Alpine Meadows

The snow storm today up at Alpine Meadows (Sunday, November 7) was so nice to see, and it was lots of fun to venture out to see what was happening at different elevations.

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Lake Tahoe, California – San Francisco and Truckee, California based JMA Ventures, LLC announced today the acquisition of Lake Tahoe’s West Shore Cafe, a full service lakefront property located in Homewood, California, adjacent to Homewood Mountain Resort. JMA’s acquisition of West Shore Cafe represents a new beginning for the inn and restaurant, which closed its [...]

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This is a great weekend to hike around Alpine to see all the wildflowers in bloom! Here are a couple of photos from the week – pack some water, a sando, and a swimsuit for the lake after the hike; and definitely remember to bring a camera. The colors are more vibrant than they’ve been [...]

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After X Games, we flew home, back here to our training base at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, and there was a Nor Am race up at Sugar Bowl. So, got off the airplane late at night, got up the next morning, and went up to the Sugar Bowl race. First day on the course, [...]

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It’s hard to believe January 2010 has come and gone. It was a blink of an eye, and one to remember: 10 feet of snow fell at the base lodge and 14 fell at the mid mountain stake. Storms like that aren’t just weather; they’re a journey. With all the unbridled wind, prodigious accumulation, beautiful [...]

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After an exciting and snowy December we have entered what I like to call June-uary. Our January warm spell means one thing, great skiing all over the mountain. Today I found cold chalky snow, and even some powder on north facing slopes, and springy corn-like snow on south and east facing terrain. The groomers are [...]

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