Tahoe travel update: Valentine’s weekend events

By Lena Katz

Tahoe is fully recovered from recent epic snowstorms. The conditions are brisk and lovely now, just in time for a Valentine’s weekend Tahoe vacation.

The 2008 Subaru Squaw Valley USA Open Freeskiing Series is going through February 17. Over at Sugarbowl, February 14 brings Think Pink and Jam 4 the Cure, a breast cancer fund-raiser featuring a dual slalom race and a rail jam.

Over at Diamond Peaks on Saturday, February 16 from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m., wine-tasting and appetizer-snacking segues into sunset skiing down a blue corduroy run (aka a groomed intermediate trail).

We would think the activities made more sense in reverse order, but apparently skiers and boarders don’t cotton to the same “no action on a full stomach” rule as swimmers.

Related Orbitz resources:

• Ski vacation tips
• Orbitz Insider Index: winter hot spots
• South Lake Tahoe hotels 
• Plane tickets

Lena Katz lives on the Left Coast and writes about tropical islands, beach
clubs and ski resorts, but her heart belongs to NYC.

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