Northern Tahoe Trukee

Originally posted by Alkasquawlik I thought you said you guys were staying in South Lake...? And if you're staying in North Lake, and it's been snowing, the reason why you didn't go to Kirkwood is because it's a royal PITA to drive there especially when you have other resorts (which have more snow right now) closer to you.

yes they do have steeper hills than we do. longer runs also. hence challenger scared the shit out of me when i looked @ it.

as a note bohemia was a blast though gave me a totally different perspective. definitely a different feel of terrain. now i think i have the balls to make it down any black with the exception there are no trees in my way

i wish i went to kirkwood but it was on the other side of the lake of where my friend lives. he has a season pass to heavenly but kirkwood was so cheap i dont know how we didn't find the time to go.

i heard it dumped before i left wi and your right about the date it was like the 26-29th

yea. this thread is the reason i had to start a different one for kirkwood. it just hurt to keep trying to go back here for info.

Originally posted by MTpow i believe that i lost brain cells from reading this thread.. jam.. C'MON MAAAAAAAN!

i believe that i lost brain cells from reading this thread.. jam.. C'MON MAAAAAAAN!

Originally posted by JAMM0N well i thought we were going a lot of places in tahoe but we ended up making a small trail @ the place we were renting out on the first day. 2nd day was northstar. more like flatstar. a lot of runs open but none of them really groomed. most of it was just hard packed and probably all man made. last run was the challenger. if anyone has been down that run. the first half was fun but the 2nd was killer. too steep for me to make any transitions or turns and a bunny slop @ the end of it. *_* overall it was fun. wish my friends had more money and time to explore :/ oh well.

if I remember correctly, you were in Tahoe around wed, jan 25th (?)  If that's the case, that was only 2 days after a 3-4 foot dump.   That was all natural snow...the rest is self explanatory. 

"flatstar?"...you're obviously enamored with that word, but shouldn't be using it since the majority of N* is as steep or steeper than anything in Wisconsin.  When you explore all of N*, then explore several other resorts in tahoe to compare, you might refer to it with a derogatory word 

there's just too much to do in just 2 days. this year has been hit or miss too due to the snow. but hopefully there's a stronger pull at the end. i got my trip planned the 1st weekend of march.

Originally posted by boardoholic So how the hell did your trip go?!?   Did you screw yourselves over & do the opposite of what any of us recommended?

that's the most likely scenario.

 and just check the weather report regarding snow. im sick of people saying there's no snow. just because it hasnt dumped like last year shouldnt stop people from going out there. if you have to ask if there's snow, then there's not enough for you. no offense tlab, im ranting from previous people.

Is there even snow in Tahoe????

OK, JAMM0N, here's my last li'l bit of helpful input:

Haha ok. I got it. But man lift tickets r expwnsivee....

Originally posted by hana24 Jam listen to all of these peeps.  They all live in the Tahoe or ride in the Tahoe area so they know what they are talking about.  I don't think you realize how far apart north and south tahoe really is or how long of a drive it can be.  If you are all beginners, you won't get tired of the same mountain.  Also you could go to N* for their parks, but you have no business being in the park if you don't take the features and all you're going to do is cruise by the features or sit down between the features or chill in the jumpline and none of you are at the ability to take park features.  I'm not being mean, but someone could get hurt. Also CLICK ON THE MAP THAT ZAKK POSTED UP!

Originally posted by boardoholic  No love for Mt. Rose, zakk? **heh heh** I keed... I keed.   P.S. Woohoo! Snow inbound!

Jam listen to all of these peeps.  They all live in the Tahoe or ride in the Tahoe area so they know what they are talking about.  I don't think you realize how far apart north and south tahoe really is or how long of a drive it can be. 

If you are all beginners, you won't get tired of the same mountain.  Also you could go to N* for their parks, but you have no business being in the park if you don't take the features and all you're going to do is cruise by the features or sit down between the features or chill in the jumpline and none of you are at the ability to take park features.  I'm not being mean, but someone could get hurt.

