Zermatt
Active member
Lots of snow at Squaw? Yep. Any skiing....nope.
Just think if this was your vacation week at Squaw Valley...hasn't been open all week. I think they were open Saturday and have been closed since then. Now its power outages, before, rain then extreme snow.
At this point in the storm cycle I have doubts they will get much of anything open this weekend. Once they get the power back on they have to get people onto the mountain to start making it safe for avalanches. Usually, skier traffic does most of the avalanche control work, but they have had none of that. Patrol drops bombs in the morning, but it really is daily traffic that packs out everything. Once the avalanche problem is blown away they have to dig out chairlifts. An easy task if you keep up with it everyday, but my guess is they haven't been anywhere on the mountain since Sunday. Then, all the other staff needs to get to the mountain to run chairs, open lodges, etc.
Enjoy all that snow in California.
Just think if this was your vacation week at Squaw Valley...hasn't been open all week. I think they were open Saturday and have been closed since then. Now its power outages, before, rain then extreme snow.
At this point in the storm cycle I have doubts they will get much of anything open this weekend. Once they get the power back on they have to get people onto the mountain to start making it safe for avalanches. Usually, skier traffic does most of the avalanche control work, but they have had none of that. Patrol drops bombs in the morning, but it really is daily traffic that packs out everything. Once the avalanche problem is blown away they have to dig out chairlifts. An easy task if you keep up with it everyday, but my guess is they haven't been anywhere on the mountain since Sunday. Then, all the other staff needs to get to the mountain to run chairs, open lodges, etc.
Enjoy all that snow in California.