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Childrens Ski lessons at Sierra-at-Tahoe

  • June 26, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by jkpike from Bentonville, Arkansas
Childrens Ski lessons at Sierra-at-Tahoe

This was a fantastic experience for my daughter! She was 3 years old and skiied for the first time. The instructor was absolutely wonderful and very, very personable. We actually went back to this resort the next day just to put my daughter with that teacher again! We have since then skiied at many, many locations while my daughter has been in lessons (Steamboat Springs, Vail, Beaver Creek, Heavenly) and none of them have come close to the great experience we had at Sierra at Tahoe. Great ski school!

From journal Tahoe Fun!

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Sierra at Tahoe

  • March 25, 2001
  • Rated 2 of 5 by Foxboro Marmot from Foxboro, Massachusetts
Sierra at Tahoe has a few problems. One, it's the first ski area people from Sacremento and San Francisco reach driving east. This means it gets a bit more crowded on weekends. Two, it has a gimmick called "Club Vertical" that you can join for a little more than the cost of a lift ticket. You get reduced price tickets but you also get a little electronic gismo that fits on your wrist and tracks how many times you go on each lift. This translates to how many vertical feet you've skied. There are prizes for accumulating vertical, ranging from free food in the cafeteria all the way up to a new snowboard. Now what this does is to provide an incentive for people to scream top to bottom at top speed all day long on the groomed intermediate trails. Does this idea seem flawed to you? On the positive side, there are reduced ticket price opportunities for this mountain. Some ski shops have signs out front for Sierra discount tickets - buy at the shop and save $5. Eat at Chevy's Mexican restaurant and get a $10 off coupon. Look around and save a few dollars. Our experts found interesting runs off the Grandview Express lift. Steeps, bumps, and where the snow was right some tree skiing. The intermediates were not happy though. They didn't find the mountain that interesting and were bothered by the speed merchants careening by. It might be a good place to take intermediates after a storm to get them some powder skiing/tree skiing on terrain that isn't too steep. The West Bowl area seemed to have a couple of places that would work.

From journal Spring Skiing at Tahoe

Sierra at Tahoe

  • February 15, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Iwent from Long Beach, California
The slopes were very people friendly. This is a very family oriented place. Every one including beginners can ride up to the top, then they can choose a run best suited to their skill level.

There are 46 trails and 10 lifts. There are some very challenging bump trails- definitely scary! Snowboarders are welcome and share the slopes with skiiers.

From journal Snowboard The Four Major Resorts

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