Spring? Skiing in a t-shirt? Never heard of it. Or, at least, California hasn’t heard of it. Ski resorts throughout the state have spent the last few days getting hammered with fresh snow. Weeklong snow totals at some mountains in Lake Tahoe, California, now exceed three feet.
The past 24 hours have been equally exciting. Palisades Tahoe is sitting on an enticing 14 inches of 24-hour snowfall. Sugar Bowl picked up 18 inches over the past day. Kirkwood got 11 inches.
When it comes to skiing powder in the spring, we don’t like to say never, definitively. During the entire month of April, freak storms that deliver mid-winter conditions are possible.
However, for California, this could be the last hurrah before warmer weather sets in more permanently. That’s nothing to fret about—who doesn’t like skiing in a T-shirt?—but if you’d like to take your powder boards out for a spin, the time is now.
These are the weeklong (unless otherwise specified) storm totals at several California ski areas and resorts that benefited from the opening April powder salvo.
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