Thanks for everyone who participated in Alpine’s online survey; there were many of you! Also, we would thank you for your comments and suggestions. Alpine Meadows takes the online survey serious and uses this as a gauge of how Alpine Meadows can better serve you, our skiers and riders. Enough of the small talk, let’s announce the winners!
Heidi S. and Lee K. are the big winners of a $200 Gift Card.
From all of us at Alpine Meadows, thank you and we hope to ski you on the hill!
I am one of a lucky few who live on the route of the Sherwood Shuttle. I took advantage of the shuttle today and walked out of my house in ski boots and hopped on the 9 am shuttle as it went past my house. The shuttle runs on Saturdays and Sundays and leaves from the parking lot across the street from Sunnyside Resort. Anyone can ride it and they even sell tickets on the bus. It drops you off right at the Sherwood lift and is a hassle free way to start and finish your day on the slopes. It runs up the hill at 9 and 10 am, and runs down the hill at 2, 3,and 4 pm. While I may live on the route, there’s nothing to stop you from enjoying this free service, especially if you are staying on the west shore.
On a side note, the snow at Alpine is fantastic. The storms just keep on coming…. Here are a few clips from today, Sunday 2/6/2010. I found some great snow in the lesser traveled nooks and crannies and enjoyed a shuttle ride right to my house. It doesn’t get any better.
Ok, so you ride Summit and you see all those tracks off Idiots Ridge, and you think to yourself, “what kind of person drops something like that?!?!? I’ve only seen someone do that in a Warren Miller Movie!”
That someone would be Doug Pierini, Alpine Meadows Ski School Director.
Even those of us who have been skiing all our lives can still use a few pointers. A little brush up on our mountain manners. A polite introduction to the big lines. That’s where Steep Camp comes in.
Come get an advanced lesson in shredding with the best instructor’s @ Alpine Meadows. The first Steep Camp of the year went off last weekend, and the next alpine steep camp is March 12, 13 and 14. Get tips on skiing all kinds of terrain and snow conditions, and learn avalanche safety from Alpine Meadows Ski Patrollers.
Check out the other 3 and 2 day specialty ski and snowboard camps running this season including the How to Heli Ski Camp, Women’s Camp, Telemark Camp and Snowboard Camp.
The peaks and bowls and chutes and hidden gnar @ Alpine Meadows may show off the sublime beauty of the Tahoe basin, but you don’t want to meet them unprepared.
See you @ camp…
It’s hard to believe January 2010 has come and gone. It was a blink of an eye, and one to remember: 10 feet of snow fell at the base lodge and 14 fell at the mid mountain stake. Storms like that aren’t just weather; they’re a journey.
With all the unbridled wind, prodigious accumulation, beautiful moon glow, early mornings, late nights, and that enigmatic anticipation we all feel during a big cycle – it was the promise of sun and endless powder that met us in the end.
Snow led us all the way through January. All said and done, it was one of the biggest January months Alpine has seen since 1970.
You’re always sharing your stories and photos with us; so we tried to keep up with the storms this month to share some of the memorable days with you.
Thanks to everyone for a great January 2010. As this is being written on February 2 the flurries have started once again; so here’s to more great months ahead:
I was at Alpine on the 26th–30th…on one of the most EPIC moments of the year. I skied at Roundhouse and Summit chairs, being careful not too fall much or get injured. We have season passes and were happy to have all that worked out in advance. I was also relieved that the snow was good and not wet as it can be at Tahoe.
We were JAZZED to also get to ski on lakeview chair Friday. We were also MARRIED at the top of the lakeview chair on March 1, 1998.
ALPINE ROCKS!!!!
Stacey McGurk and Josh Romano
Submitted By: Stacey E.
Frantically searching/calling my buddy, who accidentally veered off Ray’s, out of bounds, but ultimately found a road & got a ride back to Sherwood – all’s well that ends well!!! 
Submitted By: Richie
