In fact, we weren’t even allowing employees to shovel off the deck of the Alpine Lodge.
BROKEN ROADS IN STORM FREE
There was no free movement around the mountain whatsoever. Essentially, the resort was on lockdown throughout the day. Even then, there are extremely strict paths one must follow.
BROKEN ROADS IN STORM FULL
On days like this, no personnel can even go outside unless they have full avalanche gear – a probe, a shovel, a beacon, and a radio. Today, due to the extreme avalanche conditions, our restrictions were at the highest level. Patrollers assist CalTrans and Placer County with clearing the avalanche debris on Highway 89/Alpine Meadows Road.Photo from Our teams help dig out Highway 89/Alpine Meadows Rd Avalanche debris at the base of Alpine Meadows Rd this morning.Please do not refuel your vehicle at this time as these reserves need to be saved for commercial vehicles such as snowplows. Gas stations in Kings Beach, Tahoe City, and Incline Village are entirely out or very low on gasoline. Nevada also has a Road Conditions Mobile App. To check road conditions, your two best resources are the CalTrans Quick Map Mobile App and the CHP-Truckee Facebook Page. We still strongly advise against any travel at this time. Expect this closure to last for a while as there were over 50 downed trees reported on the freeway earlier today.
Additionally, Highway 80 remains closed in both directions at the time of publication. This is an extremely rare occurrence and is indicative of just how serious this storm has been. All three of these slides occurred outside of resort boundaries, but these roads are major points of access for our mountains.Īs a result of these slides, employees who live lakeside were unable to get into work, and Highway 89 shut down in both directions. As of 2pm, all of our teams were still down assisting with snow removal from the slides. Our Patrol and Snow Removal staff who had made it into Alpine already were diverted down to the entrance, and we put all of our resources into assisting with reopening.Ī third natural slide then occurred across Alpine Meadows Road, also resulting in a closure. The road was quickly closed, leaving some patrollers and employees caught in the traffic that ensued. A second slide occurred not long after near the Fir Crags bridge. Roads Closures & ConditionsĪround 4:30 this morning, patrollers were making their way into work at both mountains when a natural slide occurred at River Ranch, going across Highway 89 near the entrance of Alpine Meadows Road.
We are certainly seeing the impacts of such a huge amount of snow both at our resort and in the greater Lake Tahoe community. This is our biggest December storm in 50 years. We have now broken our previous record of 179 inches of snowfall in December 1970 by 9 inches. Last night brought an additional 18 inches of snow to our upper mountains, making the 24-hour total close to 3 feet.
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