Heavenly Receives New Snow in Advance of President's Weekend
New Snow Adds to Best Surface Conditions at Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev. – February 13, 2012 – Heavenly Mountain Resort received five inches of new snow overnight, just in time for President’s Weekend and adding to what were already Lake Tahoe's finest surface conditions. The West Coast's largest snowmaking system has worked overtime this season, providing the best surface conditions on the trails where the resort has made snow. The upcoming holiday will feature great skiing and snowboarding, music and on-mountain competitive events.
“It's nice of Mother Nature to show up and give our snowmakers the night off,” said Pete Sonntag, Heavenly’s general manager. “We've got terrain open for all ability levels, from beginner slopes to the double-black diamond Face. We're looking forward to an awesome holiday week.”
Photos of today's conditions are attached and b-roll can be found by clicking here. A finished video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/v/oY4wYE19ue0.
Highway to Heavenly
Three Fridays in a row, on Feb. 10, 17 and 24, the Highway to Heavenly ski limousine will drive around San Francisco and whisk a group of up to four friends away to Heavenly for the weekend. To win, four friends must dress in ski gear, go to any San Francisco bar on Friday night and Tweet a photo to @Hwy2Heavenly. The most enthusiastic, ski-ready Twitter photo will win the trip that very same night and be transported to Heavenly in the limo.
The weekend trip includes a two-night stay in a suite at MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa, skiing or riding on Saturday and Sunday with equipment and lift tickets included, a three-hour private ski or snowboard lesson and mountain tour, a chauffeured limo, $450 per person to spend on food and drinks, and more.
Stateline Showdown – February 18
Tahoe South Winter Snow Blast Weekends – February 25
Heavenly and Harrah’s Lake Tahoe team up to bring Tahoe South Winter Snow Blast 2012, four big weekends of on-mountain concerts and après ski entertainment, followed by nights of live music and a hot new club scene. On Saturday, February 25, a live on-mountain concert at Heavenly’s Adventure Peak will be followed by Unbuckle at Tamarack, Tahoe’s Ultimate Après Party. Then G. Love and The Special Sauce will perform live in the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. To book a South Shore Winter Snow Blast weekend or to purchase show tickets, log on to LTSnowBlast.com or call (800) 786-8208.
Unbuckle at Tamarack – daily
Located inside Heavenly’s spectacular Tamarack Lodge at the top of the Heavenly Gondola, Unbuckle at Tamarack is daily from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and features DJs, half-priced drinks, food specials, and on Fridays and Saturday, the EpicMix Chix dancers.
About Heavenly Mountain Resort
Heavenly Mountain Resort is a world-class destination offering guests a one-of-a-kind combination of scenic beauty and exhilarating on-snow experience. Heavenly is a subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc., the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. One of the largest resorts in North America, Heavenly spans 4800 acres, climbs to Lake Tahoe’s highest elevation at 10,067 feet and features more than 94 trails for every level of skier or snowboarder. For more information on Heavenly Mountain Resort, please visit www.skiheavenly.com or call 800-HEAVENLY.
About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, and the Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar California Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and in the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
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