Heavenly opens The Face

Thanks to the power of the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system, Heavenly Mountain Resort was able to open East Bowl, the double-black diamond trail that leads to the resort’s California Lodge.
“East Bowl and The Face are really the welcome mat to our resort, as well as giving us some of the most challenging terrain in the region,” said Pete Sonntag, Heavenly’s general manager.
Meanwhile, the fun continues Saturday when Heavenly welcomes a huge rail jam. The resort has teamed up with Nike Snowboarding to host the fifth stop of the Nike Winter Chosen Tour. The slope style rail jam will take place from 4-7 p.m. on World Cup run at the California Main Lodge.

Nike’s Winter Chosen consists of two components: a video crew competition, in which riding and filming crews enter online for a chance to travel to Austria and compete with professional riders and videographers, and the Night Jam, a freestyle slope session featuring production lighting and local and professional snowboarders competing for $5,000 in cash prizes.
Media and guests are invited to watch the competition at the base of World Cup, free of charge. For more information, or to enter the competition, visit www.nike.com/chosen.