SKIERSKIER NEWS NEWS • • GEMS iin NORTH & SOUTH TAHOE OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 2017 • A • 11 Better for you • www.skiernews.com Certified Unserious SIERRA-AT-TAHOE DELIVERS AUTHENTIC CALIFORNIA SNOWSPORTS EXPERIENCE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA – Sierra at Tahoe complies keep your tummy happy and ready to tackle whatever condi- with the highest standards of fun, humor and the unexpected. tions the mountain throws at you. It delivers a snowsports experience that is unlike any other. Sierra at Tahoe Resort knows it is not always easy on the Focused on enriching the guests’ overall experience, Sierra wallet to take your family on vacation. Sierra’s 3-PAK lift at Tahoe is excited to offer expanded learning terrain, a new tickets get you on the slopes less than $80 a day. These dis- digital experience, enhanced on-mountain eats and a few counted lift tickets are valid any day with no blackout dates more fun surprises. all season. If you are new to skiing and snowboarding, no worries. 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This season, the Colorado, Arizona Snowbowl in resort known as Tahoe’s “hidden Arizona, and Pajarito Mountain Ski gem” is proud to offer a new terrain Area and Sipapu Ski & Summer park on the Lakeview run, more Resort in New Mexico. perks for season pass holders, Every Diamond Peak pass hold- increased snowmaking productivi- er also receives four discounted $44 ty, a new interpretive program high- Bring-A-Friend Tickets they can lighting the resort’s history and nat- use to bring friends to Diamond ural beauty, and more. Peak during non-peak days. Visit New Lakeview Terrain Park www.DiamondPeak.com for Terrain park skiers and riders details, restrictions and the full list looking to progress their park skills of perks. will have a new, beautiful venue to Save up to 44 percent with a practice in as Diamond Peak relo- multi-day Flex Pass cated the small to mid-sized pro- With over 50 years of affordable, gression park from Popular up to family-friendly fun under their the Lakeview run. The benefits for belts, Diamond Peak knows a thing riders include an incredible Lake or two about how to save skiers and Tahoe backdrop – making for snowboarders money. The 2017-18 Instagrammable moments on every Flex Pass multi-day tickets offer feature in the new park – plus the savings of up to 44 percent off the ability to ride laps quickly in the regular ticket price, with prices as park when the Ridge chairlift is run- low as $50 a day for adults. ning. Accessible via the Crystal Available in two- to seven-day Express and Ridge chairlifts, the increments, the direct-to-lift Flex new Lakeview terrain park offers Pass has no blackouts, is valid all creative features and a flowing lay- INCLINE VILLAGE, NV - Views of Lake Tahoe never grow old and they are plentiful from all of the trails at season long, and is fully transfer- out focused on maximizing fun, Diamond Peak at Incline Village. It is located on the east shore, the Nevada side of the lake. Diamond able, so multiple people can use building confidence and preparing Peak celebrated its 50th anniversary last winter and is beginning the next 50 with great pass deals, one pass throughout the course of a safely for Diamond Peak’s larger increased snowmaking and more. For info on this Tahoe resort gem, please go to: www.diamondpeak.com season (one person per day). features in the Spillway terrain Tom Zikas photo courtesy of Diamond Peak Guided after-hours snowshoe hikes park. Diamond Peak and Olympic champion Sage Kotsenburg Join guides from the Incline featured in Snowboarder Magazine’s “Pepper” movie invitation to Snowboarder Magazine’s Superpark 21 event Village Parks & Recreation Department for Community as part of the Woodward Tahoe build team. Snowshoe Hikes to Diamond Peak’s Snowflake Lodge. The Last spring, a crew of riders on their way to Snowboarder Increased snowmaking productivity snowshoe hikes offer non-skiers the chance to enjoy the Magazine’s Superpark 21 event swung by Diamond Peak for This season, Diamond Peak’s Snow Surfaces team has slopes of Diamond Peak in wintertime and encourage exer- a special photo/video shoot that are included in the feature- cising in a social setting. length “Pepper” movie. With the sun setting over Lake added additional pedestals/hookups around the mountain for Tahoe in the background, slopestyle Olympic gold medalist the resort’s HKD high-efficiency tower snow guns, allowing The 1.5-mile (3 miles round trip) hikes include guides, Sage Kotsenburg and friends Chris Grenier, Ozzy Henning, for more strategic usage of these very productive pieces of exclusive after-hours access to Diamond Peak and Nils Mindnich and Garrett Warnick sessioned a custom built snowmaking equipment. In addition, the team has been able Snowflake Lodge, s’mores and hot cocoa. There will be light jump on Crystal Ridge. to increase water pressure throughout the snowmaking sys- fare available at Snowflake Lodge. tem, allowing for increased productivity during snowmaking Footage from the two-day film shoot can be seen in See: www.DiamondPeak.com/events for dates and info. operations resort wide. These enhancements should allow New Burton Learn to Ride snowboard rental fleet Kotsenburg’s “Who Is Pepper? Ep. 1” teaser on the Diamond Peak once again to offer Lake Tahoe’s best snow Snowboarder Magazine website now. The feature-length surfaces throughout the 2017-18 ski season. The Diamond Peak Rental Shop has upgraded its entire “Pepper” movie is on iTunes. Stay tuned for a potential On-mountain interpretive tours snowboard rental fleet for the 2017-18 season with new, pro- screening at Diamond Peak sometime this fall/winter. gression-focused Learn to Ride snowboards, boots and bind- New Snow Surfaces staff with deep terrain park roots In partnership with the Incline Village General ings from Burton. As an official Burton Learn to Ride Improvement District’s Waste Not conservation staff, Diamond Peak Ski Resort is pleased to announce the hir- Center, Diamond Peak will offer rental gear specifically Diamond Peak will offer a series of guided interpretive designed to get riders to the next level as quickly and easily ing of Matt Melilli as the resort’s new Slope Maintenance ski/snowboard tours of the mountain this winter. Program Manager, along with Tim Hay as the new Assistant Slope as possible. participants will meet at the Base Lodge with a guide before About Diamond Peak Ski Resort Maintenance Manager. Together, Melilli and Hay will over- touring the mountain to discuss the unique plant and animal see the resort’s snowmaking, grooming, terrain parks and life that flourishes within the ski area’s boundaries, as well Since 1966, Diamond Peak Ski Resort has been North summer slope maintenance operations.