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60" of snow fell in Tahoe the day before I arrived. While most of the runs were skied the day before I arrived, the trip highlight was skiing all 60" of untracked in Mott Canyon. Overall it was a great quick trip
Heavenly Feb 11
Great conditions everywhere. Mott opened about 11 and I got 3 mostly untracked runs before it got tracked out. I hadn't skied Heavenly since 1994 and my overall impression was positive. I like to ski everything:
Heavenly Feb 11
Great conditions everywhere. Mott opened about 11 and I got 3 mostly untracked runs before it got tracked out. I hadn't skied Heavenly since 1994 and my overall impression was positive. I like to ski everything:
- Groomers B+. Lots of good groomers including some steep ones. Sky and Dipper had the best long groomers.
- Bumps and advance terrain A- Gunbarrel bumps and glades had good pitch and big vert. Sky lift had several long bump runs too with a little more mellow pitch. Milky way was a big area to explore with low traffic. Many short steeps throughout the ski area too.
- Expert level steeps: C+: Mott is a fairly small area with 900' vert chair (additional 600' vert if you combine with Dipper lift) But that area has lots of good steep routes. There are 3 bowls, 2 of which require riding dipper to get to. Each was good.
- Crowds: C+ Most lift lines were about 5 minutes accept Mott when it opened which was about 25.
- Size B+: Heavenly markets 4800 acres but I measure only 2500 (details of measurement at https://www.pugski.com/threads/comparable-ski-area-size.6179/) Even at 2500 acres, that's top 25 big. The only downside to the size is that there is a lot of traversing and there are large flat areas.
- Other: Great views and cheap lodging.
- Overall: B