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Northstar Winter Fast Facts 2012-13

NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE™ RESORT FAST FACTS: WINTER 2011-2012

HOW TO CONTACT NORTHSTAR RESORT
General Information & Lodging Reservations: 1.800.GO.NORTH (466.6784)
24-hour Snow Phone: 530.562.1330
Consumer Website: www.NorthstarAtTahoe.com
Twitter: @NorthstarTahoe
 
LOCATION
·Driving Directions: Hwy 267 @ Northstar Drive, Truckee, CA 96160
·Mailing: PO Box 129, Truckee, CA 96160
·Air Access: Reno-Tahoe International Airport (45 minutes); Sacramento Airport (1.75 hours); San Francisco Airport (3.5 hours); Oakland Airport (3.5 hours)
 
TRAILS & SLOPES
·95 trails – 27% advanced, 60% intermediate, 13% beginner
·3,000 acres of terrain
·Longest run = 1.4 miles (2.09 km) – Logger’s Loop
·Nine 1-mile long (1.6 km, 220 acres) advanced runs on The Backside
·Lookout Mountain – 443 acres of advanced terrain; opened January 2001
·344 acres of backcountry terrain (Sawtooth Ridge) open for experts when conditions permit
·5 advanced gladed runs (opened winter 08-09): The Camp Glade, Sugar Pine Glade, Monument Glade, Comstock Glade, Rendezvous Glade
·Expanded beginner teaching area featuring sculpted Smart Terrain™ that the resort has successfully demonstrated helps improve the learning curve for beginning skiers and snowboarders (new during the 09-10 season).
 
TERRAIN PARKS & PIPES
·Park Designer: Northstar-at-Tahoe Terrain Park Crew and Snow Park Technologies (SPT)
·Seven Terrain Parks (all terrain park features are rated small, medium or large)
oBurton Progression Park (small and medium)
oMoonshine (small)
oThe Straits (large)
oPinball (medium and large)
oPipeline (large)
oThe Stash (small, medium and large)
oLil’ Stash (small)
·Regularly cut Superpipe on Pipeline
 
LIFTS – 20 total (Uphill capacity of 37,891 skiers per hour)
 
·Two gondolas (one express, one pulse)
·One six-pack express
·Seven express quad chairlifts
·Two triple chairlifts
·One fixed grip quad chairlift
·Two surface lifts
·Five Magic Carpets 
 
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
·Base = 6,330 feet (1,929 meters)
·Summit = 8,610 feet (2,624 meters)
·Vertical = 2,280 feet (695 meters)
·Average Annual Snowfall = 350 inches (9 meters)
 
ON-SITE FACILITIES & AMENITIES
·A variety of on-mountain dining facilities, including mid-mountain and summit day lodges
·Ski & Snowboard School for children and adults
·Cross-Country Ski & Snowshoe Center offering 40km of groomed and tracked trails (includes track, skate, snowshoe and Telemark)
·Two rental equipment shops (Village and mid-mountain)
·Two demo centers (Village and mid-mountain)
·Complimentary on-site shuttle service
·Licensed childcare for kids ages 2+ (license no. 293610610)
·New Village at Northstar™ featuring unique shops and restaurants, bars, grocers, overnight ski storage, locker room, two movie theaters and WiFi Internet access
·Apex Bungy trampoline and Ropes Challenge
·Experiential opportunities including candle, mosaic, teddy bear making, pottery painting and jewelry design
·9,000 square foot outdoor skating rink
·On-site gas station
·Recreation Center with outdoor heated lap pool, outdoor spas, saunas, fitness center and teen center (for Northstar Resort lodging guests only)
·Lift-accessed tubing hill
·More than 5,000 square feet of on-site, year-round conference and banquet facilities with experienced event planners
·State-of-the-art Snowell tuning facility for skis and snowboards
·Day storage lockers and complimentary overnight ski and board check
·Largest snowmaking system of any resort in North Lake Tahoe covering more than 50 percent of Northstar Resort’s 95 trails
 
 
ON-SITE LODGING
·More than 220 on-site lodging units for rent through Northstar Central Reservations, 1.800.GO.NORTH (466.6784). Accommodations range from condominiums to hotel-style units, to spacious mountain homes with some ski-in/ski-out rentals available.
·All Northstar Resort lodging guests receive access to the Recreation Center featuring a lap pool, spas, game room, sauna and health club for a small fee.
·New 1-4 bedroom luxury condominiums in the new Village at Northstar available to rent through Tahoe Mountain Resorts Lodging.
·New 2-3 bedroom luxury condominiums available to rent through Hyatt Residence Club.
·Situated at mid-mountain at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe features ski-in/ski-out access, mountain valet services, Manzanita, the resort’s signature restaurant created by renowned San Francisco celebrity chef Traci Des Jardins, and a 17,000 square foot spa and fitness center. The year-round resort property includes 170 guest rooms, 23 private Ritz-Carlton Residences and 25 Ritz-Carlton Club fractional ownership units.
 
WINTER SEASON
Mid-November to mid-April, weather and conditions permitting. Lifts operate from 8:30am-4pm daily.
 
CORPORATE INFORMATION
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 VailBeaver CreekBreckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. 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 vailresorts.com and consumer website is snow.com.
Contact(s):
Jess VanPernis
(530) 562-3866
jvanpernis@vailresorts.com
 
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 mountain resorts in Colorado, and the Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe 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 property and 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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