Being out in the elements, regardless of the time of year, is much like catching a glimpse of Mother Nature’s cookbook of secret recipes. Today’s storm is the beginning of the winter, and she was indeed cooking up a beautiful storm out there – filled with a dash of variable winds (west, southwest, south, and back again); a handful of Fahrenheit varieties; and an econ-o-sized bag of pre-season pow. When I left, there were no hints of her taking a break from the kitchen.

Here are different videos showing her work at various elevations:

Near the base lodge:

On Weasel Run:

Near Alpine Bowl Chair:

Top of Yellow Chair:

Looking at Wolverine Bowl & Idiot’s Delight:


Top of Summit Six Express Chair:

Errol Kerr of the Jamaica Ski Team spent the day hanging with the kids from the Alpine Meadows Ski Team.

“They have the drive the heart and the desire that you need to be a successful ski racer or just have fun skiing the rest of your life… reminds me of me when I was that age… that passion you can see it in their eyes when they get out there skiing, their not going to let one of the other guys be better than them…” said Errol Kerr, Jamaica Ski Team

Not only did they have a great time skiing with a future Olympic athlete, but they got to learn all about what it takes to make skiing your profession. Look at all the smiles, they truly had a blast.  Learn more about Alpine Meadows Kid’s Ski and Snowboard Programs for your child today!

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Spring skiing at alpine meadows can’t be beat. We’ve got all the faces, aspects and angles covered. Follow the sun as the groomers warm up and you’ll end up at the Ice Bar for a tall frosty lunchtime beverage.

So first, come up and help us mash down this fresh show we’ve been getting, THEN we can move on to skiing in shorts and chilling at the Chalet, Ice Bar and the Sun Deck as the season winds down, the days get longer and the skiing stays awesome!

Of course all that good grub is backed up with a killer wine list from Ravenswood Vinyards and all the best beers on tap and in bottles. And as always, the Alpine Bloody Mary is almost as satisfying as ripping down Our Father!

Judging from the traffic through The Last Chair over this season, the Bloody Mary is nourishment enough for most of you. But we’d stoked to have you stick around after those other chairs stop running and hop on the last chair and have dinner with us!

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There’s so much snow that when we talk about coverage we’re talking about how much of the SKY is blocked out by all the snow! Amazing! We’ve got a total of 144 inches on the upper mountain and if you can believe it, MORE on the way!

Unbelievable! At first we were seeing smiles on the mountain, but now it’s more like exhausted, euphoric delirium! Rest up friends! Bring a power bar, eat your Wheaties cause there’s more freshie to shred!

Check out the video from the event!

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Our next exclusive Alpine Club Party is this Saturday (Valentine’s Day!) at the Last Chair. Not only will you be celebrating a phenomenal powder day (it is expected to keep snowing through Saturday), but all the chicks who rip, “Alpine Divas,” will be there. With your Alpine Club membership, you can enjoy specials on Ghirardelli Chocolate Martini’s and Cinnamon Martini’s, and $3 Chocolate Trio-chocolate dipped fruit. Yum!

We’ll be groovin’ to music by Tarcorum, and raffling off great gear from Mountain Hardware, North Face, and local restaurants.

See you there!

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Ever wonder why the diehards are still jockying for the first ride up the Summit 6 even on non-powder days? Try carving Super-G turns on laps down Wolverine and Nick’s laying down sweet patterns in the corn rows. Tip, use a face mask or that smile will get frozen to your face…

Video Tricks

We confess: To tell the story of what the Alpine Grooming team gets done after sunrise we had to use some sneaky video tricks. We worked long and hard on it and we think it makes a night and day difference.

We tried to be subtle about it, walk backwards through our tracks, stay in the shadows, but we think you might catch us anyway. If you can spot the TWO video tricks used in this episode of the Ski Alpine Podcast, post a comment here in the blog. The first one to get the both will get a two pack of Lift Tickets. Want to ski the freshies for free tomorrow? Watch closely…

Where would you go next weekend?

Merry Christmas!