Over the past three years, I have spent a 4 or 5 weeks in Truckee (Lake Tahoe), armed with a season pass to Squaw Valley. Last season one of my ski buddies, my dad’s cousin Brian, seemed a bit surprised that I haven’t explored more ski resorts. My contract ended early this season, so that opened up time to expand my ski horizons: a roadtrip through Canada ski resorts became my for this season, before ending up in Tahoe.
After consultation with many of my ski aficionados I’ve come up with the following ski playlist:
- Vancouver (visit Nann’s) 2 hrs to…
- Whistler, Jan 20, 5 hrs to…
- Sun Peaks, Jan 21–23, 4 hrs to…
- Revelstoke, Jan 24–26, 2.5 hrs to…
- Kicking Horse, Jan 27, 2 hrs to…
- Lake Louise, Banff, Jan 28, 45 min to…
- Sunshine Village, Banff, Jan 29, 2.5 hrs to…
- Panorama, Jan 30, 31, 2.5 hrs to…
- Drive to Fernie and Seahawks-Superbowl day
- Fernie, Feb 2, 2 hrs to…
- Whitefish, Feb 3, 4
- drive day, Feb 5, 6.5 hrs to…
- Big Sky, MT, Feb 6–8?, 2.5 hrs to…
- Yellowstone (tour, no skiing) Feb ?, 5.5 hrs to…
- Grand Targhee?
- Jackson Hole
- Powder Mountain?
- Truckee/Lake Tahoe
, Feb 15 - Seattle,
end of Feb/beg of March
I tried to keep driving stints between resorts to less than three hours. If distances seemed too far, I tried to find a resort to break up the drive. Mapping out the initial route allowed me to make sure that the trip would be achievable fun and not a tiring chore. And that I could leave a couple of weeks to ski in Tahoe before the third week* of February… assuming the snow is any good.
I didn’t know what the snow conditions will be like I didn’t know how long I would be at each resort; planning would have to be somewhat ad hoc, adjusting as I go. Despite the long time, I found that there time to squeeze all this in would be pretty tight.
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