Also CLICK ON THE MAP THAT ZAKK POSTED UP!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLICK HERE, JAMM0N!!

I think we're just kinda irked & amazed that the helpful insight we've already offered seems to be falling on deaf ears.

well thats why i created this thread. to do research in case we run into a hitch and not get stuck going to the same resort for 3 days straight.

and judging by lift tickets in tahoe it was friggin ridicolous.

i didn't plan this event my friends did and either way i would like some feedback for the better lack of judgment that you have towards me.

this is internet talk i could care less what you say and if it isn't informative why post it?

i'm sure we will end up lapping each other cause of how many people are going and scared that we dont even have enough room in our cabin.

i know i'm taking one day off togo kirkwood for a bit SOLO or not.

yeah its been a huge drought so far hopefully it picks up when i leave.

down south i will be going bear summit and high if i get all the time to.

i dont think anyone has bought lift ticket passes but we will get to it when i'm there i suppose. N* is i guess the most common of places to go but ridiculous amount of money just for 1 day. i better be there for 12 hours! the sad thing is going up the lift and down wastes so much time.

i was going to sneak out to go kirkwood solo.

not sure whats going on now cause there's too many people. not sure how many people can fit in a cabin.

i will take note that if we can go heavenly or sierra lets do it.

if not N* sugarbowl and kirkwood. 3 days of fun. we leave early thurs morning and squeeze in a session friday

i'm not sure. it was what my friend said.

but i went ahead and bought kirkwood tickets because they were cheap.

i will figure out how to get there later but i made a post on FB about the kirkwood tickets for $40 lift ticket for the whole day and only one friend responded.

so if my buds ask me where i'm going well i'll tell them i posted a deal on FB i took it now i'm taking the bus there i'll catch up with them later cause i'm not trying to explore the same resort for 3 days and N* is huge.

what i'm thinking is kirkwood the first day, heavenly the 2nd, and for our last is northstar.

i bet lift tickets if i added it would be well close to $200 dollars for the 3 days (including kirkwood)

i dont care if i seperate honestly and go missing for a few hours i will eventually catch up to my friends wherever they are by just taking the bus and meeting them up @ a resort.

kirkwood grab your passes $40 dollars.

keep you guys updated. valid from dec - april

not sure about black out dates

if you would've known where you were going earlier, you coulda gotten tickets a little cheaper several different ways...maybe next time

anyway, from the looks of the topography maps, it looks like even the beginner runs at northstar are about as steep as the black diamonds at cascade (but I've never been to N*, so you can enlighten me when you get back)...but you'll definitely be owning the bunny hill

gotta agree with alka, sleeping at stateline and driving all the way over to N* is...not smart

i see. the epic pass isn't on sale so i'm SOL

i like the diamonds. freakishly steep not scared to go down. i went down knowning i was going to crash but its for the fun of it and thats what i thought.

i mean if i had to go down it another time i would but it wont be pretty

thaks bryman. i do still need a member swaf hookup discount. would help

yeah staying @ south lake i presume and going to northstar for 3 days.

btw. i posted this on facebook but i friggin hate the idea that i have to pay $91 dollars for just that day.

season passes are out of the question.

i will mostly go greenies and blue's and try one black. thats as far as i will go for this year.

i went down blacks and diamonds this weekened and that wasn't fun. the black @ first wasn't so hard being that was my first run. i went off the course LMAO but the blue's and the green's weren't so bad because it wasn't crowded and i was learning how to control my snowboard.

but i hope to squeeze in a session or two before i head to california.

first is southern california with hana for mt high or bear. then north for n* where i would shit bricks for lift tickets.

OH calling all SWAF members. if you could PM me i would like your help to buy my lift tickets. please and thank you.

Originally posted by JAMM0N i think i need a pass for northstar. looks like i'm going to be there for 3 days straight hoping that all the trails are open. anyways 92 bucks? anyone else seeing this deal?