Alpine Meadows

One of Alpine’s diehard skiers won this week’s iPod! Here’s what Andy had to say:
Skiing was excellent this morning at Alpine. We enjoyed some great fast turns on the perfectly groomed slopes. D6 was in good winter condition, as were some of the other north facing slopes.
After hanging up the skis for the day, I [...]

Watching the kids ski down the little hill for the first time in their colorful parkas and giant goggles is as great a spectator sport as the terrain park. It’s one of the coolest things to see at Alpine!

We have 3 ski school programs that teach kids as young as 3 years old to expert [...]

After a 4 am wake up call to plow snow…the light and fluffy powder convinced me to stay at work a little longer, getting on the hill for fun and writing a blog entry — my first.
Day begins waiting in lift line at 8:45 am taking photos of Andy Wertheim and the guy with a [...]

At Alpine Meadows we have awesome powder and awesome grooming. While the Jet stream is in control of the powder, Grooming Manager Dave Cassaro is in charge of the grooming. Starting just after the lifts close down and the sun sets on Tahoe, Dave’s team hits the mountain in state of the art Snow Cats [...]

There truly is no real way for me to capture the spirit and history of today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Werner’s Schuss trail.  This fall, Alpine Meadows held a trail renaming contest for three trails; and among them was Blue Trail.  Melanie Jackson won her suggestion to rename Blue Trail to Werner’s Schuss.
Tenured Tahoe [...]

It was another beautiful weekend @ Alpine Meadows! The sun is shining and the skiing is great! But all that could come to an end as more winter storms are on the way to Tahoe this week…