After waking up around 6:45 a.m., I showered and dressed for snowboarding at Alpine Meadows. Carlo and Susan - our hosts at the Truckee Airbnb - prepared a delicious breakfast for us: yogurt, scrambled eggs, hot coffee, and tea.
After breakfast, we drove to Alpine Meadows, arriving at about 8:12 a.m. The drive was supposed to take 25 minutes, but it took about 30 minutes (due to traffic and snow-clearing machinery). We parked in the central Alpine Meadows parking lot, wore snowboarding boots, and headed for the slopes.
It was foggy windy, with blizzard-like conditions. I was worried that it would start raining (like it did on Saturday, March 2 at Squaw Valley, but it did not).
Here is a GoPro Hero7 Black video featuring highlights of my snowboarding:
We took the nearby Roundhouse Express chairlift to mid-mountain on our first run. As we were some of the first snowboarders at Alpine, we really enjoyed making fresh, virgin tracks in the freshly fallen snow.
In comparison to Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows is a much smaller ski resort and a lot less crowded. We really enjoyed not waiting in long lift lines!
Unlike the light, dry powder in Mammoth, the powder at Alpine Meadows was wet, heavy, and sticky. We definitely prefer the light, soft powder of Mammoth Mountain.
We spent the rest of the day on the Summit Express chairlift, which we used to get to the top, and then snowboarded in the fresh snow in the "Three Sisters" area.
After 4 fun runs, we decided to eat an early lunch in the Alpine Meadows cafeteria on the second floor. The resort food was as usual: mediocre and very expensive. I ordered a chicken noodle soup with tater tots while Alex ate a slice of pizza and french fries.
After finishing lunch, we continued our snowboarding at the Summit Express chair. The weather was still quite foggy, with strong winds at the peak.
As riding wet powder is quite tiring, we finished snowboarding at 1:30 p.m. and returned to our car for the long drive back to San Jose. It took us 4.5 hours to return home. Thankfully, there was not too much traffic (and the roads were primarily clean).
After breakfast, we drove to Alpine Meadows, arriving at about 8:12 a.m. The drive was supposed to take 25 minutes, but it took about 30 minutes (due to traffic and snow-clearing machinery). We parked in the central Alpine Meadows parking lot, wore snowboarding boots, and headed for the slopes.
It was foggy windy, with blizzard-like conditions. I was worried that it would start raining (like it did on Saturday, March 2 at Squaw Valley, but it did not).
Here is a GoPro Hero7 Black video featuring highlights of my snowboarding:
We took the nearby Roundhouse Express chairlift to mid-mountain on our first run. As we were some of the first snowboarders at Alpine, we really enjoyed making fresh, virgin tracks in the freshly fallen snow.
In comparison to Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows is a much smaller ski resort and a lot less crowded. We really enjoyed not waiting in long lift lines!
Unlike the light, dry powder in Mammoth, the powder at Alpine Meadows was wet, heavy, and sticky. We definitely prefer the light, soft powder of Mammoth Mountain.
We spent the rest of the day on the Summit Express chairlift, which we used to get to the top, and then snowboarded in the fresh snow in the "Three Sisters" area.
After 4 fun runs, we decided to eat an early lunch in the Alpine Meadows cafeteria on the second floor. The resort food was as usual: mediocre and very expensive. I ordered a chicken noodle soup with tater tots while Alex ate a slice of pizza and french fries.
After finishing lunch, we continued our snowboarding at the Summit Express chair. The weather was still quite foggy, with strong winds at the peak.
As riding wet powder is quite tiring, we finished snowboarding at 1:30 p.m. and returned to our car for the long drive back to San Jose. It took us 4.5 hours to return home. Thankfully, there was not too much traffic (and the roads were primarily clean).
0 comments:
Post a Comment