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    Snow boosts spirits at Sierra ski resorts

    By MARTIN GRIFFITH | Associated Press – Mon, Jan 23, 2012

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — A string of storms has brought something Sierra Nevada ski resorts haven't seen much this season: snow.

    Lake Tahoe resorts, which have been relying on snow-making machines to stay open, reported the storms have dropped 1 to 2 feet of snow since Thursday. Another storm was expected to dump from 15 to 30 inches overnight at higher elevations around the Tahoe basin by Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

    "It's great to have Mother Nature lending a hand," said Andy Chapman of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.

    Despite the new snow, Sierra ski resorts still offered limited operations. The Tahoe basin snowpack was only 25 percent of normal for the date.

    Around Tahoe, eight of 170 runs were open at Squaw Valley, five of 100 trails were open at Alpine Meadows and 32 of 97 trails were open at Heavenly. Farther to the south, Mammoth Mountain reported 51 of 150 runs open, while Kirkwood said six of 72 trails were open.

    Jon Slaughter, spokesman for the Boreal resort atop Donner Summit, said he hoped Monday's storm would allow more terrain to open. Boreal reported 12 of 41 runs open on Sunday.

    "I'm thrilled to see we actually have some natural snowfall," Slaughter said. "We're going to be able to rapidly expand the terrain. We should be able to groom more runs."

    The storms came less than a week after a group of Paiute, Shoshone and Washoe tribal members performed a traditional ceremony seeking spiritual help to bring snow to the Sierra. Some 200 people took part on Jan. 15 at Homewood on Tahoe's west shore.

    The current skiing and snowboarding season stands in marked contrast with last season, when roughly twice as much snow as normal fell in the Sierra and resorts stayed open later than usual to take advantage.

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    6 comments

    • Sophie
      Sophie  •  4 mths ago
      Thank you to the tribes for seeking the help of the Great Spirit to assist in bringing much needed precipitation. We should all return to the rituals of acknowledging and thanking the Great living Mother that provides for our very existence. We all need to become stewards of the land.
    • koko
      koko  •  4 mths ago
      Thank you mother nature for the snow. Please we need more.
    • TahoeRobb
      TahoeRobb  •  4 mths ago
      Yay bout time
    • TomM
      TomM  •  Cape Elizabeth, Maine  •  4 mths ago
      it wasnt because of an "indian snow dance " people..it's called winter, ya know???
      • David
        David 4 mths ago
        Then again, maybe it was???!!
    • Jan
      Jan  •  4 mths ago
      In Reno right now it is snowing and raining at the same time It is a mess the gutters in the streets ar backing up.. Our Indian nation should not have prayed so hard...But we do need the percipitation. Thanks to all who participated.
    • Brett,Jacksonville
      Brett,Jacksonville  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Hey Sophie, I think the hot summers out there have fried you're brain,the only spirits that are real are the ones you have been drinking. Maybe it's the air,considering Harry Reid is also half looney tunes. God the Father,the Great I Am,and his son Jesus Christ, is the only Creator of the Earth and Universe and the only one we go to prayer with. Americans, no matter what there color,and people all over the world,Muslim,Palestinian,Hebrew and everybody on the face of this earth can have a relationship with God and his son, but you cannot do it without Jesus Christ first and being buried with him in baptism.
      • David
        David 4 mths ago
        Religion can help to point the way, but will never be the way in itself. You have your
        mental manifestation of a helper, and other spiritual people have theirs.
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