Resorts celebrate first big snow of 2010
Lake Tahoe’s first big winter storm of 2010 dumped nearly a foot-and-a-half of new snow on Heavenly Mountain Resort (www.skiheavenly.com) Tuesday night, combining with the West Coast’s Largest Snowmaking System and Heavenly’s expert grooming team to provide skiers and snowboarders with Lake Tahoe’s finest snow surface conditions for the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend.
Heavenly plans to operate all 29 lifts this weekend, providing access to all 4,800 acres of Heavenly’s epic terrain. Also on tap for the weekend is Heavenly’s new tubing hill, featuring five, 500-foot-long lanes accessed by a 450-foot covered, elevated magic carpet.
Typical of Heavenly and Lake Tahoe , sunny skies have returned Wednesay morning and are forecast to persist into the weekend. While chains are required on Highway 50 leading into South Lake Tahoe this morning, the roads should be clear by the time the weekend rolls around.
To celebrate the first big storm of the New Year, Heavenly is promoting a peak-season, third-day-and-night-free vacation package starting as low as $75 per person, per day. This incredible deal is even valid over the weekends (but not the holidays). To book this package, visitwww.skiheavenly.com/free.
And while deals are typically scarce over the MLK Weekend, Heavenly is offering a two-day, three-night holiday package for just $128 per person, per night. MLK books quickly, so you’ve got to act now by visiting www.skiheavenly.com/MLK.