Unfortunately caltrans has been making people put chains even if there is no snow on the road, it took us forever to get there and then because conditions at Squaw were so bad despite the recent snow, I went to Alpine, but that took another 1h+ due to the inefficient shuttle system. In the end, I was at the top of the first lift around noon.

spider boxter with chains, nice...

you could still find some snow if you were willing to risk core shots

rock garden? Well at least they're being honest about it

yeah, I went riding through that, anything for powder

and core shots I got, I had to cut this out with my swiss army knife

mmh, I think I got a bit lost out of bounds, my only way down was in powder.

later in the afternoon, we got some sun

ok, that's better

The next morning, I went back with some coworkers. Thanks to sucky transortation and Squaw sucking, it took us a mere 1h15 to get to Alpine and we missed first chairs and new overnight snow. Grr...

waiting for shuttle #2

first lift, finally

Hi Matt

Alpine had good snowmaking

Last chair