California Firsthand Reports

Northtar backside

temps 43 today overcast with warm front coming. snow very wet and slow. make sure you wax correctly. started light rain at 4pm @ 7k ft, light snow above 8500ft. suppose to get colder by friday.

Backside!

stellar day @heavenly

Great day. No crowds. Great conditions..

Sneaker day

A little bit of new snow yesterday was nice. It was foggy at the top and snowing when I was there enough to cover most icy spots

Great day skiing the 58's and a run down the palisades. Thanks Steve for being up to anything, enjoyed it!

spring snow wet corn near the bottom and Fire on the Mountain it was more like cold corn snow. wax is a must.

Fantastic spring conditions on Sunday March 17th The mountain was in great shape

Make sure to come early because it got very slushy by noon. The west mountain was empty but had spots of dirt starting to show thru. East had better snow coverage but was packed on Sunday.

3/14-15 Beatiful weather, no crowds, snow in great shape. Firm but not scratchy at all and cold enough so it never got heavy, clumpy or sticky. As good as a non powder day gets!

Been having a blast here at NorthStar! Beautiful conditions since Sunday! New snow last night!

The park was excellent!

A little icy under the groomed surface, made holding an edge tough on steeper slopes. Nice in the afternoon.

great day, partly cloudy skies temp about 40 degrees. slides peak was open til about 2 PM. snow off of groomers was thick and heavy.

Heavy snow, low visibility Tues.

took about an hour after 9 am for red dog to open with K22 opening around noon. very heavy, very wet - rain at the bottom. tons of fresh heavy snow - still had a blast

Bluebird! Cool & clear, great snow, no lines. Best skiing in California.

super day skiing, and great photo opportunities too !

what a wonderful day. perfect weather. excellent snow. little or no waiting in line.

Unbelievable conditions yesterday! Fresh pow on the groomers and in the glades. morning fog gone by noon. minimal to no lines. Epic!!

Insane powder at least 4 feet at the base. Windy and cold but very fun and a lot of lifts open

Roads are closed. Fortunately trapped here ;). One lift open today for the afternoon, deep pow!

great conditions, not busy at all.

We got out yesterday at 11a when 395 north opened. Went to Squaw, great light snow but only 3 lifts running today for Av’s and winds.

Snow was good. no new snow though. Very few places were icy. Wind was calm. I was there Friday for night skiing on the 8th

Great time with my son on the snow sled

Skied on Monday 2/11 and it was FANTASTIC! Tons of powder, super dry and light. Bluebird day...one of my favorite ever.

Amazing day (feb 8th)

what a fun couple of days.. The snow here just keeps coming.

There's icy patches, a car flipped in front of me on Wednesday. Stay away if you have bald tires or rear wheel drive. As for snow for your kids below the base of the lift/parking lot, there isn't any. Buy lift tickets, go tubing/skiing, support the inexpensive, awesome mountain, don't create "snow play traffic". $5 to park in the ski area lot and hike up to where the snow starts. Sheriff comes by and checks dashboards/issues citations.

Soooooooo much snow!! So fun

no snow

Today was insane. Chair Eight was untouched and thigh to hip deep with DRY LIGHT BEAUTY. When dodge is good It’s amazing, we’re Tahoe is usually skied up within the first hour at the pockets and powder to be found everywhere for days.it’s extremely good where are most places in Tahoe or speed up within the first hour he still has pockets of beauty into the afternoon and if you’re smart? Beyond.

sooo deep and so fun!

Alpine was amazing. The sun came out and they opened lifts throughout the day! Insane Powder!! I suppose any mountain is awesome on a 6 foot deep pow day though

snowboarded at Eagle lodge today. Nice powder, but top of the lift had major gusts of wind. Took 2nd lift up to the top that was open and conditions were so bad could barely see 10 feet in front of you die ri winds. powder so deep if you fell nearly impossible to get back up again. Will wait for snow to drop before going again

Powder powder powder powder!! Sendy day at Squaw. Freezing cold and windy, upper mountain was closed for most of the day. KT22 was skiing fantastic. New snow on top of a sun crust from last week.

great day on mt yesterday! they were blowing snow which sucked boarding thru but all and all, conditions pretty good!

Saw the question about huge base but only partially opened. The answer is avalanche risk. Tons of snow last week. Even more this week. It's wet and heavy. Also with this blizzard winds at top were over 100mph. Mid mountain was 60mph and that was even a little sketchy. most days they've opened late, and closed early on some. I get the safety emphasis, but delays are poorly posted. Still the skiing has been great, hence the 4 stars. But also agree with past below about $$$. I'm skiing on ikon pass, but I'd be a little pissed to drop $169 for a shortened day on a partially opened mountain.

January 15, 2019

fresh powder yesterday

Excellent day to teach without the support harness. Snow was so soft.

Runs are clear and coverage is pretty good

Great day yesterday, sunshine after the storm, great skiing off granite. Got a bit warm towards the afternoon, sunny facing aspects a bit crusty today.

This was January 6th after 16” reported. Got early turns and lines. This run was at Jibboom. EPIC.

Perfect pow wow!

it snowed! got some fresh powder finally for 2019!

Easily another foot of snow at the base last night. Winds are dying off since last night but it is still windy.

As good as it gets around here

Great day on the mountain!

Yep it snowed last night! About 30-50cm at the base.

went dec 18,19,20...all 3 days amazing...season tickets is already worth it...after a life time waiting for the opportunity...the runs open were enough for us...no wait ,great conditions....

Great conditions and coverage. Fantastic skiing and more expert terain will open up with additional snow.

early season conditions thin some areas but great overall only four lifts open no lines every little people on the mountain on sunday

Northstar

if you knew where to go there were some good areas to be had

Heavenly Sky Trail 9,800ft 12/7 milky way bowl has limited coverage but snow is Cold and fast. stagecoach opened on Nevada side yesterday and California is Opening on Saturday

Hard to ski down with views like this from the top...

Epic start to the season last Sunday, lots of Snow and no crowds. Backside closed for now until ski patrol verifies the runs, or more people come. Up to finance lift operations.

China Peak open for WEEKEND ONLY as of December 1st. As of Dec 4 until Dec 15, open WEEKENDS ONLY!

the snow over the week has provided a soft top, but later in the day the icey base from the rain before the snow makes it a little trickier. overall decent for early season.

3-5 feet of fresh in the past week.

best opening day

8 days of snow. Pole is (was) 19 feet tall. Photo in left was 11.22.18 today on right is 11.30.18

Great for Nov! They popped the top over the weekend. Sunday was pretty empty and running laps with little to no lines around the mountain. Coverage thinned out in some areas, but all were well marked. If you venture to the top keep in mind you should be in good knowledge of board or ski control to get down the mountain. It wasnt icy but Cornice has moguls and road runner is only about 10ft wide with a cliff on the side. be safe, have fun and get stoked for more snow this week!

1 week ago...opening day...had a blast!!...didnt think a storm could come soon enough...it came..

Snowed heavily till 2pm then turned to sleet and rain. Snow gives good control but is not very fast. About 12 features on the one run that's open.

8:32am Heavenly will not open today due to high winds again.

1 run open, great sno but save your dough

not to bad for the first runs of the season

Spring skiing at its finest!

Great conditions before noon. afternoon snow is slushy and choppy. upper runs are better in afternoon