Tahoe pounded with powder · 2 feet fall in 24 hours

 

UPDATED JAN. 4, 2017:

The winter weather gods continue to pound the Tahoe Sierra with feet of fresh powder – another 2 feet and counting as of Wednesday, Jan. 4, has fallen in the last 24 hours. And, it just keeps on coming.

The National Weather Service is calling for snow falls of 6 to 12 inches at lake level into Thursday, with another 1 to 2 feet about 7,000 feet. Another storm system is expected to move into the Tahoe Sierra from Saturday through Tuesday.

Snowfalls in the last 24 hours as of Jan. 4: 

Boreal Mountain Resort: 44″ 24-hour 

Diamond Peak: 17″ 24-hour 

Donner Ski Ranch: 24″ 24-hour 

Homewood Mountain Resort: 26″ 24-hour 

Granlibakken: 8″ 24-hour

Heavenly: 18″ 24-hour 

Kirkwood: 20″ 24-hour 

Northstar California: 18″ 24-hour

Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe: 21″ 24-hour 

Sierra-at-Tahoe: 23″ 24-hour

Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows: 23″ 24-hour

Sugar Bowl: 24″ 24-hour

Royal Gorge: 18″ 24 hour 

Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area: 22″ 24-hour

Tahoe XC: 2″ 24-hour

 

JAN. 3, 2017 REPORT: Tahoe ski resorts are reported upwards of 2 feet of fresh powder over the first two days of 2017. The party continues this week with another 12 to 18 inches at lake level and an additional 2 to 3 feet about 7,000 feet expected through Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Diamond Peak on Jan. 3, 2017

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Another weekend storm system is gearing up with the potential for several feet of snow in the Tahoe Sierra and Western Nevada, according to NOAA.

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Katherine Hill
Katherine first moved to Tahoe in 1998 and has been in love with the Tahoe Sierra region since. She has been in the journalism field for more than 25 years and has worked for daily and weekly newspapers and magazines, as well as online publications and Web sites, as an award-winning writer and editor. In the fall of 2013, Katherine became only the third owner of the Tahoe Weekly magazine, and today serves as its Publisher and Editor In Chief. She also volunteers as a board member on of the Tahoe City Downtown Association, a commissioner on the North Tahoe Regional Advisory Council and is a member of the TBID Advisory Committee for the North Tahoe Community Alliance. She is also a past commissioner of the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Commission.