South Lake Tahoe ski, snowboard and weather report for Sunday

Submitted by paula on Sun, 12/27/2015 - 8:44am

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Sunday, December 27, 2015 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high of 36 and a low of 16. Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. West wind around 5 mph. Tonight: Scattered snow showers between 10pm and 4am, then snow likely after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Heavenly - Powder/Packed Powder. No New Snow in last 24 hours. 98% of their terrain is now open which means 4700 acres, 28 lifts and 95 runs are open. The base depth is 60". Lift status. Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Message from Heavenly: We have received 63" of new snow over the past 7 days, making for some of the best conditions Tahoe has seen in years! We have about 98% of the mountain open -- so you now have 4,700 acres of skiable terrain to explore! The forecast for today is calling for mostly sunny skies, with light W winds, and a high near 32°. Weather permitting, we will have 28 lifts spinning from 8:30am-4:00pm giving access to 95 runs. Our groomers suggest Upper Ellie's in CA, and Orion in NV as their trail picks of the day.

Sierra-at-Tahoe - Powder/Packed Powder. No new snow. 12 lifts are open. Burton Progressive, Bashful and Upper Snowshoe pipes are open. Groomed conditions on 28 of their open 40 runs. Base depth is 54". Lift status. Sunny, with a high near 28. East wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Kirkwood - Packed Powder. No new snow. 100% of the mountain terrain is open with 2300 acres, 10 lifts and 86 runs. Lift status. The base depth is 58". Mostly sunny, with a high near 33. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Facebook Message from Kirkwood: We are on schedule for a full front-side and backside opening today. I’d be looking for those nooks & cranny wind deposit zones out in Thunder Saddle, Devils Draw, Wagon Wheel, Dicks Drop… Tonight we have another smaller system in the pipeline NWS calling for light snowfall total’s in the 3” -4” range with cold temperatures… Another perfect set up for the New Year.