Without a doubt, Alpine’s pass holders are some of the coolest people on the planet.Multi-decade friends and new faces alike were out for the Sunset/Moonrise Mountaintop Celebration this past Saturday evening, April 19.And party we did; first atop the Roundhouse chair, complete with a warming fire big enough to build the world’s largest ball of marshmallow goo.
Gale-force winds?No matter.Snow flurries honing in?Perfect.Just the type of weather to summon hardy folks to a twilight ski party.
Tony the Alpenhorn player belted out tunes while kids flung marshmallows aflame; adults did the I’m-chilly-but-this-is fun jig while sipping various elixirs from eclectic containers of every size and shape; and Alpine patrollers Karl and Pete discussed and justified making the fire bigger every 10 minutes.
And then it happened: the moon rose over Lake Tahoe.And we howled.
The ski run down to dinner in the lodge took on the feel of a living, breathing, moving party (it takes some talent to balance the King of Beers while snowboarding), indicative of the evening’s festive camaraderie.
From everyone at Alpine to the all of Saturday’s (and every day’s) guests-of-honor, our hats are off and our glasses are raised.Thank you all for your support, your style, and your never-ending love of skiing, snowboarding, and this great mountain we all consider our second home.
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There are TONS of photos from that night in the Flickr account, so have fun with it!
Looking out the office window today, I started thinking to myself, where are all the skiers/riders today? I mean, we have 10 feet of snow! Yes, that’s right, I said 10 feet of snow!!
I know what you are thinking, it has not snowed in days and the snow is melting; rocks rearing their ugly heads to the surface; burned out runs and the fear of trashing your ski gear. But, did you read the second sentence…10 feet of snow!
And the corn snow! Don’t get me going on the corn snow. Have you ever skied corn? I mean really good corn snow! Especially the corn which grows at Alpine Meadows. Let me tell you, it doesn’t get any better than this. Look, I’m a powder hound and love dippin’ the knee on a fat pow day. But, corn snow can be just as good if not better than a pow day. You hit the corn just right, after it has been harvested and…wow!
How is said corn found and harvested you ask…well, that’s easy! At Alpine Meadows all one has to do is just follow the sun. yeah, it’s that easy, follow the slopes that are radiated by the sun first and you will see a transformation like no other. After you have attacked the slopes, the quads burning and found all of the corn on the hill, now it’s time to relax on Alpine’s famous Sun Deck and re-charge with an apres beer.
The Toyota Snowbomb / Alpine Meadows htto://www.skialpine.com Sick and Twisted Big Air competition was Sunday, March 9. This HUGE competition included $5000 in cash, and great sponsor prizes. This year’s cash purse was Snowbomb’s largest sum to be awarded.
The event was a “big air” format in which competitors hucked a custom-built step-down jump at the bottom of Alpine’s terrain park while performing some of the sports’ latest tricks. Local and regional pros and amateurs of all ages of men’s and women’s ski and snowboard classes were included. The event’s venue was the Kangaroo lift, adjacent to the base lodge.
Each competitor received an hour of practice; competitors were scored on the best of two runs by official judges. Winners determined by amount of air achieved, style, trick difficulty, and, of course, whether or not the competitor sticks the trick!
On Tuesday February 5th Alpine Meadows hosted a full day of search and rescue dog training in conjunction with the Placer County Sherriff Search and Rescue, and the Placer County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Tahoe Dog Team. It was a real carnival for the dogs with helicopter rides, treasure hunts in the snow and non-stop games all designed to train them to sniff out and save buried avalanche victims.
