Mountain weather can be wild and woolly... check out this video of a hailstorm on June 24, 2006. Temp just before this storm was in mid 80s.
Bear Valley Summer Hail.mp4 (higher quality) - You'll need Windows Media Player 10 or Quicktime 7.1 to play (MPEG4 file).
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Google Video Version (lower quality) - Requires Adobe Flash
If you have a webcam, go ahead and add your image here. Click Edit above, it should be obvious how to add your image.
Also: check the DATE stamp on the image to make sure you're looking at a functional web cam.
Real time Video
Kirkwood Streaming Webcam, completely live, Kirkwood ski area base (requires Windows Media Player)
Truckee Webcam, updated ~5-10 seconds, looking at I-80 (requires Java)
DOT I-50 webcam. Amazing quality. Go here for other highway cams thruout California.
Arnold/Highway Webcam, updated ~3-5 seconds (requires Java)
Real time Image
Web cam on Quaking Aspen Road, same as that found on the Weather page. New and Improved snow gauge markings!
10 feet is at the top of the '10' number.
Bear Valley Resort web cam
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Bear Valley Mountain Resort
Be sure to check out their new remote control streaming video
cam. You can operate it yourself, zooming in/out, pan left/right... fun.
Current shot from cam
Bear Valley Real Estate webcam... pointing at the parking lot in front of the commercial center, and looking up at part of the Bloods Ridge bluff.
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Bear Valley Real Estate
Bear Valley Snowmobile Webcam
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Bear Valley Snowmobile
Dorrington Web Cams
courtesy of
BigTreesTech.com
Arnold/Highway 4 Live Webcam -
Streaming Version (requires Java)
courtesy of
Tim Muetterties Associates
Kirkwood Web Cam -
Streaming Version (requires Windows Media Player)
courtesy of
Kirkwood
Yosemite Half Dome Web Cam -
TurtlebackCam. Courtesy of Virtual Yosemite Association. Another beautiful ![[WWW]](http://yosemite.org/vryos/ahwahnee.jpg){kind=small}
Halfdome webcam.
Tioga Pass Hwy 120(9,943ft./3,031m) Webcam. Courtesy of Virtual Yosemite Association
Comments:
Note: You must be logged in to add comments2008-01-04 14:21:39 Well, Tony it may be time to move the 800. NOAA and the NWS would like you to wake up to 40 inches of new snow... —EricDavis
2008-01-04 15:52:58 well I keep shoveling the porches... the snow is real wet right now...falling straight down... if the temps had been 10 deg lower we would have had 5-10feet out of this storm. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-04 16:07:17 Ok, NWS gets a little crazy from time to time. They think you will be in the low 20's to mid teens by tomorrow ,,,,
http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?outFormat=table&duration=168hr&interval=6&citylist=Arnold%2C38.2322%2C-120.3696&latitude=38.468&longitude=120.047&latlon=Go&ZOOMLEVEL=1&XSTART=&YSTART=&XC=&YC=&X=&Y=&siteID=STO —EricDavis
2008-01-04 16:38:36 snow is now falling more lightly... would tend to indicate upper atmos is getting colder.... —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-05 09:59:35 Tony, Is that just under 5 ft on your snow stick? About 2 ft difference so far from when this started, right? —DianeLundquist
2008-01-05 10:07:24 yes Dianne, the snowgauge is showing depth at just under 5ft, which is about 2.5ft since Wed afternoon, before the storms started. Though it seems like more than 2.5ft fell as I walk around and sink up to my hips in what seems like fresh snow. ATTM, it's coming down fluffy and heavy. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-05 10:09:45 Dianne, click on the link from me, just above. You will see that Tony is going to get another 2 feet of snow.. Tony, keep the 800 going.. —EricDavis
2008-01-05 10:14:00 Eric, good advice. The 800 made it out pretty easily... snowmobiles with long tracks and deep paddles are highly recommended around here. BTW folks, the server is sometime slow as the traffic load is quite high... getting ALOT of hits from all over right now. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-05 10:44:01 Looks like Monday will be the epic day after the snow has all fallen and we're all back at work....oh well, a well deserved reward for the local folks who work so hard during the holiday crowds... —DianeLundquist
