Ski Resorts Where Lifts Go Directly to Hotel

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:36:30 -0800 (PST), taichiskiing
wrote this crap:

I had a Taichi Skiing seminar there, and one of students, being too
tired on a day of hard skiing, lost control at the door and crashed
into the living room with skis still attached.

That says something about your teaching abilities. I've never had a
student sink their boat.


Strive for success. Merry Christmas.

Be the best.




A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

Calif Bill wrote:

Go to Costco in Calif, the have some discount tickets for Tahoe.

That's true. Also REI sells a bunch of discount tickets at their stores.

Personally if I were the original poster I'd fly to Reno and rent two
cars. Shuttles for ten people will be about the cost of two week-long
rentals from Reno. This would enable the skiers to try different
resorts, including Sierra Ski Ranch, Kirkwood, Homewood, and Mount Rose,
and would allow the non-skiers to do more sight-seeing. Pick up discount
lift tickets in Reno at Costo and REI (across the street from each other).

There's also the option of renting a condo or house in South Shore which
might be cheaper than a bunch of hotel rooms. There's a glut of condos
on the Nevada side of Heavenly with amazingly low prices. They have
shuttles to south shore, as well as to the Nevada side of Heavenly.

BTW, some of the other resorts in the area have shuttles from south
shore, including Sierra Ski Ranch (free) and Kirkwood ($5).

On Dec 10, 8:37*am, wrote:

As was mentioned before, in South Lake Tahoe you have MontBleu Casino,
Horizon Casino, Harrrah's Casino and Harvey's Casino. *All of these
casinos sit at the base of Heavenly. *

It's only a detail but I have a clarification for myself. I was at
Tahoe last summer and saw that there was indeed a gondola that ran
down into an area in the midst of the casinos. It was not there when I
lived in N. Tahoe in the '70's and I don't think it was there when I
skied Heavenly in the 90's. And I think that I did notice a ski rental
shop and there was tourist services at the bottom of the gondola. But
is that considered the "base" now? Or is the "base" still up there at
the bottom of Gunbarrel and over on that road down into Nevada? Not
that it matters that much but I'm just not used to every bottom of
every lift being a base?

All that, and you are right. Using the casino for "home base" would be
FUN.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:03:07 -0800, SMS
wrote this crap:


There's also the option of renting a condo or house in South Shore which
might be cheaper than a bunch of hotel rooms. There's a glut of condos
on the Nevada side of Heavenly with amazingly low prices. They have
shuttles to south shore, as well as to the Nevada side of Heavenly.

That's what I did. But get a condo on the East Shore, not the South
Shore. Watching the sunset over the lake is spectacular. It's God's
best artwork.

Merry Christmas Everyone.




A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

On Dec 10, 2:03 pm, A mighty Hungarian
wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:36:30 -0800 (PST), taichiskiing
wrote this crap:

I had a Taichi Skiing seminar there, and one of students, being too
tired on a day of hard skiing, lost control at the door and crashed
into the living room with skis still attached.

That says something about your teaching abilities. I've never had a
student sink their boat.

That has nothing to do with my teaching, but you missed "how was ski
in and ski out" part.


Strive for success. Merry Christmas.

Be the best.

There's no "best" in the realm of Taichi Skiing, which only concerns
if the techniques are "functional."


IS




A mighty Hungarian warrior
The blood of Attila runs through me

taichiskiing wrote:


There's no "best" in the realm of Taichi Skiing

You can say that again.

//Walt

pigo wrote:
On Dec 10, 8:37 am, wrote:

As was mentioned before, in South Lake Tahoe you have MontBleu Casino,
Horizon Casino, Harrrah's Casino and Harvey's Casino. All of these
casinos sit at the base of Heavenly.

It's only a detail but I have a clarification for myself. I was at
Tahoe last summer and saw that there was indeed a gondola that ran
down into an area in the midst of the casinos. It was not there when I
lived in N. Tahoe in the '70's and I don't think it was there when I
skied Heavenly in the 90's. And I think that I did notice a ski rental
shop and there was tourist services at the bottom of the gondola. But
is that considered the "base" now? Or is the "base" still up there at
the bottom of Gunbarrel and over on that road down into Nevada? Not
that it matters that much but I'm just not used to every bottom of
every lift being a base?

Yeah, the town gondola is fairly new and purpose built just for those
folks who see walking access to the mountain as a selling point. The
base(s) are still as they were.


All that, and you are right. Using the casino for "home base" would be
FUN.

wrote:
Last season the
shuttle cost around $30 round trip

which means for a party of 10 you're out $300; that's more than 3 cheap
week rentals of cars. cars give you a chance to sightsee and ski
Kirkwood. the casinos used to have free parking for guests ...

just a thought

pigo wrote:

All that, and you are right. Using the casino for "home base" would be
FUN.

The good thing about south shore is that the gondola comes down to a
real town, not just a ski resort village with hugely overpriced stores,
restaurants, and hotels, like Northstar on the northern end of Lake
Tahoe (where skiing is now a secondary business to real estate).

Even without a car, you can take the bus around South Shore pretty cheaply.

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:19:00 -0800, "W"
wrote:

I am looking for (affordable) ski resorts in the Western US or Canada that
meet these criteria:

- The resort's ski lifts go directly to the hotel or condos (or within 100
yards)

- There are shops and restaurants within walking distance of lodging. A
place where non-skiiers could have something to do would be great.

- A group of 10 could get by on around $200/day (so no $700/night rooms
unless its a suite with lots of separate rooms).

Basically we are trying to avoid the hassle of needing to rent and drive
cars....

What locations / resorts come close to these requirements for a February
trip?


Try Northstar. They have some stay=and=ski=free deals in non-peak
times. You can also rent a house there and have just a short/free bus
ride to the village.

John