Once again the kids showed us all what they’re made of at the Annual Toyota SnowBomb Sick-N-Twisted Li’l Air Jump Competition at Alpine Meadows. And apparently it’s a really light form of rubber! They go WAY up and when the come down nothing stops them! We have some amazing little huckers here at Alpine Meadows and even more come in every spring for Li’l Air!
Li’l Air isn’t just some lark in the park on a sunny spring day. It was a down and dirty competition to find the future X-Games super stars. Every year we see bigger and better tricks from these boys and girls, snowboarders and skiers age 10 and under.
Prizes included skis, snowboards, sweatshirts, Huck Dolls and gear from SnowBomb. Everyone was a winner! Be sure to hit up the Tigel Terrain Park all next season to build your chops for NEXT years Sick-and-Twisted Li’l Big Ait Competition from Alpine Meadows, Toyota and SnowBomb!
The mountains around Lake Tahoe hold some amazing snow for skiing and snowboarding. But that snow isn’t always the fluffy happy-sauce it appears to be. We encourage adventurous skiers who explore the hidden powder stashes at Alpine Meadows to carry an avalanche beacon, a probe and a shovel. But those things are just tools. If you don’t practice searching for and digging out buried targets you might not be as prepared as you hope to use them in an emergency.
In addition to offering certified avalanche training courses, we also are going to be setting up practice exercises for everyone to learn and practice avalanche search and rescue techniques. This was a fun spring event on the mountain, though we take avalanche safety pretty seriously here. Competitors were let loose on a field of prizes buried with avalanche beacons. Working individually and in teams, searchers unearthed prizes using their avalanche rescue skills.
Our patrollers scour the cornices to keep us safe, but everyone on the mountain has a role to play if our friends should depend on us for survival. Thank you for helping!
It’s a strange feeling loading Roundhouse at 5:00 PM as the sun hovers over high beaver and idiots ridge like the day running in reverse or stalling, just a few more hours, for a few more runs. But even at lake Tahoe, skies clear, snow melts and ski seasons end. Before it was all over we met up on the mountain for an epic bonfire, some hot coco and friends to shred the season out Alpine Style.
Once a year we load the lift after the mountain shuts down and head up for one last run of the day. It’s never the last run of the season, just a ceremony, a right of passage, an offering of fire, hot beverage and sparkling joy as we descend the fresh groomer while the sun dips behind the mountain. (or in this case, the blustery spring storm cloud!)
We thank our season passholders for skiing at Alpine Meadows. We have the mellowest, funnest, coolest skiers and riders at Tahoe! And we want to reward you for your awesomeness by giving you the best season pass deals for the 2009 / 2010 season at Tahoe.
Alspin meadows season passes next year start as low as $299 with a special deal for families who ski and snowboard. Buy two full adult passes, and we’ll hook two of your kids up for FREE! For the full breakdown on our season pass deals for next year check out SkiAlpine.com/seasonpass.
Our end of year party is one of the best moments of the ski season, and we love sharing it with as many friends as possible. We hope to see you next year for stunning spring days, epic bluebird powder days and all the great friends that go along with it!
I always have snow on my mind, especially this time of year when the mountain bike trails are not completely burned out, and the upper elevation still has snow. I could make turns everyday! And that is precisely what I did this past weekend. But soon, the snow will melt away and the mountain bike will keep me going until another ski season is upon us.
If you have found yourself thinking about next season already, and wanting to ’seal the deal’ as to where you are going to ski and ride in the 2009-2010 winter season, the choice is simple: At Alpine Meadows you can pay $100 down towards next season’s 2009-2010 season pass, and we will charge the rest by September 30th. However, you must hurry! Season pass prices will go up after May 31st. And trust me; you will not see prices this cheap again. Starting at $299 for the Midweek Plus Sunday season pass, and $1299 for Tahoe’s Unfiltered Family season pass, we have an option for every skier and riders budget. If you have never hit the slopes of Alpine Meadows and looking for the best skiing and riding experience in Lake Tahoe, now is your opportunity. And with only $100 deposit towards next seasons pass, I hope we have made the choice easy.
Enjoy the summer and think big snow flakes for the 09|10 season.
