Replying to Tahoe spring break

hey,

my aunt and uncle are both profs at UC Davis and they called me the other day to see if i wanted to come over and hang out for spring break and bring my brother and a couple friends from school down with me. we've got a friend with a house at tahoe, i think on the western or northwestern side of the lake, and we're probably gonna be there for more than half of the trip. ive been in the winter one time when i was little but i can't really remember much about the place. we'll probly hit up northstar for a day because their park is nasty and our old ski instructor from vail runs the mountain, but aside from that what are yall's favorite smaller mountains around the lake that are pretty cheap that we could explore? i think i remember badger pass and like homewood from when i was little, but i cant remember whethere they were super shitty or not.

ordinarily id say we'd stay at northstar the whole time, but it's pretty far from the place we're staying and i kinda just want to explore and see as much of tahoe as possible, plus i dont know if we're gonna be able to connect with our old ski instructor to get cheap lift tickets. also we kinda wana make a good adventure out of it. who's got the most fun little obscure scenes in the area?