2008-01-05 12:15:08 T- I agree....seems like 5' when shoveling, packing trail with snowshoes, and then turn around in 2 hours and do it all over again. Relentless piles regardless what that stake says!!!! LOL —SusiLewis
2008-01-05 15:38:29 position the camera little more down —IsabellaZuccarino
2008-01-05 16:17:15 Since 11:00 we are getting an inch per hour. Pretty much Whiteout conditions. Tony is your sled buried? That stake must be almost to 6' by now. —SusiLewis
2008-01-05 16:50:36 near whiteout conditions gong down 4... my windsheild wiper tore off and I had to go about 2mph... could not put my head out the window, too my wind/snow, had to look out the right side of the windshield... it is insane up here right now. This is a proper mountain snow storm now! My snowmobile is hitting drifts on QA that is sending snow over the top of the windshield and burying me with snow behind it. MUCH fun. Ski conditions this afternoon were fantastic... light powder knee deep... just fantastic... tomorrow AM should be killer powder oppty of the season. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-05 16:52:31 some cars in parking lots seem impossibly buried what with the snowfall and the snow plow adding insult to injury... you can barely tell there is a car underneath the huge mound of snow. THanks to the gas station folks for lending me some wire so I could jury rig my windshield wiper up so I could just basically drive to a parking space. WOW. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-06 12:43:59 between shoveling snow, digging car out, and skiing 3-5ft of powder, I am well baked. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-06 19:05:26 Tony, now that you are a permanent resident here, am glad you are in the swing of 'forced exercise' and some play too. Must be nice to be able to take your work with you and be here!!!! —SusiLewis
2008-01-06 20:28:55 only here thanks to DSL... without DSL I'd rarely be here during the week. Yes, shoveling is real work, esp at this altitude... tomorrow am I might do a little work on the balcony... —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-06 22:52:19 How is life in Saratoga surviving without you? Must be an understanding family. Good for you. Nice to have you here observing things firsthand, not from afar. Pretty nice place to be, whatever the season. So....we are in for a nice break, even with the little frosting on the cake Tuesday. Might be a good time to make a break down the hill to see how others are living. No........not cabin fever here. yet. —SusiLewis
2008-01-07 07:39:11 Susi, heading downhill after a few runs at the mountain... it's been a great week up here. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-09 09:43:17 Sorry you had to back to work.... some nice powder to contend with - again! My deck rail measurement is at least a foot- if not a bit more. —SusiLewis
2008-01-09 10:09:21 I believe you, yet my snow gauge shows approx 8" or so, wonder why the difference. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-10 11:33:38 Getting some rain. Sierra CEMENT will be the result unless temps fall and returns to flakes. Geeez. —SusiLewis
2008-01-10 14:08:31 Susi, This is not too bad. It seems the warmer temps have stabilized the snow layers, reducing avalanche danger. This will be good base for spring skiing. Always optimistic! Bob —BobRynd
2008-01-10 20:23:33 Yes, Bob you are right. The dampening of the trails walking out get better with this, after the first few postholes. I just worry about the January thaw syndrome, then turning to lecherous ice again. I am talking trails, not ski runs. And I hope to sound optimistic, as am very glad our water tables are where they are right now, not even counting on a March miracle like some years. —SusiLewis
2008-01-19 10:29:50 Hello all, I am looking for a nice free place to take my kids to play in the snow and do a little sledding any one know of a place up there —JackMorris
2008-01-20 10:02:13 Turnout snowplay is anywhere Caltrans has cleared out pullouts, but some are supposed to be only for chain control. Up this high, it is hard to find a safe, legal place, as most turnouts are entrances to subdivisions etc. Our old sub parking area is for resident use only, but snowbunnies tend to go in and set up bbq's etc and take our parking spots and leave their trash. It is a sore subject around here and we would rather folks didn't clog our private area. I know a snowpark pass is pretty cheap, so that is the best thing to do. The Alpine one is supreme, as is Spicers. The sled hill at BV Cross Co is excellent. Anywhere else, (along the highway turnouts) is at the mercy of the traffic and crowds and safety. —SusiLewis
