Post by: Natalie Gough

I'd been hearing about it all last year and this past summer: "El Niño winter this '09/'10 season," and sure enough the predictions came true. "El Niño " (the warming of the pacific ocean waters) has already affected and continues to impact the southern United States. What this means for anyone in mountainous regions is endless snow! According to the National Weather Services, regions from California to the Southeast are expected to get above median precipitation. What better place to be to benefit from these predictions than Tahoe, California.

Here's a little taste from the past month in Tahoe.  More to come as this current storm is only at the half way mark!

Natalie Gough, Alpine Meadows

View from the peak of Alpine Meadows with Lake Tahoe in the background.

Alpine Meadows

Brendon Drury, Alpine Meadows

Sunset at Squaw Valley.

First snowshoe experience, Jake's Peak.

Fresh tracks all the way down! Heavenly, South Lake, as the back drop.

Top of Jake's with a six-day storm creeping in.

Nothing but snow on the forecast.

Home sweet home! Pro skier & semi-professional snow shoveller, Michelle Parker getting at it!

The snow won't stop.

Three days later—bet they wished they checked on the family mini-van!