Hey Boardngbunny, Skichic & Tahoe skiers

[Vet]

Southwest have a 3 day sale, eg $30 (+tax) between LA and Reno for travel over January to mid Feb.

And your Heavenly passes will 'work' at Northstar and Sierra (except on Saturdays, 15 & 16 Jan and 19 & 20 Feb), both N* and Sierra being about (I think) 1.5 hours drive from Sth Lake Tahoe. For kids, the official summary says 'Teen and child passholders will have access to Northstar and Sierra. (There's no blackout dates for kids and teens?).

[karen97]

If SC goes, she is taking me as her Chef :D

[Podlettte]

and me as her........ um...... just me! lol

:D nice deal, maybe we can go there instead of a tropical island BH??

[Taxman]

Vet, will you have a car up there, if not, I'll drive up from SF. Otherwise I'm thinking of Amtrak (Zephyr) from SF to Truckee.

[Vet]

Vet, will you have a car up there, if not, I'll drive up from SF. Otherwise I'm thinking of Amtrak (Zephyr) from SF to Truckee.

Yep I'll have a Ford Focus 'or similiar' - ba5tards changed my SUV to a Charger which might'nt have a fold down rear seat so I grabbed a Focus for 20 days ($A578 incl insurances).

Let me know when you're in Truckee and I'll come get you. Of course, if its dumping on the road and uptop, I might get uum stuck in traffic :)

[Vet]

For those with the ski lake tahoe vouchers to a mix of 7 resorts, I received this email 'answer' to a query whether the vouchers for Heavenly can be used at Nstar, and if the vouchers for Nstar will be usable at Heavenly :

" no, a Heavenly Six-Pack voucher will not be redeemable at Northstar-at-Tahoe, nor will a Northstar-at-Tahoe Six-Pack voucher be redeemable at Heavenly".

C'est la vie

[Vet]

To cancel Southwest flights, use "Travel Tools" on the top right of their webpage. Then go to 'cancel air travel'. They'll let you use the refund for future bookings so make a note of the cancellation number. Then book your new/same flight for $30 + $10 tax.

We've just rebooked the same seats for $40 (instead of $102 each), and still have $260USD in credit for future flights

So i can say our trip is just a wee tad over $10k for 3 for 5 weeks :)

[Vet]

48" at Jackson, and a few feet in Utah! Pity the lifts don't open over the Melbourne Cup Weekend!

[Crystal]

yeah saw the reports For Jackson...... sensational hill.

Vet...you must have a good DEAL. ;)

[Vet]

Vet...you must have a good DEAL. ;)

:p

Hey, the $400 refund from Sthwest + replacement air fares at $40 pp are nice, and leave me with funds to book other flights, eg in 2012. Our SCV club crew get Nstar and Sierra added to their Heavenly passes for free. I might get a refund on the Nstar season pass or be given an upgrade to an Epic Pass. We get 50% off backcountry split boad rentals, some discount with Pacfic Snowcats. Free passes (Sugarbowl I think) in a 'swag kit' from snowbomb. 10% off renting demos, 1 free rental day, $37 day tix at Bear Valley or $55 day tix incl demo gear at Bear valley which is somewhere near Yosemite if I get bored watching waterfalls. I'm happy:D

[sam]

you must have a good DEAL. ;)

Where are the good deals for Japan?????

For a couple, a place in Nozawa want $2200. That's for 9 days of lift passes and a motel-style room for two. Add $1400 for Jetstar and a shuttle, and the total cost (excl meals, spending money etc) is $3,800 to 4k.

On the other hand, the motel below for 11 nights + $800 for lifts + air = $4,050k.


An economy lodge located 175 yards to the Gondola and the Heavenly Village. Amenities include mini-refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, television, WIFI, cable television including HBO family, hairdryer, and complimentary continental breakfast. Coin-operated laundry on site.


Availability

Adults: 2
Children: 0 ?
Hotel Room with Two Queen Beds
Amenities :
TV, Refridgerator, Microwave, Dataport, Coffee Maker, Hair Dryer
Fireplace :
No Fireplace
Grill :
No Grill
Kitchen :
Telephone :
Telephone in Room
Bathrooms :
1 Bathroom
Floors :
1 Floor
Children :
Hotel $62.03(avg per night) $ Calendar Quantity :

1 Save to Trip

Why does everyone say Japan is cheaper??? Thanking you in advance

[Boardingbuny]

Hello Hello

Sorry about the delay. Thanks heaps Vet, our internal flights (only 1) didnt fall into that sale, but my brother was able to save heaps, as he is doing around 6 internals, saved him a good $200+.

Im so excited - 79 days, 17 hrs, 37 min, 03 sec

I finish work in 17 days, and its all stay-at-home mum, uni student, tupperware chick :) YAY ME

[Boardingbuny]

Sam,

We got 4 weeks in a 3 bedroom + loft Condo, 15mins from Heavenly for $2800. It sleeps 10, could you imagine staying in Sth Lake Tahoe for $280 per person for a month! its awesome.

