Best Mountains in Tahoe??

This. Or Squaw. They have a great college deal and great terrain. If you get a cheap enough deal, I would also encourage you to get a college pass at June Mt (sister mountain to Mammoth). It's three hours away* but it's only $99 for college students and super fun if you have reliable wheels and want to do a couple weekends out of town/see more of California (aka Truckee), plus the drive between Mammoth and Tahoe is absolutely breathtaking and usually not bad even during peak season time.

Nope. Alpine's pass is way fucking better - and this is coming from a Squaw Passholder.

Squaw's college pass is 369,  with tons of blackout dates, and you cant ski saturdays during january and february - which, I know... why would you want to ski saturday? every weekend warrior in the land comes out that day... but sometimes - usually, you could end up having that day off and want to ski - or maybe it just dumped a fuckton - so you want to shred. I dont like meaningless blackout dates like these... not a fan.

Then... look at Alpine's. 299 (70$ cheaper) AND YOU GET HOMEWOOD TO SKI AT TOO. There ARE blackout dates, but they are christmas, MLK day, and Prez day - typical just like any other time. There are no saturdays blacked out for a 2 month period... nothing like that - and you get the same terrain, same snow, a high quality park, and a little more of a Local atmosphere... AND a whole entire other mountain to ski at with Homewood - which has incredible tree skiing, lake views, cheap food, good beer in the bar, solid snowfall, and on top of that, during those stormy wind-hold days at alpine/squaw? you go to homewood and its still open to the top - yay wind protection.


So - if in Tahoe, deciding between these two resorts based on college pass, for me... its an absolute no-brainer. Get an Alpine Pass. /thread.