Heavenly
Heavenly Valley offers over 4,800
skiable acres with enough variety to please just about any skier. When Mother Nature is
kind to Heavenly and gives it a lot of snow, I think this is one of the best mountains
anywhere to ski on. The views of Lake Tahoe are awesome. The problem is that Heavenly's
location in the Sierras often seems to prevent it from getting large amounts of snow from
the same storms that dump tons of snow on the other resorts. There are plenty of long
intermediate runs on both the California and Nevada sides of the mountain. There is some
very interesting expert skiing on the Nevada side in Mott Canyon and Killebrew Canyon.
People who like to ski off piste between the trees will enjoy this resort a lot. If you
drive to Heavenly, make sure you remember to get back to your car's side of the mountain
before the lifts start to close. The California base lodge of Heavenly Valley is located
in the town of South Lake Tahoe, within a couple of minutes drive or bus ride from the big
casinos and a tremendous number of hotels and motels. This means the lift lines at
Heavenly can get quite long, especially on weekends. Heavenly is frequently derrided for
the large numbers of irresponsible "tourist" skiers who show up here and for the
large amount of polling or walking you have to do to get from one side of the mountain to
the other.
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