We stayed a little further out, just because the place was so beautiful, and hell I wanted lots of room to hang out and enjoy my holiday :) ahh bliss

[Vet]

Nice one!!!

For us:

55 days to decide if we get season passes at Xmas for Oz in 2011. Lil Vet will be in Year 11 and mum wants her to hit the books.

64 days to trip 1 with passes to Sugarbowl, Kirkwood, Squaw, Heavenly, Alpine Meadows, Rose, Vail, Beaver, Breck, Arapahoe, Keystone, Nstar and Sierra ...and Sth America if need be.

144 days til the March/April trip.

[Vet]

Heavenly/Northstar Pass: ($379 for adults, $309 for teens and $199 for children).

Hey BB

In an effort to simplify blackout dates for Northstar and Heavenly pass products, Heavenly will lose its Thanksgiving blackout dates and Northstar will lose its MLK blackout dates.

Both resorts will simply stick with the two blackout periods that they already have in common (12/27/10 - 12/31/10, 2/19/11 - 2/20/11). So the Heavenly Pass goes from nine blackout days to seven.

[Vet]

AND MORE IDEAS FOR THE KIDS


KIRKWOOD

• A ZipTahoe Treetop Canopy Tour includes more than 10 zip lines, aerial spans, bridge networks and a final zip line that will whisk guests over skiers and snowboarders while descending more than 1,100 feet.

• A new “Daycare Dilemma” lift ticket allowing parents to split shifts on the slopes and a “Intro to Snow” program gives toddlers an active alternative to traditional daycare.




Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort


• The resort will offer instructional programs designed for advanced skiers and snowboarders to explore the resort's Backside and Lookout Mountain, as well as expansions to its women-specific snowboarding clinics






Squaw Valley USA


Projected opening: Nov. 20

• The resort will expand its night skiing and has also created a new mountaintop kids terrain park, featuring a snow fort, kid-friendly jumps and a kids-specific trail map.

• The Olympic House base lodge has been remodeled to include an upgraded bar and redesigned menu. The resort has also completed the final stage of its more than $3 million renovation to the Gold Coast Lodge located at the top terminal of the resort's Funitel.



Sugar Bowl Resort


Projected opening: TBA

• Back for its second year of operation, the Backcountry Adventure Center, operated by Alpine Skills International and located in the Village Chalet building, offers professionally guided backcountry and sidecountry tours, educational programs on the science and safety of snow, a full fleet of backcountry rental and retail gear, and current snowpack safety conditions from the Sierra Avalanche Center.

• The resort will also offer free lessons (for any level) and standard rentals on General Admission Days for ticketed skiers ages 13 through 69

[Vet]

"Good news - you are in for a set of refunds. If you have Double Whammy passes + Heavenly Passes, and you want to move into and Epic pass, the pass offices at Northstar can get you going on your refunds/upgrades.

The best way to get that process going is to call their pass offices at 1.800.GO.NORTH.

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance,

-Scott"
:)

[Boardingbuny]

NIce thanks for the tips Vet, We have 78 days till we leave.

YAY.

[Vet]

I just got off the phone to Northstar. They refunded me $359USD because I can ski there free on my Heavenly Pass.

And Vaust changed our flight - we're arriving at 8.30am, instead of 5pm, on a Melb-LA direct non stop flight. That's brilliant because wwe can get to Tahoe on the same day.

[Boardingbuny]

Niice!

Its so easy sometimes isnt it. Imagine that here..> never happen.

YAAY Im excited.

[Vet]

If I get $359 + $359 in refunds for both N* & Heavenly, and get an Epic Pass for $612, are they're paying me $106 to ski???:big_laugh:

[Boardingbuny]

O wow... You are good at this arent you

[Vet]

Tommorrow ze world. Just had a travel agency owner leave and I think I've cracked Japan in western style accom.

[Vet]

just fyi BB because you love a bargain:
A Massage at Tahoe is knocking $20 off the price of any two-hour in-office treatment.

It can be two hours of massage or a combination of treatments. You decide. Or you can buy a gift certificate for someone.
Just mention this ad when you call. The $20 cannot be taken off already existing package prices.
We look forward to seeing you on a table soon.
A Massage at Tahoe … Your body calls
A Massage at Tahoe
2197 Lake Tahoe Blvd., No. 8
South Lake Tahoe, CA
(Near the Y and less than 5 miles from the Stateline casinos)
(530) 318.4806
www.MassageAtTahoe.com

[Boardingbuny]

aww shucks.

Thanks vet...

[Vet]

11501149I've put some pics in my Squaw Valley Album just to help the SDS.

[Boardingbuny]

So ive just realised that their is an MD at then end of my name on my tickets.......


They better not charge me to change it.

[Vet]

Dear Dr Boardingbunny M.D,

If you treat a patient in the flight (and Chicco's not looking good :), ask for an upgrade on the return flight to business class.

