Anticipating the skis, boots, and poles that I’ve requested as the totality of my Christmas list, I pick up the December 1994 issue of Skiing ( RIP ), and read the following by Kristen Ulmer: I have no idea that California has mountains, let alone ski resorts. California? California is Beach Boys and palm trees. But I’m thinking Colorado, maybe Wyoming. I know vaguely that there is skiing out West, and that it is big.
Imagine this: I’m a Midwest teenager who has notched exactly three days on skis, on three separate 200-vert bumps. Shared lifts: 1 (8-passenger Base-to-Base Gondola) Palisades/Olympic: 28 (120-passenger tram, 28-passenger funitel, 7 six-packs, 2 high-speed quads, 1 quad, 8 triples, 3 doubles, 5 carpets) Lift count: 42 (10-passenger tram, 28-passenger funitel, 8-passenger gondola, 8 six-packs, 5 high-speed quads, 1 fixed-grip quad, 10 triples, 8 doubles, 7 carpets - view Lift Blog’s inventory of Palisades Tahoe’s lift fleet)Īlpine Meadows: 13 (1 six-pack, 3 high-speed quads, 2 triples, 5 doubles, 2 carpets) Olympic Valley side: 170-plus (25% beginner, 45% intermediate, 30% advanced) Olympic Valley side: 6,200 feet | 9,050 feet | 2,850 feetĪverage annual snowfall: 400 inches (713 inches for the 2023-24 ski season through May 3!)Īlpine Meadows side: 100-plus (25% beginner, 40% intermediate, 35% advanced) Rose (45 minutes), Sky Tavern (50), Heavenly (1 hour) - travel times vary dramatically given weather conditions and time of dayīase elevation | summit elevation | vertical drop:Īlpine Meadows side: 6,835 feet | 8,637 feet | 1,802 feet Palisades/Olympic side (as Squaw Valley): 1949Ĭlosest neighboring ski areas: Granlibakken (14 minutes from Palisades base), Homewood (18 minutes), Northstar (23 minutes), Tahoe Donner (24 minutes), Boreal (24 minutes), Soda Springs (28 minutes), Donner Ski Ranch (28 minutes), Kingvale (29 minutes), Sugar Bowl (30 minutes), Diamond Peak (39 minutes), Mt. Pass affiliations: Unlimited access on the Ikon Pass unlimited access with holiday blackouts on the Ikon Base Pass
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