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Your numbers are not the same as CA Dept of Water Resources which splits the Sierra into three regions. In the SF Bay Area this winter there has been a greater than usual variation in Rainfall between N and S of the Bay. Santa Rosa, ~50 miles N of SF has received over 41” of rain, 128% of...

Photos above taken lower on W-facing runs off Scott chair were snow was thinner than the N and E-facing, especially higher up. Some of what I skied on Scott and Sherwood, or at least crossed, may have been bare before the new snow. I skied Olympic Valley side of Palisades on Monday, April 29...

Alpine Meadows, Sunday April 27 Don't really have time to write this up or add photos before heading out again, but I skied closing day for the Alpine side of Palisades from 9 to a little before 3, skiing 24K. I started with Summit which had no line, but I did not like the visibility at the top...

After closing cabin and a one hour drive from So. Tahoe, I skied 940-340, over 32K vertical, then saw KT Tunstall free concert on the KT deck from 4-5, then did the 4 hour, including stops at very busy In N’ Out in Davis and quiet Costco near 80/680 for gas - $4.39, four cents more than Business...

Kirkwood and Heavenly, CA Friday, April 18, 2025 Greg and I parked close to and loaded the Reut about 930. It was clear, with a harder overnight freeze than previous day, and wind from E/NE was strong. We skied firm, but smoothly groomed, Wagon Trail to Cornice chair. Short Spoke/Race Course was...

Thursday, April 17, 2025 I left San Jose at 5:30 AM and got to Kirkwood in 3 hrs 20 min, even with stop at Tracy Costco that is a mile from and on wrong side of I205 and for coffee and a donut in Lockeford. Photo of Pilot with 4 sixes (I have deposit on new vehicle that should arrive early June)...

Vacancy tax in South Lake Tahoe failed with nearly 74% voting No last November. https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/measure-n-fails-to-pass-nearly-74-vote-no/ The Lease to Locals Incentive Grant Program in South Lake Tahoe offers cash incentives to property owners who convert their...

Bought a 4-pack of this in addition to a bottle of wine (SLH Pinot Noir) when I stopped at upscale grocery store that is on way to my Mom's house and was hosting very poorly attended wine tasting. I was the 6th person to try their wine. Store had dropped tasting for a couple of years. Karl the...

Hard to keep up with all the scary stuff going on. Our government has been changing people’s Social Security status to dead (they are not dead only immigrants) and revoking student visas for those who have criticized our government or are accused of supporting Gaza among other causes or have...

Friend whose birthday was Saturday, April 5 and his wife had invited us to join them in previous years at Benton Hot Springs which is about 45 minutes E of town of Mammoth Lakes. There is a heavily booked campground where every of the 15 campsites has a private hot tub, and a rustic motel with...

The update to our Grocery Outlet stop was that they charged me for two bottles of a Paso Robles Merlot when I only bought one so I called and they said I could come back on Wed and get my money back or another bottle. I got another bottle and Lucia bought four more dark chocolate bars. I wish...

You said "Mammoth has "bodies of water" views too. Convict and Crowley Lakes to the SE:" I think what you posted as Convict Lake is an unnamed lake or pond above Mountain 24 Hour Storage. I was at Convict Lake on Sunday and don't think it's visible from Mammoth as it's in a deep canyon. Lucia...

Tahoe Value Pass is blacked out all Saturdays at Kirkwood and Northstar. Edit to add that pass is valid all non-holiday Saturdays at Heavenly which can be OK with early start (but paid parking reservation required for main CA base) if upper lifts are not wind-affected which can make you pick...

We did not load lift until 10:45 after leaving cabin after 9 even though I saw 6K rpm on uphill at 8K+ elevation passing lane going up Carson Pass in my 326K+ mile SUV. We were one of three vehicles parked at end of lot near Timber Creek where snowcats cross road. We spent a long time getting...

Our plans changed so that instead of skiing before going to and on way to Benton Hot Springs to celebrate friend’s birthday over the weekend and see part of CA I’d never been to, we drove back to and stayed at So. Tahoe cabin Sunday night and I skied Heavenly. Wind kept Sky chair, gondola and...

I only dropped my phone skiing once. I must have missed my inside pocket on way to Montezuma lift my only time at A-Basin (17 year ago). When I noticed it missing, I went to nearby top of lift shack and it was there. But phone suffered for a while from being in the snow so I could only text and...

Another not beer that I bought today at Grocery Outlet where all their wine, that often sells for 25-50% of what they say is list, is an additional 20% off for a week. I bought two Sauvignon Blancs, one from New Zealand for $5.59 and this one that I'm wondering if @jamesdeluxe has ever seen or...

Kirkwood, CA April 2, 2025 Friend whose place I stayed at was moving a little slow and when I got to my SUV to get out skis out, shuttle that we had not yet called went by before he got there. After texting for another one and not getting response, we decided to drive the less than a mile (in...

After seeing the OpenSnow predictions for the first part of this week for Kirkwood on Sunday and Monday evenings and hearing about it from friend who was at his place here with plenty of room for me if I could get there, I drove up Tuesday morning, leaving San Jose at 5 AM. I saw snow mixed in...

Their Methodology includes "The Washington Post used the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), which provides monthly temperature data at the national, state and county level between 1895 and 2018 for the Lower 48 states." I remember hearing...