The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Thursday, March 17, 2016 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.
Weather – South Lake Tahoe will have a high today of 56 and a low tonight of 30. Today: Sunny, with a high near 56. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Heavenly – Groomed. No New Snow in last 24 hours. Base depth is 92″. They plan to have 100% of the mountain open with 24 lifts and 97 runs open. Lift status.Sunny, with a high near 48. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the morning. For updates and more information, 1-800-HEAVENLY www.skiheavenly.com.
Message from Heavenly: NWS Forecast: Sunny, with a high near 47. South wind around 10-15 mph. Scheduled: 24 lifts | 97 runs | 52 groomers | 4,800 acres. Mountain Access: The Heavenly Village Gondola, CA Main Lodge, & Stagecoach Lodge.
Snowfall totals (12hr=0″ | 24hr=0″ | 48hr 0″ | 7day=25″ | March=50″ | STD=323″).
Sierra-at-Tahoe – Packed Powder. No new snow in last 24 hours. They plan to open 10 lifts open with groomed conditions on 32 of their open 45 runs. Six snow parks and the half-pipe. Base depth is 76″ to 143″. Lift status.Sunny, with a high near 49. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. For updates and more information, 530-659-7475 or www.sierraattahoe.com.
Message from Sierra: Bust out the green layers, sunblock, and dark lenses! It’s a sunny St. Patricks Day! This is Eric with your mountain conditions report at 6 am Thursday, March 17th, 2016. March’s amazing snow fall totals combined with today’s sunny conditions result in AMAZING laps on the groomers choices of Upper Sugar N’ Spice, Beaver, and Castle for the expert skiers n riders! We’re getting started at 9 am with 8 lifts, 44 trails and 31 groomers! NOAA is forecasting a mostly sunny day with a high near 50 and light east winds to cool you off in between laps. Highways 50, 88, + 89 are all open, but take’r slow on the wet and slick roads. Call Caltrans at 1-800-427-7623 for the most up-to-date road conditions.We have a few more days of blue bird days while we wait for Mother Nature to deliver the next round of snow! So soak up the UV and keep your legs limber for the next pow day!
Kirkwood – Spring Conditions. No new snow in last 24 hours. They plan to have 100% of the mountain terrain open with 2300 acres, 11 lifts and 86 runs. 109″ base. Lift status. Sunny, with a high near 43. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. For updates and more information, 877-KIRKWOOD or www.kirkwood.com.
Facebook message from Kirkwood: Snow conditions will be variable, look for North facing unexposed for the best conditions today. Temperatures currently 19@the base 18@the summit wind 5/8E. NWS forecast for the day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon… NW Wind, 5-7 mph. Looking at the front-side 8 @9am with mountain team working on Chairs 2,3,4 for 10a. Vista and Cover Wagons will need a little more work as we still need to dig them out
All conditions are reported by the individual resorts prior to their daily opening times. For current lift status, follow the links provided for the resort.