Perfect weather greeted skiers and riders today, along with the opening of Stagecoach Lodge and lift! Kicking off the start of the holidays, riders were able to take advantage of the great snow conditions and newly opened terrain. While tomorrow afternoon brings in the next storm and more snow, conditions are only going to get better and more and more terrain opened for the holiday season. Please note, we are on holiday schedule from now through January 4th and will be opening daily at 8:30am each of those days. Check out the video from today:

Hey, gang. All you locals on Upper Kingsbury can rejoice - Stagecoach opens Saturday, December 20! What a way to kick off Heavenly’s holiday season! Dane and Fred will be over there shooting some video, so please be sure to say “hi” and mug for the SkiHeavenly.com camera.

The holiday season means we’ll be open every day at 8:30am from December 20, 2008 through January 4, 2009! That’s over seven hours of extra skiing and snowboarding!

We’re also opening First Ride at the California base area, and the Mitey Mite at the top of the Gondola. This gives our Ski Schools plenty of beginner terrain, and we’re now offering lessons for every ability level. A hint for parents looking to sign kids up for holiday lessons: Head to the California Ski School - availability will be better.

We’ll be talking a lot over the next week; Saturday looks like an awesome day to ski and ride, and then we’ve got storm after storm after storm, which is sure to bring more terrain and more updates. But we at SkiHeavenly.com want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours the happiest and healthiest of holiday seasons.

The California side of Heavenly opened up yesterday, giving access for riders to Powderbowl and Canyon lifts! Mountain access at the California Lodge is available on the Tram and on Gunbarrel chair. Again, we have to give big props to the snowmaking crew, working hard through the nights to help supplement everything Mother Nature has been dumping on us! Here is a video from yesterday on the first day of California operations:

Stagecoach is getting closer to being ready, and as soon as we get word of this or any other openings we will post that information ASAP! Enjoy your turns and keep up your snow dance, as it seems to be working with lots more snow in the forecast!

What up everyone? Hope you’re enjoying the snow that we have up at Heavenly, thanks to our snow making robots! No really, those guys put a lot of work into creating this awesome base.
The big news, for everyone that hasn’t heard, is how sweet Comet Park is. It’s just obber fun! I want to send a special thanks to Thomas and the TPC crew who are just killing it out there and working with the snow they have to create so many features and diversity. Be sure to check out the new recycled fetures in the park, you’ll recognize them by their fancy paint jobs and recycled logo.
Pray for snow and see ya in the park!
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Hey, gang. Conditions were AWESOME today on Big Dipper! Really nice, ungroomed snow, perfect for my Rossi B3’s. Check out the video. The conditions look so much like mid-winter that my boss wanted us to put some sort of date stamp on it:

So I’ve got more good news: Comet will open top-to-bottom tomorrow! They’re pushing it out as we speak, and then they’re going to blow snow on it all night and not groom it tomorrow morning, so it should be the same kind of experience that Big Dipper was today.

You may have heard me say this before, but we’ve got WAY more open terrain (over THREE MILES of runs) and WAY better surface conditions than any other Lake Tahoe resort. But don’t take my word for it. Watch the video, check out these mountain snapshots, or better yet, come up and check it out yourself!