Mammoth & Tahoe Ski Trip (03/11-17/2014)

[snowrider]

03/11/2014 - Fly to RNO and get a rental car.
03/12/2014 - Ski Squaw Valley.

03/13/2014 - Ski Squaw Valley.

03/14/2014 - Ski Heavenly.  Depart at 5pm and arrive Mammoth at 8pm.

03/15/2014 - Ski Mammoth.

03/16/2014 - Ski Mammoth.

03/17/2014 - Depart at 9pm and arrive Tahoe around noon.  Fly back.

 

Let me know if you are interested in joining this trip, and I will send you my flight numbers for your information.

[snowrider]

Two have committed (air booked) to this trip, and two others are still thinking.  I have a friend at Heavenly, and he ski 180 days a year at Heavenly.  For this season, my plan is to ski only one day at Heavenly (because its lift ticket is not covered by the Mountain Collective pass).  Since we visit Squaw, which is in Lake Tahoe area, we will stop by Heavenly – the most beautiful ski resort in the States.

Since we will need a rental car, when you book your flights, be sure you will arrive at RNO (Reno Airport) on 03/11/2014 at around or *before 5pm* local time.  On 03/17/2014, your flight's departure time from RNO back to your city will need to be at around or *after 3pm* local time.  I have reserve a Jeep Grand Cherokee if we have only 4 people going.  If we have more people joining this trip, they will either arrange their own rental car or we will need to get a large SUV.

[Li Huang]

On Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:41:01 AM UTC-4, snowrider wrote:

Do you mean depart 9 am on 3/17?  

[snowrider]

Welcome Li Huang!  If you are joining the trip, be sure to arrive RNO at around or before 5:00 pm on 03/11/2014, and on the departure day your flight needs to depart at around or after 3:00pm on 03/17/2014.  The reason for this arrangement is that we will get and return a rental car together.  Please check email.

[snowrider]

I am writing this to answer Marinek's question in the following link.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/ChineseSkiClub/K-gqh6GxNoA

 

In this ski trip, we will ski the following 3 ski resorts:  Squaw Valley (2 days), Heavenly (1 day), and Mammoth (2 days).

Squaw Valley has hosted Winter Olympics in the past, and it has very beautiful mountain view.

Heavenly is one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the States, and it has very beautiful lake view.

Mammoth has high elevation (11,053 ft) with very long open days in a season (till July 4th), and it is the location for US Olympic Training Camp.

So, we are going to visit these 3 ski resorts in one trip.

 

Lift tickets:  For Squaw and Mammoth, we use Mountain Collective pass.  For the Heavenly, we will get a discount lift ticket.

Transportation:  You book your own air, and I will book the rental car (cost to be shared).

- When you book the air, be sure you will arrive at RNO (Reno Airport) on 03/11/2014 at around or *before 5pm*.  On 03/17/2014, your flight's departure time from RNO needs to be at around or *after 3pm* local time.

Lodging:  3 nights in Tahoe area, and 3 nights at Mammoth.

- We could stay at Squaw for ski-in-ski-out lodging, but it will cost us $170 per person per night ($510 for 3 nights per person).  A better idea is to stay in a South Lake Tahoe's casino hotel ($40 per person per night), but it is 1 hour away from Squaw.  We can discuss the lodging location when you join.

On 03/11/2014 (the arrival day), we will pick up the rental car at RNO.  If your flight cannot fit into our schedule, you can take airport shuttle (one way) to the hotel.  Check in to hotel at around 7:30pm.

On 03/14/2014, we check out from the hotel at 8:30am and start skiing at 9:00am at Heavenly.  We finish skiing at 4:30pm, leave from Heavenly at 5:00pm, and arrive Mommoth at 7:30pm.

On 03/17/2014, we depart at 9:00pm and arrive Tahoe around noon. Fly back.

 

The max number of people in this trip should not exceed 6 (to fit a large size SUV).  Four people (to fit into a full size SUV) is perfect too.  Now we have 3 are going, so we need either one more or 3 more to join.  It's on a first come first serve basis - so I will put the 5th person in a waiting list.

We will book the lodging by the end of next weekend (11/24/2013), so please let me know if you are interested in joining the trip.

 

On Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:41:01 AM UTC-4, snowrider wrote:

[snowrider]

We got 5 people in this trip, so I reserved a large SUV with a good price (with Thanksgiving discount code).  We need one more to join the trip.  Please let us know if anyone is interested.

[West Vest]

Hi Snowrider,

Welcome to Tahoe.  I am "书童“ of ”湾区滑雪积极分子“。 https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayskiactivists/

The dedicated Chinese skiers from bay area.  We consider Tahoe our home ski resorts, although it is 3+ hour away. 

Although, we may not be able to meet up this time, since most of us ski on weekends. Hope you enjoy your stay at Tahoe! 

WestVest