Las Vegas Ski/Snowboard Resort

Originally posted by | | | bryman | | | Have fun Meat I'm going to make it down there soon I promise   -b

Got another foot of snow...this Saturday is going to be awesome!

I went up on Thursday.  We have had 0 snow, so it's all man made, but they do a great job with it.  No trees and nothing off the groomers cause it's rock, but they did manage to put up a couple rails and boxes, and even got 2 little hips and 2 decent size kickers out of it.  Best part, since they only have the 1 main lift running (out of 3) they are charging pre-season prices which is $35 full day.  Considering it's the only lift you really want to use anyway, it's a good deal.  

I'm surprised that they did not raise their prices with all the improvements they did.  

Yup...it's finally dropping temps.  Got a little bit of clouds and snowmaking is in full force for opening day next weekend!  I was really impressed with how much coverage they got blowing snow last year, and this year they cleared a few more trees to make more runs.  Should be good...

Its kind of crazy at the amount of people who choose to visit Vegas during the summer..when it is 1000 degrees.

Originally posted by RastaRider ^ the first resort where? A basin was the first resort to open in the country last season on October 13th, Loveland was the 14th. And once they opened it was for the season, not just a weekend. Unless you're talking about first resort in your area, which makes sense. Originally posted by Shift4200  Oh i saw it, but i thought to myself no way that LV has beaten other parts of the country to the first snow... i guess I stand corrected.   We've already got a few small snowfalls here too in the mountains, first one was around a month ago, but it's all melted the next day. I kinda hope the big snowfalls hold off til later this season, we had a 15" storm come through last October that made the backcountry snow really unstable the whole year.

We had similar on/off snow here in the east last year too.  Rode on Halloween weekend in good coverage, then it melted to nothing... again for Thanksgiving, and again gone before I even left VT for the weekend.  In fact on Tday, we rode in some pretty heavy falling snow... would fill tracks before you could lap the mountain.  Shame it was gone in a matter of hours.

I too hope that all this early snow is a good sign for the winter to come. 

Crazy, right?  We were the first resort to open last season too.  they had installed new snow blowers and it just happen to get cold enough a couple weeks in October and blew enough to open the bunny hill for a weekend last october!  

Originally posted by MrMeaty Originally posted by Shift4200 Curious where that shot was taken... it was cool in New England last night but not cold enough for snow. You must have missed the title of this thread

Oh i saw it, but i thought to myself no way that LV has beaten other parts of the country to the first snow... i guess I stand corrected.

Originally posted by Shift4200 Curious where that shot was taken... it was cool in New England last night but not cold enough for snow.

that is awesome, I'm so excited to see some snow

NICE!  I've always wondered how those split setups worked!  But I haven't done the hike yet.  Natural conditions weren't great last season, but snowmaking covers all the main runs so we stuck to those.  I was thinking about just picking up some snow shoes to through in my pack to give it a shot.  We'll just have to see how the snow goes this year...

For sure.  They have a 12 year plan (ugh) to expand all the way up, but currently chair doesn't even go halfway up the top.  Base lodge is at 8510 feet, top of chair 1 is 9310 feet, but longest run is 3000 feet.   There is a good 2000 feet of hiking up.  It's not groomed, but they do avalanche control up there and it's a pretty clear open shot.  

Looks like they are going to have a couple more new runs this season!

I need to get up there to do some hiking. The heat down here has sucked all summer so far. At least today it is nice and cool with rain. Now if the rain would just go away so I can go shooting.

Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard resort is now offering Disc Golf.

Sunday was the last day open this season...wish I would have went.  Apparently the entire hill was over run by chicks in bikinis...

Originally posted by MrMeaty bryman: If you're going to come up, better make it this week.  My hill is closing on the 8th this Sunday.  It's been hitting the 80's down in the valley, but we got a little cold spell this week so temps on the hill should be nice 40 degree spring boarding weather for when I take my daughters up for the last time.  Gotta take advantage of that $20 ski lesson!

We got an airbag all week:

Originally posted by MrMeaty We got another couple inches over the weekend, but it looks like they have stopped grooming since the last big storm.  They plan to stay open a couple weeks into April but I've already started packing up my gear for the season.  Even though it didn't snow much, I had a great season on my little local hill.

So we got 10 inches on Saturday and I went up Sunday and it snowed all day.  Roads said needed chains but they were actually pretty clear so I made it up.  Wasn't prepared for so much pow! 

I cannot believe that LV snow looks as good or better than So Cal snow. Why didnt I buy rental property in LV when i had the chance?!!

That's right it's in LV. That and the Sun spends it's summers there.

Originally posted by TTowncrazy This seems like a pretty cool resort, looks like I should plan a trip there somethime. How much are lift tickets there normally.

This seems like a pretty cool resort, looks like I should plan a trip there somethime. How much are lift tickets there normally.

well, the good news is you have over 2500 feet more elevation above your highest chair to explore. There's gonna be plenty of fresh tacks for you on sat...especially if you hike a little.

we also got 8" out of this storm, but I just got back from the last 8", so I'm going to wait for the next storm (hopefully double digits next week or two)