Sugar Bowl Conditions Report: Fun Chalky Snow | Photo Tour: One issue that keeps coming up at Squaw and Alpine is icy groomers. Many people ski and ride a run of man made snow and the run turns icy. Sugar Bowl isn’t experiencing this. Many of Sugar Bowl’s runs are natural snow only and they’ve been left to nature. Lots of fun chalky moguls made Sugar Bowl a good time today. The groomers aren’t icy either. Sugar Bowl has the chairs Lincoln, Christmas Tree, White Pine, Jerome Hill, & Nob Hill open. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 22, 2013 4 Comments
Keep Tahoe True: What Is the Gunbarrel 25? What is the gunbarrel 25 at Heavenly, CA? Well, it skiing the steep, famous, 1,600-vertical-foot Gunbarrel mogul run at Heavenly ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA 25 times. 25 x 1,600 = 40,000-vertical-feet. Thats a lot of moguls… “To find Heavenly’s most dedicated skiers, you have to look beyond the dancers and casinos and crowded groomers to what’s known as the Gunbarrel: a 1,600 vertical-foot face full of moguls.” —Matt Hansen […] SnowBrains | December 18, 2013 0 Comments