100 Inches of Snow In Seven Days: Tracking the Deepest Storm Totals In California
This phase of the storm that hit California and the Sierra Nevada has abated.
Mostly sunny skies are expected at ski resorts like Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe. The start of a perhaps wet Sierra storm is in the cards for Monday.
For now, though, incredulity is the main emotion associated with what happened in the Sierra Nevada this week. Feet and feet and feet of snow hit the mountains. Several resorts, tangling with the wind and snow, instituted closures and limited openings.
On Friday morning, Mammoth Mountain shared in its snow report that it was still digging out and didn’t plan to open upper mountain lifts.
If you plan to visit a resort, we recommend checking the social media page or website of your local mountain for updates. The website of the Sierra Avalanche Center is a must-visit after major storms like this, too, for up-to-date backcountry avalanche information.
As epic as the snow has been this week for the previously barren ski conditions, we’ve also seen multiple tragic avalanche incidents in California and elsewhere. First and foremost, we want all of you to stay safe. The powder comes second.
Keep reading for storm totals.
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California Ski Resort Storm Totals
You can think of these totals as a rough gauge. They were largely pulled from ski resort snow reports, which differ from resort to resort. Some provide seven-day totals, others only offer smaller windows. Those that aren’t seven days or storm totals are specified. A few Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe are included, as well.
Rough gauge or not, though, what is abundantly clear is the sheer amount of snow that fell, easily exceeding 100 inches in some places.
Resorts are ordered by total snowfall.
- Palisades Tahoe: 124" (storm total, according to Instagram story post)
- China Peak: 82 to 118 inches
- Sugar Bowl: 111 inches
- Tahoe Donner: 95 inches
- Mammoth Mountain: 63 to 94 inches
- Kirkwood: 92 inches
- Sierra-at-Tahoe: 91 inches
- Northstar: 80 inches
- Bear Valley: 69 inches (72 hour)
- Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe (NV): 65 to 78 inches
- Homewood Ski Resort: 65 inches (per this post, likely higher)
- Dodge Ridge: 65 inches (72 hour)
- Heavenly: 62 inches
- Alta Sierra: 50 inches
- June Mountain: 44 inches (3-day)
- Mountain High: 35 inches
- Mt. Shasta Ski Park: 31 inches (72 hour)
- Mt. Baldy: About 30 inches (per this post)
- Donner Ski Ranch: 28 inches (24 hour)
- Snow Valley: 24 inches (3-day)
- Bear Mountain: 18 inches (3-day)
- Snow Summit: 18 inches (3-day)
- Boreal Mountain: 10 inches (24 hour, storm total is much higher)