Will Bear Valley go co-op? Part 2
The consortium that owns the Sierra Nevada ski area, Bear Valley, has put it up for sale. A group of homeowners and supporters want to buy the mountain and village, and turn Bear Valley into a...
View ArticleSki free, ski cheap. See history, see extreme.
Happy birthday, Ski free This just in from Diamond Peak… Birthdays only come around once a year, so all of our guests ski for free on their birthday. For those with birthdays that fall outside the...
View ArticleWhat’s up? Snow’s up. Storm over Sierra.
After this dry, flake-starved, white-challenged winter, as March marches into April, snow has landed on Sierra slopes. For skiers—as well as water-drinkers, tooth-brushers, toilet-flushers,...
View ArticleGoodnight, Sweetheart. Ski time’s passing, summer’s on its way.
It’s time to say goodbye. Goodbye to winter, goodbye to snow, goodbye to our favorite sport. At least for now. And for me, it’s time to say goodbye to you, at least for now. It has been not just...
View ArticleAmazing grace, glorious snow, and the fear that dare not speak its name
BACK IN NOVEMBER, when the media were filled with El Niño and all the glorious snow it was gonna bring, I harbored a fear. It was a fear I never spoke, lest the snow gods would hear and make it come...
View ArticleWhat’s new, Sno-Cat?
IF YOU’RE AS WEAK-WILLED as I think you are, you’ll soon be leaving honest work behind and heading to the snowy peaks of the High Sierra. Doesn’t mean you’re not a nice pers— uh, maybe a shallow,...
View ArticleMarch Miracle: True or false?
SOMETIMES I JUST CAN’T figure out what’s going on. This is one of those times. Are we experiencing a March Miracle or are we slogging through Sierra Cement? Are the resorts bathed in sunshine or...
View ArticleWhat’s new?
IT’S THE ETERNAL QUESTION at this time of year — what’s new? Slope Dope asked; the mountains answered. Now, you choose what works for you. Among the choices: a big anniversary, spanking new lifts,...
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