Alpine Meadows
Saturday 1 December 1990
Weather
Warm and sunny.
Conditions
Early season conditions, man made snow only. Very little of the area open. Two lifts plus one surface tow open.
The Story of the Day
This day represented the major breakthrough.
A group of us (including James de Raeve and Dean Adams) got together at Sacramento airport and drove up I-80 to Tahoe City. Very early in the season, the choice of resorts was pretty limited and after taking local advice from Richard Probst of Sun, we chose Alpine Meadows.
After a few warm up runs from the Meadow Poma, I signed up for a group lesson and when I arrived, I was on my own. I got a two hour private lesson which was the best thing that could possibly happen. Ernie, was a very patient teacher and within two hours he had introduced me to the basics of parallel turns.
From flat green runs, I progressed up the mountain to a pretty steep blue from the Weasel chair.
By now I am pretty close to being hooked on skiing!
Runs
Last updated:
22/01/2001