Skiing at Lake Tahoe

"The air is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious, the same as angels breathe." - Mark Twain, on Lake Tahoe.

We went Skiing/snowboarding at Lake Tahoe this weekend. It's our second time there, last time in the summer, but this time to ski. We went to the famous Heavenly mountain resort. This is a great place to ski, because it's right next to the actual Lake, so the view is awesome! Also, it's on a real mountain, unlike the ski resorts near Toronto, so there's some true double-black-diamonds (I dare not touch them, but still). Heavenly is on the California-Nevada border, so you can ski in both states at the same time.

We took a couch bus service; left early in the morning from San Jose at 4:30am, arrived in Tahoe at 10-ish, got our rental gear and hit the slopes by 11. This is actually my first time skiing, so I was learning everything for the first time. I stuck to good ol' green slopes throughout. Being a newb, I totally exhausted myself in the first hour and felt a little sick. After eating a hearty lunch, I was refueled and ready to go. I picked up skiing pretty quickly, i think. By the end of the day, I was able to snowplow, turn at will, ride down a slope in its entirety falling down only once, and almost control to a stop.

It was a gnarly ski trip. Awesome weather, cool slopes, amazing view, and fun times!