I was there Thurs/Fri as well.
Snow was great. No wind was a big plus (always seems to be really windy when I am up there). Those trails should be renamed now. lol
People were stuck on one of the lifts (B lift I think its called) for a little while Friday afternoon after it broke down.
.............. back to regularly scheduled programming
No astronaut sightings?
Speed gun is awesome. Sure you made that redcoat's day.
Sounds like a fun day. I hope to be there next Saturday.
take a look here
http://www.skiheavenly.com/mountain/conditions/
and that should give you your snow conditions answer.
I dont think they have had one decent storm yet.
Tahoe early season is a roll of the dice. Last year they received like 6 feet of snow during the holidays. This year nothing .....