Alpine Meadows

I have skied the Tahoe area for over 30 years, and always thought of Alpine as home. I always thought I knew the resort pretty well, skiing everything from keyhole to Scott’s, Backside to Bernie’s. I had heard of Munchkins before, but not the details. With plenty to keep me busy, I never sought it [...]

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It’s an incredible thing when it happens, when a single storm drops enough snow to blanket our mountains with over three feet of new snow. The mountain goes from virtually unskiable, except for the snow blown on the groomers, to completely buried overnight. The transformation isn’t only on the mountain; it hits the people just [...]

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Check out the training going on at Alpine last week. Nate Holland, 4 times X Games champion, was there. A world class snowboarder vs. a world class skier…it’s a good thing they are friends and have a mutual respect for friendly, head-to-head competition. Errol Kerr is an Alpine Meadows sponsored athlete, representing Jamaica at the [...]

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January Freeze sets in, year 1989 or 90?. A Pineapple Express set of storms role in and dump epic amounts. I am skiing with Shawn McBride of the Tahoe Ski Team. Beamer was working the older Summit chair and after a few days of closure due to winds and avalanche control we fill the 2nd [...]

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Early morning Virgin powder Smooth, silent Clear blue overhead Pure white below Just me The mountain The moment The bliss. Submitted By: Mike

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My favorite Alpine moment is actually 2 that are related. The moments are the two days that each of my kids who were trained from age 4 and 6 in the Alpine Meadows ski school Star Pass program began to teach others in the very same school on the very same slopes where they started. [...]

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