New Snow Allows Heavenly to Open Milky Way Bowl

After receiving 12” of new snow on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, Heavenly Mountain Resort will open Milky Way Bowl for the first time this season, giving the resort additional expert and off-piste terrain. Heavenly will have 50 percent of the resort open, totaling 2,400 acres.
“Mother Nature has finally come through at a perfect time, as we head into the President’s holiday. Our guests can expect a great variety of terrain and LakeTahoe’s best surface conditions for their trip,” said Pete Sonntag, Heavenly’s general manager. “February and March are traditionally our snowiest months, and it looks like the storm door may be opening. We hope this means big snow for the rest of the season.”
Since Monday, February 13, Heavenly has received 18” of new snow, and the entire upper mountain will now be open. Heavenly encourages guests to stay on the open trails as obstacles may still exist off the maintained runs.

Leap Year = an Extra Day of Skiing and an Extra Night of Lodging for Free!
Leap Year means an extra day in February, so why not spend it doing something you love? Come up for a weekend, and Heavenly will extend it a day by including a third night and third day of skiing or riding free. Prices start as low as $295 per person for three nights lodging and three days of lift tickets and must be booked by February 20. Go here for details.

Highway to Heavenly
On Feb. 17 and 24, the Highway to Heavenly ski limousine will drive around San Francisco and whisk a group of up to four friends away to Heavenly for the weekend. To win, four friends must dress in ski gear, go to any San Francisco bar on Friday night and Tweet a photo to @Hwy2Heavenly. The most enthusiastic, ski-ready Twitter photo will win the trip that very same night and be transported to Heavenly in the limo.

The weekend trip includes a two-night stay in a suite at MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa, skiing or riding on Saturday and Sunday with equipment and lift tickets included, a three-hour private ski or snowboard lesson and mountain tour, a chauffeured limo, $450 per person to spend on food and drinks, and more.

Stateline Showdown – February 18
The first part of the Stateline Showdown, a three-part slopestyle competition series, will take place at Ante Up Terrain Park at Heavenly Mountain Resort on February 18 from 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The entry fee is $20, and the other two dates are March 10 and 24. For more information, call the Heavenly Events Department at (530) 542-5133.

Tahoe South Winter Snow Blast Weekends – February 25
Heavenly and Harrah’s Lake Tahoe team up to bring Tahoe South Winter Snow Blast 2012, four big weekends of on-mountain concerts and après ski entertainment, followed by nights of live music and a hot new club scene. On Saturday, February 25, a live on-mountain concert at Heavenly’s Adventure Peak will be followed by Unbuckle at Tamarack, Tahoe’s Ultimate Après Party. Then G. Love and The Special Sauce will perform live in the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. To book a South Shore Winter Snow Blast weekend or to purchase show tickets, log on to LTSnowBlast.com or call (800) 786-8208.

Unbuckle at Tamarack – daily
Located inside Heavenly’s spectacular Tamarack Lodge at the top of the Heavenly Gondola, Unbuckle at Tamarack is daily from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and features DJs, half-priced drinks, food specials, and on Fridays and Saturday, the EpicMix Chix dancers.