NorCal Skiing and BS Thread

I'm considering Sunday. Looking like a foot of snow, so I'll wait until I see them open more trails. Black Friday left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

Im going Mon Tue and possibly Wed either Kirkwood or Heavenly

 

Hopefully there's some snow during XMas break. It's gotta be almost 10 years the last time I got to board on a weekday

 

Hey guys. East coaster here. The girlfriend and I are taking a trip to the Bay Area(staying in Berkeley) second week of Feb. Would love to get up and ski, even if for a half day. I've never been to the area so I'm wondering if it's realistic to do a day trip from Berkeley up to Tahoe to get a few turns in and then make it back down to Ber? Also we weren't planning on renting a 4x4 so where can I get with a standard rental car? Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for the insight. Back in my twenties when I lived in Maine I used drive 3 hrs to the mountains, ski all day and drive 3 hrs home usually on shity roads(I love a road trip). Not so sure the old lady will be as willing to try that in our thirties and not so sure the rental car company is gonna be pumped about me putting chains on their car. Since I won't be bringing my own skis(sp?) what can I expect for rental charges and lift tickets midweek, roughly?

 

I'm pretty sure he wants to rent skis, not chains.

 

I'm sure that a ton of us have the Epic pass, right? We should organize a big convoy to Heavenly in the next couple months, that way we can descend upon the casinos, too.

 

might go up to N* on Sunday

 

Ah, on my computer it looked like one paragraph... On my phone I see the break now.

 

Dont blow a knee or an air bag

Wish I was going with

 

You have a lot more coming your way, should be a interesting video

 

Heavenly is claiming 24" last night??

 

I'm a terrible snowboarder -- I pretty much re-learn from scratch every time I go -- but all the snowfall in the northern valley (Redding) has me excited to try again. Anyone else frequent Mt Shasta?

 

F U

 

rental equipment rates can be found on the resort's website. They're usually about $35 for boots and skis/board. But like Jason said, you can probably find a local shop that'll ret out for $5-$10 cheaper and less of a wait time than the resorts.

lift tickets at the resorts can range from like $60-$100 depending on where you want to go, but there's a bunch of little deals you can get if you check out their websites. I know some Shell gas stations in the Tahoe area have a BOGO offer for weekdays, as long as you fill up there. Also, all the NorCal Costcos have pretty good lift ticket deals as well.