South Lake Tahoe ski, snowboard and weather report for Thursday

Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 8:48am

The following is the ski, snowboard and weather report for Thursday, December 31, 2015 for South Lake Tahoe brought to you by Lake Tahoe SkiBum.

Weather - South Lake Tahoe will have a high of 27 and a low of 9. Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. East wind around 10 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of light snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. East wind around 10 mph.

Heavenly - 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 63". Lift status. Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Breezy, with an east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Message from Heavenly: No new snow overnight, however, 32" fell over the past 7 days. Today's forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies, with a high near 24°. Light-moderate E winds and gusts are expected. Weather permitting; we will have 28 lifts spinning from 8:30am-4:00pm giving access to 95 trails, of which nearly 50% were freshly groomed overnight. Our groomers suggest Ridge Run in CA and Galaxy in NV as their trail picks of the day!

Sierra-at-Tahoe - Packed Powder. 2" new snow. 11 lifts are open. Burton Progressive, Bashful and Upper Snowshoe pipes are open. Groomed conditions on 31 of their open 45 runs. Base depth is 48". Lift status. Mostly sunny, with a high near 26. East wind around 9 mph.

Kirkwood - Packed Powder. No new snow. 100% of the mountain terrain is open with 2300 acres, 12 lifts and 86 runs. 66" base.Lift status. The base depth is 66". A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. West southwest wind around 8 mph.

Facebook Message from Kirkwood: New Year’s Eve @Kirkwood:
We will be hosting the annual torchlight and fireworks display tonight...To sign up for the Torchlight please go to our Guest Service office located in the Village Plaza. Our Guest Service team has the list and will be taking up to 200 people… The torchlight parade is free!