2008-01-21 10:38:00 I noticed on Saturday, driving down the hill, that the sheriff was shoooing people away from Cottage Springs. I have wondered why the don't do this more often, as it is privite property. Then, on Sunday AM, driving up the hill, I noticed that BV Cross Country has put up a full size banner across the the old Cottage Springs sign, advertising their snoplay/sledding hill. Good Move BVCC. —BobRynd
2008-01-22 12:56:12 Thanks to Michael Shorts, who updated the mountain web cam to the new Polar Express viewpoint. Nice! —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-23 09:56:56 Now if BV will get their snow gauge up and running , life would be good. —EricDavis
2008-01-23 14:20:34 I know... it's one of those things customers want to know... they want good video or images of current conditions and they want up2date stats on snowfall. Is it too much to ask? I have a poor mans snow gauge, but it's better than 5 day old numerical data. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-23 14:39:00 16" on top o' my car.... and easily that much to slog thru on the trail. I keep my 'snow steps' at the same level after each snow, and it was 16-17"to remove before hit the 'old' layer. This was from Monday eve to today, as I didn't deal with it yesterday. —SusiLewis
2008-01-23 14:51:06 Tony, your snow gauge works fine. BV Resort - you gotta love it- or hate it. Sometimes I wonder if the folks understand that their market, the Bay Area skiers, look to the web for last minute decisions. Like, do I cut work and rush to Bear Valley to ski powder in grizzly bowl? I have been burned more times than I'd like to admit, because Grizzly didn't open! - despite early morning reports that it will be open. They say, "well we updated it at 0830"! —BobRynd
2008-01-23 15:24:33 A-Men Bob. —EricDavis
2008-01-23 16:07:29 Bob I have one word for the BV people... twitter.com or tumblr.com or any other real time info site that are ideal for purposes like this. They just need to use this thing called the Internet. Occasional email marketing is so 1996. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-24 09:51:13 Remember the old marketing theme "The Best Kept Secret In The Sierra"? We forgot to the 'em it was not an oath to keep the secret! —BillDiehl
2008-01-27 08:52:53 That stake should be well past 7'. Got at least a foot on my railing. —SusiLewis
2008-01-27 09:50:04 it's amazing... I can't figure out why that area gets 1/3rd the snofall of the rest of my lot. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-27 10:08:48 maybe too protected.... trees blocking the straight down flow? Guess a stake somewhere else would balance the results. Since the snow counter at the Mt site is kaflooey, have to rely on my ruler and deck railing! —SusiLewis
2008-01-27 18:22:45 if the storm cells I drove though a couple hours ago hit BV, you will get hit by another 1-2 ft before midnight... some very windy and heavy rain cells. —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-28 10:02:28 Yep.....we are buried. I think at least 2'- and very whiteout condtions with the wind wailing. I am looking forward to a break this afternoon, and go find my poor car. PTL the sheriff snowcat just went thru behind my place as he couldn't get thru down at the T. yippee. A REAL TRAIL !!!! —SusiLewis
2008-01-28 11:18:18 Susi, yep, it was POURING last night in Murphys. I can imagine that the mountains only got worse since 4:00pm yesterday. White-out sometimes driving down hwy 4. It is always an adventure. Tony, you're going to need a longer snow stake! ...and maybe time to relook at some summer photos to remember what it looks like with sunshine and greenery! —BobRynd
2008-01-28 11:58:11 must have been some storm... finally it overcame my snow stakes ability to resist going over 7ft.... —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-29 07:38:06 Well , Tony you did set some new all time lows.. I am at 22 F,, and that is a heat wave compared to you. —EricDavis
2008-01-29 09:12:01 [[nbsb]] Tony, you left one day too soon. Didn't snow much last night - those are my snowmobile track going past your gauge. They opened grizzly bowl around noon on Monday, I was lucky enough to get a couple runs down before I had to return to ski with the kids. Plenty of powder to go around, incredibly light for California and deep.
