Your Tahoe season was a rollercoaster. Next year, don’t guess.
You drove 4 hours to Palisades for what was supposed to be a foot. It was 4 inches of Sierra cement. StormDrop scores every storm by daily rate, not the headline total, so you see which region is actually worth the trip before you commit.
25-26 Season Report
Here's how your mountains really performed.
Lake Tahoe — 143 storms tracked, 432" average season total.
Your Specific Problem
The I-80 chain control gamble. R-2 means 2 extra hours. R-3 means turn around. We track Caltrans chain controls against the storm forecast.
This isn't a generic weather problem. It's the exact failure mode every bay area skiers deals with. StormDrop is built to solve it.
What you missed
While your home mountain underdelivered, other regions were firing.
StormDrop would have flagged these windows with flight and hotel links pre-filled.
Next season, StormDrop alerts you when one of these regions is about to fire — with available flights from SFO already loaded.
How it works
One app. The complete powder day answer.
Raw NWS, No Spin
The real number, plus the plan.
We show the raw NWS snowfall, the storm level (Level 2 to 4), rain risk, and powder density. No corrected number we cannot stand behind. Then we plan the trip around it.
Road & Access Intelligence
Get there before the closure.
13 corridors across 4 state DOTs. Closure and chain-control predictions from the storm forecast. Personalized arrival plan based on your home airport and travel pace.
Local Knowledge
First chair intel, structured.
6,951 forum posts from locals, distilled into per-resort knowledge bases. Which lift opens first, where the stashes are, when patrol triggers avalanche control. 27 mountains covered in depth.
Book in One Click
Stop copy-pasting into 5 tabs.
Flights and hotels pre-filled with your dates and home airport. Direct links to Google Flights, Booking.com, and Kayak, all pointing at the exact storm window.
76
Verified Lift Rosters
27
Local Knowledge Bases
13
Canyon Closure Models
4
State DOT Feeds
“NWS had 25-41″ for Vail from Sat night through Mon, which was a pipe dream. I think 12-24″ during the same period is more reasonable.”
A local in the Colorado Weather Discussion Thread, TGR ForumsThe kind of local read we surface. Forum sentiment, not a StormDrop forecast.
Pricing
Less than one wasted ski day.
One round trip from SFO to a good powder day costs $400+. This costs $500 for the whole season.
StormDrop Premium
7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
- Full trip intelligence for 40 resorts: flight prices, drive and canyon timing
- Road closure predictions: 13 canyon models across 4 state DOTs
- Local knowledge for 27 mountains
- Booking links for flights and hotels, plus ground-transport cost estimates
- Storm alert emails (Level 2 to 4)
- Forecasts and verified rosters for all 76
No card required during trial
That's $1.37/day during ski season. One good powder day you'd have missed is worth 10× this.
Explore Your Home Resorts
Every resort page has the raw NWS forecast, road conditions, lift wind holds, and local intel.
Full season report for Lake Tahoe →