[Boardingbuny]

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA

Unfortunately its a one way flight and we arent heading elsewhere. They changed it without a hassle, im thinking its early morning over there, cos little miss customer service was politish, but weary.....

aah Im hopeless.

IM SO EXCITED!!!!

:ninja::ninja::ninja::ninja:

Bring on Disneyland and lots of snow..

and I will check out your photos when I get home :)

[Taxman]

..............I've put some pics in my Squaw Valley Album just to help the SDS.

I've got a picture of you skiing off the Pallisades. Must try it next time.
http://www.snowatch.com.au/forum/images/misc/pencil.png

[Vet]

Maybe we'll go out with Scotty Flynn for some racing in the morning and then ski around with the SV Masters.http://cdn.epicski.com/2/2c/175x400px-LM-Picture+237.JPGHere tis that pic Taxman: those little black specs are our SV Masters group, and I think that's me (a little black spec) over on the left in the shadow under an outcrop.

[sam]

If you're skiing at Kirkwood.....

AMEX LIFT TICKET DISCOUNTS
Purchase a multi day lift ticket and save! Not only is purchasing a multi-day ticket less expensive than purchasing several single day tickets, but this year, American Express cardholders save EVEN MORE. Present your American Express card at any resort ticket window when purchasing an Adult 3-Day Lift Ticket and save 20%!*
Questions? Call Kirkwood's Ticket Office at 209.258.7277.
*Not valid with any other offer, ticket must be purchased utilitizing an American Express credit card to receive discount.

[Vet]

O wow... You are good at this arent you

If I go to this $35 conference, will the airfares be tax deductible????

Medical Marijuana Roundtable

Presented by The Real Property Law Section's Fair Housing and Public Accommodation Subsection
Thursday, January 20, 2011
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
MCLE: 1 hour
Price: $35.00
The presentation will address the intersection between California’s medical marijuana laws, fair housing laws and landlord/tenant laws. Specifically, panelists will address issues raised by the use and cultivation of medical marijuana on residential rental property, such as:

Requests by a disabled resident for a reasonable accommodation when a landlord’s policies prohibit the use or smoking of marijuana
Complaints from other tenants regarding smoking of medical marijuana on the premises
The right to use Medical Marijuana in a rental home v. in the workplace.

[Vet]

LOL! I really thought I bought a booklet of 1/2 tix when the $A was 80c, ...but I didn't.

Anyway the deal was sold out in September so, I thought, bad luck, I've missed out. But I have more front than Myer - and they've just offered me a booklet .... when the $A is 98.5c. God bless America.:happy:

[Vet]

'Large winter storm inbound, with up to two feet of snow at lake level, 4 feet or more above 8,000 feet. Beginning Friday, continuing right into the first part of next week'

Woohoo

[Vet]

Northstar are selling, until 1st January 2011, paks of 6 day tickets averaging $US15 a day for kids and $US54 a day for adults. That's what I call 'family friendly' :)

[Vet]

Want to Ski & Ride for Free?

Join the Frequent Skier Club. (http://echo3.bluehornet.com/ct/4958926:7526073936:m:1:179241112:17BF0D0BF7A59016F 63ADE1CC4DE02A4) Ski 4 days and Get your 5th day FREE! This is Squaw Valley's most popular savings program and it is easy to see why. The more you ski or ride, the more you save! To join, simply register at any ticket window for $10, then after you purchase four, non-holiday, single-day Adult lift tickets the 5th day is free. Valid for Adult All Day, single-day lift tickets only.

[Vet]

Wrap your skiis in a blanket - in case you need a blanket in the car if you're stuck on a snow-clogged road.


Basic winter tips
• Shovel around the gas meter and don’t let snow pile up.
• Have plenty of flashlights – with working batteries.
• Stock up on canned goods before a storm just in case that semi doesn’t make it to the grocery store with a fresh supply.
• Keep a good supply of candles on hand.
• Four-wheel drive does not mean being able to stop as though the conditions were clear and dry.

• Carry a blanket, water, food, extra clothes, and a shovel – especially crossing a summit.

[Vet]

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid18950882001?bclid=1716450037&bctid=697333013001

I just found out a place in Vic is advertising for a head chefs, a second in charge chefs, 3rd ranking chefs, 4th ranking chefs and a bottle washing chef to sserve 1 dinner or lunch to 70. No wonder our food costs a bomb.

How's this for a place, with 480 seats inside, 280 seats outside and a few dozen staff to stop, have a drink, and be served a bbq steak or chilli.

[Vet]

Diamond Peak near Reno has $25 day tix for those with a season pass at another resort, and 50% off a one day rental if you show a boarding pass to SF, Sacrasmeno or Reno. Its small but I'll have a look.

Mt Rose has free masters race classes on Thursdays and Fridays iiirc.

Sierra has a guided free 1 hour bc trek to Huckleberry Canyon, and a free shuttle (but its $10 if you're a no show) from Sth Lake Tahoe.