2008-01-29 16:55:21 hey David, I was wondering who was trailblazing?! It's good that we keep that common driveway operating, even in the winter :) —TonyZuccarino
2008-01-30 09:17:27 Add another 9-10" from 3 pm to tis morning. That stake sould be past 8'- So from now on we will call the 7 mark the 8 footer and so on..K? —SusiLewis
2008-01-30 11:11:22 Tony, according to
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/cap/, the Tioga web cam is no longer available. —KeithWinter
2008-01-30 18:09:14 sorry about my dropped 'h's, somehow my finger is missing it. A LOVELY DAY TODAY. Nice breather, and the snow I did shovel/pack is so light- Heavenly Powder. —SusiLewis
2008-01-31 09:01:05 Keith, thanks for the heads up... I'll leave the link alive for a couple more weeks in case it comes online.... —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-01 08:12:34 At least 13" since yesterday noon—it is still and quiet this morn. —SusiLewis
2008-02-01 13:35:07 thx Susi for the snow update. More this weekend? —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-01 20:34:17 OH YA.... supposedly 2-3 feet from Sat afternoon thru Sunday morn. I need to take down the tops of piles, in order to shovel my 'steps'. This is turning into a great winter.... if only I am not reminded as soon as I step out the door, that the walking ain't easy. You gotta work to get to the groomed trail. Ahhh just like the good ole days. Sure is gorgeous with all the icicle action going on and sweet,soft powder. —SusiLewis
2008-02-02 16:03:29 yeay!... we have the Arnold Weather Cam back online! —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-03 08:47:05 Tony, yes I put the link back in. My notification to AOL that one of their cache servers was abusing my site seems to have caused them to fix something. I'll keep an eye on the logs to be sure it stays that way, but for now, my camera image is back this page. —KeithWinter
2008-02-03 10:35:39 doesn't look like the 10ft mark will be buried with this storm.... —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-03 23:01:40 THAT stake would have been buried had it been in my yard. Honest. Not Tony's fault, that is just a protected area it seems. Everyone is busy digging out, and can tell the tales. Rub on the liniment! —SusiLewis
2008-02-09 06:26:14 Tony, you went at 2:30 am. I thought you doing a back up. Still down, but no big deal. Welcome back. —EricDavis
2008-02-12 16:08:00 62deg in the sun!!! nice... —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-19 09:05:21 Tony: your camera is more tilted up now, did you change it? Was curious how much the snow has sunk... just below 7' ??? —SusiLewis
2008-02-19 10:32:59 Susi, how I wish you had noticed this yesterday before I left BV... I must have bumped the camera accidentally. I usually check this before I leave the house (it's happened before) but this time I plain forgot. —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-19 14:19:58 No worries.... with what the next storms shall produce, the depth will surely be back to at least 8 or 9- and within view. tis begun a lite snow now. —SusiLewis
2008-02-22 12:14:14 Tony- take a nice long look at your stake, I believe it is gonna get buried. —SusiLewis
2008-02-24 19:43:47 Tony, your snow stake... glug, glug, glug - going, going, gone. —BobRynd
2008-02-25 08:57:15 not quite yet.... will it happen this season??? —TonyZuccarino
2008-02-25 10:52:11 That stake has oil on it, and has repelled true depths! We got at least 4 feet I can tell you. —SusiLewis
2008-03-10 17:23:45 very quiet in here.... —TonyZuccarino
2008-03-10 20:26:43 Watching the snow melt is a lot like "watching the paint dry", it's not much fun. About time for a good spring storm to finish the task at hand; cover Tony's snow stake completely. —BobRynd
2008-03-12 13:50:19 Hi Tony: We're new to Bear Valley, but LOVE the photos to keep track of the snow. It looks like your webcam has been moved, and we can't see how much snow has melted. Help! —LauraPattillo
