Jim Curran
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Does anyone have information on ski conditions which are likely around the third week of March? <BR> <BR>Also, where are good places to eat and apres ski? <BR> <BR>Thanks!
Lake Tahoe
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I have published detailed resort guides for the 4 major ski areas (Squaw, Heavenly, Alpine, Kirkwood, plus Mammoth, 150 miles south) at <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/crockeraf/insdtrak.htm" TARGET="_top">http://members.aol.com/crockeraf/insdtrak.htm</A>}. <BR> <BR>If you're there for a week and want to ski lots of places, I recommend you divide your lodging time half to North Shore and half to South as the commute around the lake can be tedious, and almost impossible during storms. The Stateline casinos at South Shore are the center of apres-ski activity.
Maybe at the center, but rather cheese-ball if you ask me. Just got back, and the t-shirt shops and gaudy casinos of S. Lake Tahoe would get to me after only a day. The only skiing truly there is Heavenly - everything else is either up on the N. Shore, or is much further south at Kirkwood or beyond at Mammoth. <BR> <BR>Personally, I rather enjoyed the N. Lake Tahoe resorts, with a special place in my heart carved out by Sugar Bowl. I agree that the drive around the lake could get tedious, which is why we only made 1 side-trip to Kirkwood (well worth it, IMHO), and spent the rest of the time at Squaw, Alpine, Sugar Bowl & Mt. Rose. Snow at Homewood and Diamond Peak, both at the lake level, was rather meager.
I would agree that there is more quality skiing at North Shore than South, and also with Marc's aesthetic comments, which apply even more if you go there in summer. <BR> <BR>The skiing downside of North Shore is the lower altitude and worse snow preservation, and if the season continues below average, that will be very important by late March. Unless there is substantial improvement, I would now recommend that you head south to Mammoth for at least half of your week. It has received more snow than Tahoe this January, and March snow preservation is as good as Colorado and much better than anywhere else in California.