The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report

The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
Produced by Andy Wertheim
Tahoe/Truckee Realtor
email: andyw@sierra.net
Our real estate website: www.tahoeriverfrontrealty.com

Hello skiers,
Warm weather continues to dominate the Tahoe area with temperatures in the sixties, or maybe even the 70's. Overnight temperatures are lower at the base of Alpine (in the mid thirties) and higher at the ridge tops (in the forties). The surface of our pack seems to firm up overnight, even with the warm temperatures, but the spring snow quickly turns to corn in the early morning hours. I skied this morning from 8 until 9:30 making a few telemark turns on the groomed slopes. Alpine Bowl was really nice after 8:30 with the lower slopes softening between 8:30 and 9. We took a couple of runs on Blue Trail, a couple on Red Trail, and watched people ski down Wolverine and Beaver Bowl. There were plenty of smiles on the hill early in the morning. I assume the skiing remained good until about 11. Off piste was variable with some sun cup areas, some skier packed slopes, and some moguls. The groomed slopes may have been the best as they were smooth and not deep or rotted as some of the off piste slopes appeared to be today. There is plenty of snow remaining on the hill, and we should have another week of good spring skiing coming up. One of my associates skied Wednesday and Thursday reporting very good runs in the Estelle Bowl area on Wednesday and good skiing in the Keyhole slope areas on Thursday. Daily conditions were vary depending on the overnight temperatures.
The bike trail is nice and clean and makes for pleasant riding along the river where you might catch a family of geese feeding on the banks. The new little one’s are very cute.
Although this is not really the Lake Tahoe area, I was treated to a day of bird watching with our expert resident Truckee birder, Martin Meyers, in the wetland areas surrounding Fallon, Nevada. We wandered around various wetland, small stream and lake areas within the Carson River Drainage. It is always interesting and enlightening to make contact with that which surrounds us on a daily basis much of which often goes unnoticed.
I think I view over 50 different birds during our day long outing, some of which I was able to identify and other that I hope I can identify in the future.
Soon the area should be blooming with wildflowers offering us another opportunity to discover the beauty that makes up our local environment.
Enjoy your day. Andy