More Snow This Week, Another Pattern Change?

More small storms are in the forecast for this week. For now, no huge accumulations are expected. The overall pattern is beginning to change. The El Niño is weakening, which will bring the jetstream to a more traditional flow out of Alaska, with an aim of Tahoe instead of SoCal. This would mean more traditional colder storms with larger accumulations of snow for late February. Although an increase of snowfall may be unsure, there will plenty of people around for ski weeks and Presidents' Weekend.

Errol Kerr "Wishing Well" Thread

It would be a great way to let Errol know we are there right up to the Olympics. It only takes a minute to log-in or register to add your positive thoughts. Here's the thread.

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If you are as crazy about winter sports and Alpine Meadows as we are, we would love to have you as a site partner! We really need some partners that can add some value to our readers. If you can offer discounts for site readers, prizes for contests, or additional content for the site, we would love to hear from you. If you want to be part of our team, contact Mark.

Stickers?

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Features Added To The Unofficial Alpine Forum

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The forum really is the heart and soul of Unofficial Alpine, at least after you have read Andy's report. We're getting around 100 readers a day. It would be great to see more people posting. If you took a great run, had a fantastic slice of pizza or met a friendly employee, please share!

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• A discussion of terrain parks at Alpine
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The Unofficial Alpine Meadows Ski Report
2/05/10 Another Day Of Fresh Tracks

Hello friends,

Is that the sun trying to come out for a little while this afternoon? It snowed last night. The mountain says 10 inches, but it looked like less at my house. Maybe 6 inches at the base. The snow came in with plenty of wind and on the wet side, so it stuck to everything and filled in the mogul troughs. There was a little wind at the top of Summit this morning and the visibility left something to be desired, but the skiing was good. We made fresh tracks in the trees of North Peril, D7, Alpine Bowl, High Yellow, Seldom Slides, Bobby's Run, and in the less steep areas off Sherwood Chair. We found that some of the wind affected areas were better where it was less steep as we did not hit that harder surface underneath. Lakeview was running today. We took a couple of lovely runs off Lakeview in the Outer Limits area. Nothing like untracked snow below you and very few people to hassle you. It was another good day at Alpine Meadows. Saturday may also be excellent and Sunday looks like it will be a good day. Maybe even a little sun will pop out overhead.

Enjoy your day. Andy

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