Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe Ski Vacations and Luxury Travel Packages
Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe Ski Vacations Main Draw: More than 300 days of California sunshine a year.
New This Year: A free-ride terrain park for beginners, with jumps and hits sculpted to safely boost skills and egos.
Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe's Blue skies and big snows have made Lake Tahoe a beloved playground for generations of Californians. Yet the destination, with 15 resorts and decades of ski history, has lacked a single focal point, as at Aspen or Vail. But that's all changing. The experience at Tahoe's two biggest resorts, Heavenly and Squaw Valley, has been transformed by the addition of two base villages. And Heavenly, long tarnished by outdated facilities, is getting a $300-million spruce-up by new owner Vail Resorts. Unchanged are Heavenly's legendary views: clear skies extending to a horizon of snowy Sierra Nevada peaks, with the blue shimmer of Lake Tahoe below. The resort sits astride the California/Nevada border - ski the California side for dazzling lake panoramas, the Nevada side for drier snow and longer runs.
Featuring more than 13 ski areas surrounding the largest alpine lake in North America, Lake Tahoe combines breath-taking scenery in one of the most beautiful settings on earth along with all the excitement imaginable. Along the north shore, you can experience the Olympic granduer of Squaw Valley, wide open terrain of Alpine Meadows, and exciting, Northstar at Tahoe, while on the famed south shore, scenic Heavenly, Sierra at Tahoe, and powder-filled Kirkwood, just to name a few. You will never be at a loss for non-ski activities with an array of dazzling casinos, big name entertainment, and world class restaurants.
Mountain Stats: Heavenly Mountain Resort
Lifts: 29: (17 lifts in California and 12 lifts in Nevada)
1 High Speed Gondola
1 Aerial Tram
1 High Speed Six Passenger
5 High Speed Quads
8 Triple Chairs
5 Double Chairs
6 Surface Lifts
2 Magic Carpets (Perfect Kids TM Center)
Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe Number of Runs: 84
Terrain: 20% "Easier", 45% "More Difficult", 35% "Most Difficult"
Patrolled Terrain: 4,800 acres - (1,943 hectares) California's Largest Mountain
Vertical Drop: 3,500 feet - (1,067 meters) The West Coast's Longest Vertical
Lift - Accessed Elevation: 10,040 feet - (3,060 meters) Tahoe's Highest Mountain
Base Elevation CA: 6,540 feet - (1,993.90 meters)
Base Elevation NV: 7,200 feet - (2,194.56 meters)
Longest Mountain Descent: 5.5 miles - (8.8 km)
Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts Average Annual Snowfall: 360 inches
Snowmaking:
One of America's largest snowmaking systems. We can cover 69% of the mountain trails. Heavenly features top to bottom snowmaking coverage in both California and Nevada , more coverage than any other Tahoe resort.
During the 1998-99 season , Heavenly opened on October 18th, enjoying its earliest opening ever.
Snowboarding :
Heavenly offers snowboarding on 100% of the mountain. This season, the resort will offer a snowboard park, a snowboard-cross course, and a halfpipe . Several terrain features are also constructed regularly on the mountain, including spines, rolls and flat-tops.
Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe Ski Vacation Season: Mid November into May
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