Skiing with kids is a family adventure
by Wendy Lautner, tahoe.com
Skiing can either be an exciting family adventure or a lesson in chaos management. Check out this week's "Ask the Instructor," our series designed to help you get the most of your days on the slopes. Follow our tips from the pro so you can make the most of family ski day for now and years to come.
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe instructor Larry Maurice has 27 years as a ski instructor under his boots. He's a certified Level Three Professional Ski Instructor of America, examiner and clinician. In all of his years teaching, Maurice said one thing has always stayed the same. "I've never found a person who couldn't learn how to ski. It's a simple sport. In fact, we don't even call it a sport. It's an activity. A sport is outcome oriented, but what our outcome is here is that people just have fun -- and they do."
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This week's Powderhound winner is ...
Ol' Wise Eyes! Thanks, BLUE, for submitting a photo of your wise and beautiful pooch this week. "We were hiking up to Tallac when I took this. Old dog loves to hike in the snow." BLUE wins this week's Powderhound T-shirt and is now entered into the grand prize drawing for a $100 Petco gift certificate! Congratulations!
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This week's video...
Finding deep tracks at Kirkwood Mountain Resort
So, it's noon on a powder day at Kirkwood. And the burning question is not "Where do we find fresh tracks?" but rather, "How could we ever ski all these fresh lines?" The folks at Kirkwood Mountain Resort have devoted 2,300 acres to this daunting task, including 2,000 vertical feet of some of the Lake's steepest and most varied terrain. tahoe.com spent last weekend roaming Kirkwood and found plenty of goods. Check out this video to get a taste of the great runs to be had.
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• Sierra-At-Tahoe on Feb. 1
• Squaw Valley USA on Feb. 8 and 9
