Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 4°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
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max °C | 11 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 14 |
min °C | 10 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 11 |
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 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — |
 | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:01 |
Latest snow reports near Palisades Tahoe:
Moderate rain reported from South Lake Tahoe Airport at 6345 feet 6 miles SW of Heavenly but it is forecast cold enough for snow at higher elevations in the ski area from Heavenly
Light rain reported from South Lake Tahoe Airport at 6345 feet 6 miles SW of Heavenly but it is forecast cold enough for snow at higher elevations in the ski area from Heavenly
| Top snow depth: | 119 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 3 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 8 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 4 May 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Palisades Tahoe at the specific elevation of 1874 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Palisades Tahoe. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of United States.
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Resort name is also written as Squaw Valley.
Overall 4.4 Based on 18 votes and 5 reviews
Amazing terrain at Squaw, and consistently large snow falls (save for January 2011!!). Problem is though when they do get the snow, the mountain is slow getting terrain open, or the upper mountain will be on wind hold, often leaving 30 min+ waits at the bottom of the select few lifts that do open. This leaves you stuck in line with a bunch of rude, and aggressive locals who'll ski right over your skis or board to get one precious chair ahead of you in the line. When they finally do get Granite Chief/Headwall/ KT22 or whatever open on a powder day you will get a pretty sweet run in.....before you have to spend the rest of your morning in line again. If you can be bothered lining up again, by the time you get back to the top most of the decent lines will be tracked out. Also due to the generally mild conditions the snow usually turns to crud within a day or two of a snow fall. What is not mentioned when they are broadcasting 10 feet of new snow is that several inches of rain also accompanied the storm. We had season passes this season but I wouldn't bother going back to this place. Plenty of other places with great terrain if you are prepared to hunt it out, and without the crowds, hype and aggro....and where you can actually ski powder all day. On a different note, can someone tell the 'Squaw Valley USA' marketing that no-one really cares any more that they hosted the Olympics way back when. It was over 50 years ago, get over it!
coldsmoker from Australia writes:
Amazing terrain at Squaw, and consistently large snow falls (save for January 2011!!).
Problem is though when they do get the snow, the mountain is slow getting terrain open, or the upper mountain will be on wind hold, often leaving 30 min+ waits at the bottom of the select few lifts that do open. This leaves you stuck in line with a bunch of rude, and aggressive locals who'll ski right over your skis or board to get one precious chair ahead of you in the line. When they finally do get Granite Chief/Headwall/ KT22 or whatever open on a powder day you will get a pretty sweet run in.....before you have to spend the rest of your morning in line again. If you can be bothered lining up again, by the time you get back to the top most of the decent lines will be tracked out.
Also due to the generally mild conditions the snow usually turns to crud within a day or two of a snow fall. What is not mentioned when they are broadcasting 10 feet of new snow is that several inches of rain also accompanied the storm.
We had season passes this season but I wouldn't bother going back to this place. Plenty of other places with great terrain if you are prepared to hunt it out, and without the crowds, hype and aggro....and where you can actually ski powder all day.
On a different note, can someone tell the 'Squaw Valley USA' marketing that no-one really cares any more that they hosted the Olympics way back when. It was over 50 years ago, get over it!
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