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March Madness in Tahoe - the Best Powder Ever I've experienced
I went to snowboard in Alpine Meadow and Diamond Peak in Tahoe this past weekend. Wow! What a powder heaven Tahoe has become in March!
On Sat, I arrived at Alpine Meadow at 9:15 and waited for like half an hour to get in and park. Their parking lot got to be full on that day.
I liked accessing the mountain by Summit Six Chair lift, a high-speed chair that sits 6 people. I started my first couple runs off Alpine Bowl trail, which was groomed. Then I stayed on Sun Spot trail and other trails on the right side of the lift because these had much more powder, and I could just access them without "skating". These trails really didn't look like having so much deep powder until I was on them. They were un-groomed and had lots of big bumps.
Homewood and Alpine Meadow in Tahoe
The conditions were kind of rough in both resorts until it snowed heavily in Alpine Meadow on Sun.
In Alpine, It was especially icy on the right side(facing downhill) off the Lakeview lift.
I saw a scaring accident in Alpine. when you get off the Summit Six chair lift and turn left, there's a little flat trail that leads to the access to Alpine Bowl. Along the way of the flat trail, there were poles and ropes that block off the access to the more steeper, and icier terrain.
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