Going to Tahoe, Pointers?

[sk8_choco21]

So I'm going to Sierra-at-Tahoe this November, the week after thanksgiving. I have only ever been to Bear and Mt. High so I figure I'm in for a nice surprise, but is this a good time to go?

I believe we are going to do two trips there, one early season, and one after Christmas because we can't go during holiday season because the passes we are using are the ones that are included in the Mt. High season pass.

So i guess my question is, is the that going to be still a good time to go or should I find other non-holiday dates to go?

Also what are a few good non-boarding things to hit up for a 19 year old kid?

Any suggestions are helpful thanks guys!

[kctahoe]

If you can I would defenetly wait till after Christmas for both of your trips. I may be wrong but i don't think sierra makes any snow, so if we don't get much snow they won't have much if anything open. I wanna say sierra didn't even open till early december last year.

[sk8_choco21]

oh wow... thats a downer thanks for the advice man!

[kctahoe]

Are your passes limited to Sierra only? If not id say plan a trip to northstar they have great snowmaking, great park, but the terrain is blah, but if there isn't much snow that doesn't matter much

[sk8_choco21]

Originally Posted by kctahoe

Are your passes limited to Sierra only? If not id say plan a trip to northstar they have great snowmaking, great park, but the terrain is blah, but if there isn't much snow that doesn't matter much

Yeah actually it is but whatever i guess Mt High will have to do till december... how do you like Sierra though? Is it as good as people say?

[kctahoe]

I like it a lot, good park, i loved it on pow days, not quit as big as some of the other resorts but still plenty big enough. I used to go there a lot back when you could buy the double whammy pass with north star and sierra.

[sk8_choco21]

Originally Posted by kctahoe

I like it a lot, good park, i loved it on pow days, not quit as big as some of the other resorts but still plenty big enough. I used to go there a lot back when you could buy the double whammy pass with north star and sierra.

Dude thats like the pass of all passes haha but cool, im more park oriented anyways so im sure ill be stoked on it.

[abngirly]

I work at Sierra and it's a super fun mountain, but KC is right they don't blow their own snow so they depend on mother nature to open. Luckily, the snow from the other week looks like it's still holding and there may be some more on the way. If we do get some weather I'd say there's a chance we could be open around thanksgiving. I think your best bet is to just stay flexible and see what the weather does. Otherwise I'd even recommend just saving your tickets until after Christmas, it'll be worth the wait!

[neednsnow]

Originally Posted by abngirly

I work at Sierra and it's a super fun mountain, but KC is right they don't blow their own snow so they depend on mother nature to open. Luckily, the snow from the other week looks like it's still holding and there may be some more on the way. If we do get some weather I'd say there's a chance we could be open around thanksgiving. I think your best bet is to just stay flexible and see what the weather does. Otherwise I'd even recommend just saving your tickets until after Christmas, it'll be worth the wait!

This girl knows her shiz. It'll surely be worth the wait!

[surfinsnow]

Originally Posted by kctahoe

If you can I would defenetly wait till after Christmas for both of your trips. I may be wrong but i don't think sierra makes any snow, so if we don't get much snow they won't have much if anything open. I wanna say sierra didn't even open till early december last year.

Yeah, I've never had much luck with early-season at Tahoe. You're likely to be met with a lot of closed/bare terrain. But you never know. We started holding off until mid/late February. Much better shot at getting good conditions. Nothing worse than looking at all these awesome mountains with closed trails!