perfect that's what we think and check in now for someone who really knows the business in tahoe kevin cooperwith kirkwood and heavenly they get for being with us on this new year's day how are the conditions from your vantage point honda"98 in. occurred with heavenly restore a hundred and 73 in.. skiing has been fantastic. with the things really cold temperatures. pulling moisture out the snow winter night go out and redo the entire mountain. skidding of the kirkwood yesterday off-the-wall sunnyside -- raw both resorts at 100 percent of all the heavenly not resort 4,800 a. cut were mounds 2,300 a. last year heavenly we never got to 100 percent of the kirkwood up to a hundred percent but right after december snow still off it went downhill from there we were not even close to conditions we have right now all 2004 and 2005 which were both a fantastic seasons. . bissau and heavenly help that it's really nice to see the diversity of the crowd and how upset they are seeing the destination markets come back and people having a good time enjoying the holidays and that is really a pleasure the roads

were around tahoe area freshman from north star then you can see the clouds are rolling alatas now piling up and continues to do self a great season as you mention from heavenly as kevin coopereason to under 43 in. 201 in. at heavenly. north star season today it is a big change in its actual absolutely then pass the scheme. . >> reporter: per week as a move to december and january. 45 in. here and at kirkwood. it is still choppy women had to freeze cycles very good quality this now and quantity. timor systems one and two tonight and then the other sunday. "it's starting to see precipitation in the form of rain and then the last statistics i saw on hundred 46 percent of snow average for the year after this last one 12 in. of a surprise to us and then a dense snow water equivalency the storm in december with 4.6 billion gal. of water raises the like to 6 in. we need a few more big heavy storm systems as all milhaud goes into a pattern that is the perfect time and today i was kidding. with a >> grant: and a picture tearing it up from the lincoln profile the bright green jacket on the snow heavenly is doing good north star is doing good kirkwood is amazing. the roads are open an

tahoe, expect a good amount of fresh powder. >> yes, it's been great up there. joining us live is kevin cooper, we just call him coop.happy dance already. how is the mountain looking? >> reporter: it's looking really good right here. it's going to be a fantastic day. right behind me we are getting ready to fire off a ussa master race, that race starting at 9:30 and these guys and ladies are serious racers. we used to run races up above to the second tower up there. the snow is crusty, chalky, very nice. in the last 72 hours, 22 inches at kirkwood, 7 inches at heavenly. heavenly now 182 inches season to date. kirkwood 222 inches. the south shore is skiing absolutely fantastic right now. temperatures very cold, 18 degrees to start the mornings out, highs around 28 degrees, it's really pulling that moisture out of the snow so it's keeping it mid winter shape or i would say colorado or utah shape right now. >> coop, i know our snowpack is 135% of normal. you're just talking about the conditions up there. this is really dramatic compared to last year when we basically had nothing, right? >> yep. martin luther king wasn't