Handful of Sierra Ski Resorts Open; Others to Follow
Alpine Meadows joined the handful of Sierra ski resorts that have launched pre-Thanksgiving seasons when it opened one run this week and said two more runs may be opened this weekend in light of an approaching storm.
Along with Alpine Meadows, only Boreal has opened in the Tahoe area. Mammoth is open in the central Sierra and Squaw Valley USA and Northstar at Tahoe plan Saturday openings.
Heavenly is scheduled to open the day before Thanksgiving and Kirkwood is aiming for a Thanksgiving Day opening.
On the Nevada side, Diamond Peak-Ski Incline and Mount Rose are hoping to open in late November or early December.
The openings are good news for ski shops as well as the resorts.
“We started to see a lot of people from the Sacramento area and San Francisco coming in on weekends,” said Lawney Moore, general manager of the House of Ski in Stateline, Nev.
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