2008-03-13 07:31:31 The depths still range 7-8 feet. No run off yet, just meltings on deck are noticeable. I have two ice ponds under my deck from dripping stalagtites. Tony hasn't been up to adjust camera angle, since it got jolted up too far. He knows about it. —SusiLewis
2008-03-13 07:34:18 Am sure you can tell on the weather page, we are getting rain- all night and still this morning. There was a little dusting at some point, things are whiter. The 'mud' season is fast approaching. —SusiLewis
2008-04-03 20:32:34 Tony, just to let you know, we are leaving Arnold soon and I will be shutting arnoldweather.org down. I'll remove my web cam link at that time. Should happen by mid-May. —KeithWinter
2008-04-05 19:55:38 We are fast approaching major melt. The fenceposts in the meadow range from 1/3 to 1/2 exposed......... and the creek is beginning to run. THe snow at the Mt is holding though. —SusiLewis
2008-04-05 19:57:28 as soon as the 'roads' in sub get down close to 2' they will begin to plow. Let's take bets on the date of that ?! Or on the berms and their melt time. May? June? —SusiLewis
2008-04-07 09:03:19 Rumor has it they'll start clearing Hwy 4 over the pass this week. It was very quiet in town last weekend. Easy parking, though. —BillSullivan
2008-04-07 13:40:42 really... already? Usually Hwy 4 isn't open till like May or June, right? —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-07 17:22:21 They are just 'starting' to plow. It will take a bit to work thru all the ice/snow chunks. Until it warms up a bit, that will slow the process. My curled wave of ice off my Northside, is still very slow in diminishing- I think 55 drips a day. —SusiLewis
2008-04-13 06:27:45 Well did they clear 4? I so look forword to camping up there this year. —JackMorris
2008-04-13 21:08:21 Checked Tony's snow stick while I was walking the dogs today 4/13; 5.25 ft. Probably less by tonight. Tony if you wonder who was leaving post-holes near your door, that was me. —DianeLundquist
2008-04-14 09:53:46 hi Dianne, thanks for the update. I will be up for this weekend and will adjust webcams et al. —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-25 14:33:08 fixed the webcam —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-25 14:34:12 the roads are pretty well covered with snow ... some bald spots, but good coverage. Roads in new subdivision to open May 5 is the latest I heard. —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-26 10:14:22 Attention all owners of Sno mo's leaning off their melting pedestals.... The Sub Roads plowing/clearing will BEGIN on May 5... not sure what gets done first, and how long it takes. —SusiLewis
2008-04-26 10:16:07 And, thanks Tony for fixing the webcam... 4' and going fast! I never made it over there to do it. —SusiLewis
2008-04-26 11:35:02 conditions at the mountain were awesome till about 12:30pm. Then slush... esp the front side. —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-27 10:56:03 what a great finish to the year... conditions again awesome on Sunday from 9-11:30 ... skiied hard till I felt like throwing up. Hardly any crowds... BV continues to be the best kept secret in the Sierras. BMVR, thanks for the great job on grooming for the closing weekend... much appreciated. —TonyZuccarino
2008-04-30 06:50:48 I am moving in a few days and have shut down Arnoldweather.org. I have removed my web cam from this page. —KeithWinter
2008-05-01 09:00:01 Thanks Keith, for your participation in the past years. I will miss that deck shot! Where are you moving to? —SusiLewis
2008-05-01 09:02:37 Keith, best of luck... —TonyZuccarino
2008-05-02 15:19:08 Thanks, Tony and Susi. We are moving down to Angels Camp; we purchased a home in Greenhorn Creek. After 16 years, we are just plain tired of snow, and my nearly 60 year old back just can't handle the shovelling any more. —KeithWinter
2008-05-03 09:16:43 I gotcha. Tis grueling sometimes. I hire young backs to do most of my shoveling, but it is different here: lots of snow ya, but we don't try to move it all- just what is necessary to walk/drive. Good luck, AC is my old residence. —SusiLewis
2008-05-07 22:06:26 How is the road clearing coming along? Any updates? Will I be able to drive in this weekend? —BillSullivan
