California is the surfers capital of the US. Skiers and snowboarders find the
best ride though is in the California mountains. We’re not talking Mountain High
or Mt Baldy – those are just ski day trips from Hollywood and LA. We’re talking
about the best California ski resorts – where your ski and stay for a week – a
Mammoth ski week
The Sierra Nevada Range that stretches from Mammoth up to Lake Tahoe creates
fantastic big mountain skiing. Mammoth is an incredible California ski
destination.
The resort at Mammoth is brand new with a beautiful Intrawest ski development.
The condominiums in the village are new and very nicely appointed. The skiing at
Mammoth is vast, with spectacular summit skiing, and for sure (dude) the best
terrain parks in the country. Mammoth has vast terrain, too much to explore in
just a California ski weekend. And Mammoth has the longest ski season around.
It’s just 5-hours from LA, so you can ski and visit Disneyland in the same day,
one really long day.
Lake Tahoe is a jewel-colored body of water surrounded by black diamonds – 18
ski areas are within a snowball fight radius of Lake Tahoe. Come for a Lake
Tahoe ski week, and ski a different California or Nevada ski area every day. The
biggest ski resorts are Squaw Valley, Heavenly, Alpine Meadows, Kirkwood,
Northstar at Tahoe and Sierra at Tahoe. But there are plenty more to hit –
Homewood, Diamond Peak, Incline Village, Mount Rose, Sugarbowl. You might find
your self moving out here. If you like to combine a skiing and gambling trip,
Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly resort borders California and Nevada (where just about
everything is legal), in fact you can ski from state to state. Take advantage of
the ski and stay casino packages if you are a high elevation high roller. Just
remember, its hard to ride Heavenly’s’ gondola for first tracks when you have
been hitting Heavenly’s casinos and Lake Tahoe’s nightclubs on a Nevada
all-nighter.
Me, I prefer the slopeside lodging at Squaw Valley, like the Plumpjack at Squaw
or the Resort at Squaw Creek. A Ritz Carlton is coming to Northstar, but if you
like to be right on Lake Tahoe – the Lakeland Village is an ideal ski and stay
Lake Tahoe condominium location at the Heavenly base area. What’s amazing about
a Lake Tahoe ski trip, the scenery as you ski around the Lake, at every ski
turn, at every Tahoe ski resort - there’s the spectacular deep blue waters that
never freeze. If you are lodged on the California side of Lake Tahoe, and you
want to ski Heavenly one-day, just take the ski cruise boat across for first
tracks and enjoy a booze cruise on your return for après ski.
The Sierra Nevada Range that stretches from Mammoth up to Lake Tahoe creates
fantastic big mountain skiing. Mammoth is an incredible California ski
destination. 
Homewood, Diamond Peak, Incline Village, Mount Rose, Sugarbowl. You might find
your self moving out here. If you like to combine a skiing and gambling trip,
Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly resort borders California and Nevada (where just about
everything is legal), in fact you can ski from state to state. Take advantage of
the ski and stay casino packages if you are a high elevation high roller. Just
remember, its hard to ride Heavenly’s’ gondola for first tracks when you have
been hitting Heavenly’s casinos and Lake Tahoe’s nightclubs on a Nevada
all-nighter.