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Suggested SNOWBOARDING

Please always snowboard or ski within your ability level.  Grooming, snow and weather conditions can change relative conditions.

Suggested Green & Double Green Runs

Double Cabin, double green, lift 10 – wide, varied green / double green pitches.  Great riding for the snowboarder who has learned enough to link turns.

San Joaquin, green/double green, lift 10 - branches off of Double Cabin and joins Sundance below  Sundance's blue section.

Village Bypass, green, lift 4 – medium width, usually groomed, to either bottom of lifts 1 & 10 or to Mountain Village Plaza & Gondola station via lower Boomerang

Bridges and Galloping Goose, have too many long flats for snowboarders to be able to enjoy them.

Suggested Blue & Double Blue Runs

One thing to avoid on a snowboard is the Cake Walk exit from the lift 5 area.  Cake Walk is a longggg, flatttt cat track for a snowboarder.  A far better exit is to ride lift 5 to the top then exit to the left for either lower Woozley's Way or Ophir Loop and stay right to get to the bottom of lift 6.  Take lift 6 up then take the shorter cat track over to See Forever.

Sundance, blue lift 10 - wide, easy blue run.  The top has a long flat but there is enough pitch to keep going if you have decent wax and the snow is not deep or sticky.  Hundreds of yards at the top to learn to ride switch (fakie) or work on flat land tricks..

Misty Maiden, blue lift 4 – wide, groomed, short section of bumps off to one side, varied blue pitches.

Butterfly, blue lift 4 – free video analysis.

Peek-A-Boo or Boomerang, blue lift 4 – long flats at the top of these are not fun on a board in deep fresh snow.  These are better for skiers on powder days.

Pick N Gad, blue lift 4 - gets little traffic.  If there is lots of snow and patrol has it open there is a short, wild drop right under the lift where Pick N Gad crosses Village Bypass.

Hermit, double blue lift 4 – short but steep double blue that will give you a little thrill.

Humboldt Draw, blue lift 4 – great blue bump run, little traffic, powder lasts awhile.  A real blast on a board. NO GROOMED WAY OUT.

Polar Queen, blue lift 5 – sweet wide cruiser with a double fall line to the right.

Palmyra (bump side), double blue lift 5 – double blue bumps, consistent pitch, consistent size and shape bumps.  Stay on the left to be able to bail out to a groomed run.

Silver Tip, double blue lift 5 – UNGROOMED, very small, scattered trees, lots of fun, look for powder on snowboarder's right.

Alta, double blue lift 5 – short and wide double blue pitch, another light thrill run, super on a powder day.

Ophir Loop, blue lift 5 – wide cruiser at top, drop onto lower Dew Drop.  Look for some jumps on the left.

Woozley’s Way, double blue Lift 6 – , one of those darker double blue runs but an awesome rip on a powder day.  Conditions could be sketchy in the past but new snow making this year should improve that.  It does get mildly bumped.

See Forever, blue Lift 6 or 9 – the name says it all, mostly wide, incredible view from top of 9 but accessible from top of 6 via cat track traverse to a point a couple hundred feet below the top of 9.  Follows top of a ridge line with many accesses to other parts of the mountain.

Lookout, double blue (maybe navy blue) – drops off the side of See Forever from part way down, great adrenaline rush for the advanced intermediate.  Powder doesn’t last long as this run gets a lot of traffic on it’s lower half.

Suggested Black & Double Black runs

Air Garden terrain park, double black lift 4 or the Gondola - bumps, jumps, spines, rails, tabletops, half pipe - it's all here.  The size of the structures make this some serious, big air terrain.

Coonskin, Bushwhacker and the infamous Plunge, black lifts 7 & 9 – wide, steep and grooming is usually rotated among these every three days so chances are you can find a rippin cruiser on one of them every day.  You better be waiting in line before lifts open to get fresh tracks on these on a powder day.  Bushy and Coony are my favorite black groomers.

Mammoth, Kant-Make-M, Spiral Stairs and Joint Point are all long bump runs.  Once you start there's no way out till you reach their bottoms so if you start you better like bumps and lots of them.

Mammoth, black lift 9 – a superb wide, steep bump run that seems to go on forever.  Steep, narrow chutes (Mammoth Fingers) to far snowboarder’s left at the top.

Kant-Make-M, double Black lift 9 – steep bumps, frequently exposed stumps half way down.  Most of it is wood but there are some rock points.  Try the trees to the snowboarder’s left of lift 9 for some great, long lasting snow.

The infamous Spiral Stairs, double Black lift 9 – steep, big bumps, great on a powder day.

Logpile trees, double black/black lift 9 – two entrances off top of Plunge, top entrance at skier’s left of very top of Plunge – beware it’s steep, trees and bumps – you should be an advanced snowboarder for this entrance.  Easier part is at bottom of 1^st pitch of Plunge.  Take cat track that goes into the trees.  Lower part of Logpile is fairly open trees with fairly wide lines and mellower pitch - a real blast on a board.  You’ll come to the next cat track.  Left is a long, flat cat track and takes you to middle Lookout.  Right is a faster cat track and takes you to the middle of the Plunge headwall, definitely black terrain.  The middle gully that drops into the trees from this cat track is West Drain, a narrow, moguled gully - think natural half pipe - lots of fun on a board.  There is no way out till you reach the bottom.  Not recommended unless you are a strong snowboarder.

East Drain, double black, lift 9 - this is a narrow moguled gully similar to West Drain but maybe slightly wider.  Again, think natural half pipe.

Apex Glade, black lifts 6 & 9 – wide with variety of tight trees to open spaces between trees.  Looks inviting but sun baked bumps are often hard.  Best ridden after they soften or after deep snowfall.  Extreme snowboarder’s right is Sully’s Gully which can be wind swept and rocky at the top.

Zulu Trees, double black lift 6 – trees between Alais Alley and Silver Glade, my personal favorite trees on the mountain, stay a little high to the left, cross Zulu Queen to get maximum good lines.

Allais Alley, black lift 6 - this is the lift line for the old lift 6.  Bumps right down the bottom of the lift 6 basin.

Gold Hill, double black, lift 14 – our ungroomed wild terrain, three major avalanche chutes (controlled) with lots of nooks and crannies in the trees.  Great snowboarding.  Feel the sensation of weightlessness as you descend from the wide snow field at the top into the narrowing throat of Little Rose on a powder day.  How sweet it is!