South Lake Tahoe ski, snowboard and weather report for Monday

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Monday, February 1, 2016 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Special statement from the National Weather Service: Due to cold temperatures last night, many roads across Western Nevada, the Sierra, and Northeast California will remain snow and ice covered for the morning commute. Allow extra time to reach your destination. Brisk winds will continue today, especially in Mono and Mineral counties, and points south.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high of 27 and a low tonight of 11. Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Calm wind.

Heavenly - Powder. 10" New Snow in last 24 hours. 100% of their terrain planned to be open - 4800 acres, 25 lifts and 97 runs are open. Base depth is 83". Lift status. Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Blustery, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. For updates and more information, 1-800-HEAVENLY www.skiheavenly.com.

Statement from Heavenly- 10-12" of new snow fell over the past 24 hours, with 6-8" falling overnight, and 4" during the day yesterday! Expect mostly sunny skies and a chilly day, with a high near 19°. There will be a northeast wind, and some occasional strong gusts, but wind should not be impacting lift operations today.
Today you can access the mountain from three of our four base locations - The Heavenly Gondola, CA Main Lodge, and Stagecoach Lodge. Weather permitting; 25 lifts will spin from 9am-4pm, providing access to all 97 Heavenly trails, of which 50% were freshly groomed overnight. Our Groomers trail picks of the day are Ridge in CA, and Orion's in NV.

Sierra-at-Tahoe - Powder. 12" new snow. They plan to have 9 lifts open with groomed conditions on 31 of their open 44 runs. Six snow parks are open. Base depth is 65" to 118". Lift status.Isolated snow showers before 11am. Sunny, with a high near 26. Northeast wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. For updates and more information, 530-659-7475 or www.sierraattahoe.com.

Kirkwood - Powder. 6" new snow. 100% of the mountain terrain is open with 2300 acres, 14 lifts and 86 runs. 96" base. Lift status. Isolated snow showers before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 26. Blustery, with an east northeast wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. For updates and more information, 877-KIRKWOOD or www.kirkwood.com.

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.