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Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | Author: Shoreline Of Tahoe

Heavenly known for the best man made snow on the planet still needs cold weather to make snow…..So when all is said and done, God is still in in control…..relax we’re in good hands, it will happen….In his time, not ours…..

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Friday, November 07th, 2008 | Author: Shoreline Of Tahoe
The full view of the one run, or should I say one sweet park run!
The full view of the one run, or should I say one sweet park run!
The weather was perfect and the boxes and rails were sliding nice and fast.

The weather was perfect and the boxes and rails were sliding nice and fast.

Boreal had such a fun park setup!

Boreal had such a fun park setup!

Boreal Resort opens up today

Boreal Resort opens up today

Boreal Webcam

Opening Day at Boreal Mountain!
Every year it’s a race to see which resort will open first in the Sierra’s. Most every year it’s Mammoth Mountain, followed by either Boreal or Heavenly. How do these mountains year after year end up opening up first year after year? lets take a close look each one of them, Boreal’s base is 7200 ft, they have picked some of the runs so clean during the summer months that it could open up with very little snow. Boreal also invested a lot of money in Snowmaking. Heavenly can’t pick their runs clean in the summer because of an environmental agency called The Tahoe regional planning Association (TRPA) The concept here in Tahoe is that the faster water can run into the lake, the worst it is for lake clarity. so logs and big rocks have to stay on the runs, which means you need more snow to open heavenly, or for that matter any other resort in the Tahoe basin. So how does Heavenly continue to be in the top 3? they own the most snowmaking equipment in all the world. Mammoth Mountain for some reason always gets the natural snow, they have some snowmaking, but year after year they get the snow. they also can pick their runs clean. Kirkwood is another resort that always seems to get the natural white….SO like most years here is the order of resorts opening in the sierra’s Mamoth was first, Boreal Second, and which resort will be 3rd, Kirkwood or Heavenly?