Palisades Tahoe saw 397cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, down 28% on last winter. That puts it 24th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
11
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
39cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 17 Feb 2026.
182cm
deepest snowpackmodelled at mid-mountain height on 20 Feb 2026.
115cm
snowiest monthFebruary 2026 stole the show.
108cm
best weekseven days from 20 Dec 2025.
74%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
95/100
ExcellentTypically about 153 ski days a season, improving by 2 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The 24th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
Snowfall by month
February was the mid-winter peak, with 29% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), EM Snow archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate.