Moon Tahoe (Moon Handbooks) by Brown Ann Marie

Author:Brown, Ann Marie [Brown, Ann Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2015-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Northstar California

Of the big downhill resorts that offer cross-country skiing, Northstar California (Hwy. 267 and Northstar Dr., Truckee, 530/562-2475 or 530/562-2218, www.northstarcalifornia.com , 9am-4pm Mon.-Thurs., 8:30am-4pm Fri.-Sun. and holidays, $33 adults and teens, $29 seniors 65 and older, $25 children 5-12, children under 5 free) has the most extensive trail system (38 trails covering 35 kilometers), plus equipment rentals, lessons, and warming huts. From Northstar Village, you have to ride the gondola (or take the express chairlift) to reach mid-mountain and the cross-country skiing day lodge. This means that even if you don’t need to rent equipment, it will take you about 25-30 minutes from the time you park your car until you can actually start skiing. You must walk from the parking lot though the Village, board the gondola and ride uphill, and then walk the short distance to the cross-country lodge to access the ski trails.

Northstar’s trail fees provide access to the machine-packed trail system (for skate skiing, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing), plus use of the Big Springs Express Gondola and the Village Express Quad chairlift. Half-day and full-day telemarking clinics are offered. For beginners, a downer at Northstar (and if you’re aerobically fit, it’s not much of a downer) is that from the day lodge where you rent equipment and get your trail pass, you have to ski uphill for about a mile to reach the main trail system. Some novices get pretty discouraged on that first uphill mile.

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