The Name’s Nino, EL Nino.
El Nino has come to Heavenly and Lake Tahoe with guns blazing! We’ve received over TWO FEET of new snow over the past 24 hours and it’s still DUMPING (1:30pm UPDATE: We’re now up over 30 inches of new snow – it’s crazy!)! I’ve attached a few snowy photos shot in our parking lot, and hope to get some video up in this spot later this afternoon.
The snow is here, so if you’re on the fence about buying your season pass, well, you’re buried in about two feet of snow right now! Get off that fence and get Lake Tahoe’s best season pass deal, the $369 Heavenly season pass – it works out to about eight cents per acre!
The forecast is calling for about FIVE FEET of snow this week, so the holidays are going to be sa-WEET! Here’s a great deal from our friends at Heavenly Tahoe Vacations. Our prayers have been answered. Come up and shred some pow.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:07 am
so much for Snowmakers the final episode! Take a break fellas, you deserve it. Now I can quit stressing about snow for when I get out there in a few weeks.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Hey Russ how much terrain do you think this will open up for this weekend?
December 7th, 2009 at 11:15 am
The background and text colors in your blog are EXTREMELY hard to read. Any chance of cnaging it?
December 7th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Sweeet!
December 7th, 2009 at 11:58 am
NOOOOOICE
December 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
When Heavenly open Stagecoach Express ?
December 7th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
CANT WAITTTTTT TO GET HERE! I live in new jersey and im taking a trip to heavenly in january over winter break! I pray we get snow like this while im there!!!!!
December 7th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I echo Mat’s question. I’m visiting from Chicago next week and want to explore the entire mountain.
Is early season lift operation and staffing driven by the calendar, or do you have enough people at the ready as soon as additional terrain is deemed skiable?
December 7th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
El Nino = Warm water. “Global warming” rocks!!!!!
December 7th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
will you guys be opening more runs this weekend? what’s open now is pretty sad
December 8th, 2009 at 4:59 am
In the wise words of Vaughn Monroe:
“Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”
Can’t wait, group of 17 of us going to be there on the 22 Dec.
How much terrain do you think will be open after this?
PS: Looks like more on the way next week!!
December 8th, 2009 at 6:15 am
How much more terrain will be open for this weekend? Looks great! Thanks.
December 8th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Any sense of how many lifts will be open this weekend? Dying to break out our season pass and brave the drive. Will the Cali lifts be open to get to NV?
December 8th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Soooooowhen will the Cali lifts start running??? I can’t wait for Ridge Run and Gunbarrel…
December 8th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Tim – As soon as terrain is ready, we’ll be ready. I don’t know if you’ve been to Heavenly in the summer, but our trails have a lot of boulders and downed trees that help stop erosion and provide habitat for wildlife. So we need a lot of snow to get the trails where we want them from a quality standpoint. As I’ve said before, we’re all about quality and service here, and we won’t open a trail that doesn’t hold up to that brand promise.