite Chief otherwise lift lines not bad and snow and sun outstanding. Squaw has it all except a new name!

Crazy good snow, love this place. Great snow coverage and 27 degrees. A Pad enjoying the POW. Brats and Potato Salad, awesome

Awesome day. More snow than forecasted. About a foot of softness yesterday and it keeps coming down. It will be good riding this coming weekend.

I told you I would keep coming back

No lift lines. Lots of new snow

There are double blacks at Dodge Ridge! Change the 0 rating! Been going there for 20+ years. When there is snow, it has always had friendly, quick service.

Another great day on the slopes with one of the MSU Dawgs Nicky P “77”. Snow is super and crowds are scant. With a 4 day pass you can’t go wrong

Got 7 inches over night. Still some stumps and rocks to hit but overall an amazing day. Lines on CA side were much longer than NV side. Galaxy and Dipper were nearly no-wait and tons of fun to be found in the trees

Great Bluebird day. Little Icy but still lots of fun

Mixed precipitation at Alpine Meadows but very good snow conditions overall. No crowds to speak of. Poor visibility off the Summit lift with the first 300 vertical in the clouds. Expecting a few inches of snow today. Tomorrow and Sunday should be excellent!

First timer at Homewood today, loved it. Mellow crowd and tons of fresh snow. Quail’s Face goes deep, fresh tracks everywhere. Hoping for a few more powder days at Homewood this season.

Another great ski day at Squaw with 15 new inches of Tahoe Talcum last night. The view is off Red Dog overlooking the Lakeview Trail. Drier snow up above 8000 feet and overall excellent conditions with another foot of POW tonight. Yes and the crowds are friendly, c’mon up.

Beautiful day in Alpine Meadows. Icy groomers in the morning, but the beautiful weather quickly turned that in to playful spring conditions. No lift lines whatsoever. Move around the mountain throughout the day and where able to find great skiing all day long. Picture is from the Treeline express lift. Riding The Moment Commander 108 for the first time, great all mountain ski.

Excellent conditions at Squaw with no line more than 10 minutes all day Friday. More cars in the lots than skiers in the slopes. Photo from top of K22.

Snow great but they aren’t opening all lifts even though 30 minutes line - wtf?! This is a rip off.

Friday’s 30-minute lift line at chair 6. Saturday is going to be even more crowded. Many people not taking mask wearing seriously. You’ll be elbow-to-elbow with exposed noses and exposed mouths.

Epic day at Homewood, 2 feet of powder throughout the trees.

Please wait until it’s safe. Slopes are sliding all over.

Best day at Bear I've ever had.

It turns out that it is possible to have too much powder. 3 feet+ on top. Find a track out or you’re getting buried. Thanks for a great day Homewood!

Awesome tree skiing today. Empty with lots of fun lines down Hobbit Land

Nice powder, 12 inches or so. Maden chair down which is a bummer so parking is rough

Tons of very light powder!! Yeah!

Its getting patchy but we're expecting a few inches tonight with a foot coming Sunday/Monday

A bit iced over

12th of January perfect and fast no one there

huge lines today. hour wait for gondola the another hour wait. go somewhere else if you can!!

Conditions are good. A bit windy today though

Had a nice day at the 'wood 12/28. Getting tickets for pickup wasn't too complicated, and grabbing a few hot cocoas for the kids was contactless and socially distanced. In the Covid era Apres is a little different but we were there to slide down the hills. Snow was packed powder with a light dusting on top and made for nice riding. Terrain was a bit limited as the top still had quite a bit of uncovered rock, the backside was closed and no terrain parks were open yet. All in all it was a nice day. My kids mostly hung out on the Solitude lift and had fun.

Good early season conditions.

Love the backsid