Posted by admin - We are embarking on a completely updated plan for our terrain parks this winter. In essence, kicking the old “park” out and taking on something totally new… totally unfiltered. We were talking with Jonahs, our park designer and manager, and he convinced us that incorporating features into the mountain’s natural topography is a perfect, clear fit. [...]

Posted by rwoods - This weekend, the first snow of the season fell at Alpine Meadows! The first snow is always exciting – and gets everyone in the mood to ski and ride. Today is a beautiful, sunny day at the mountain, and what a view great view of the north side of Alpine!

Posted by rwoods - Alpine Meadows Ski Resort plans to open for skiing and snowboarding on December 5, 2009, conditions permitting. The announcement of opening day almost three months in advance is new for Alpine Meadows. “Whether guests live locally or plan to visit from outside the Tahoe Basin, many tend to plan around when ski season begins,” said Kent [...]

Posted by bstarks - Yes, it’s sad but true.  Our beloved season of choice has expired for another year.  And what a year it was!  The numerous powder days we had…leaving our legs screaming for more!  Oh, and the competitions!  Remember the Telemark Freestyle Championships?!  Mike Abarno’s documented cliff huck off into Marhenka chute.  And, what about the season [...]

Posted by admin - So yeah, this is a spring ski video and we just got 10 inches of fresh snow thanks to a nice winter storm. The important thing is that any weather is beer weather and it’ll be sunny and nice out again soon! Spring skiing at alpine meadows can’t be beat. We’ve got all the faces, aspects [...]

Posted by jbenson - There is no denying that spring has come to the Tahoe area, and Alpine Meadows has some of the best spring skiing around.  Using a secret scientific process referred to as “cornology”, the crew at Alpine serves up some of the freshest corn you could ever hope for at a ski area.  By keeping areas [...]

Posted by rwoods - March 5 was a bluebird powder day and these photos of Lynn Kennen and Jeremy Benson say it all!

Posted by bstarks - One can’t help to become speechless on such an unbelievable powder day.  With 34 inches of snow from this storm cycle; 13 inches on the upper mountain last night, and to put the icing on the cake, it was a blue bird powder day!  Everyone had a smile on his/her face.  How could you not?  [...]

Posted by bstarks - The latest batch of storms have been light and deep – much more snow than I expected!  Conditions were super fun, and we hiked out to High Yellow over and over again.  Pretty chilly out there, with some gusty winds.  But those winds kept filling up our tracks so freshies lasted all day.  Seems like [...]

Posted by bstarks - After a 4 am wake up call to plow snow…the light and fluffy powder convinced me to stay at work a little longer, getting on the hill for fun and writing a blog entry — my first. Day begins waiting in lift line at 8:45 am taking photos of Andy Wertheim and the guy with a [...]