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winter 2016-17 TahoePowder.ski @TheTahoeWeekly facebook.com/TheTahoeWeekly P.O. Box 87 | Tahoe City, CA 96145 (530) 546-5995
it’s all about the powder
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fresh, untracked powder on your favorite run on a crisp Tahoe morning. Curling up with a hot toddy next to a crackling fire while the snow weighs heavy on the pine trees outside. Heading into the still and quiet forest for a Nordic sojourn. Bundling up the little ones giddy with anticipation for hours of sledding followed by hot chocolate with marshmallows. Heading out for a pre-dawn trek into the back country for a private adventure, breaking your own runs with nary a soul to be seen. We each have our fantasy about the perfect day in Tahoe, and they all involve a powdery white blanket enveloping this mountain paradise. As a local, I awake with excitement to discover the snowy white gift that Mother Nature delivers on storm day, whether it’s a dusting or a foot of fresh snow, we all have the same reaction of excitement. It’s that same Christmas morning feeling that emanates throughout your body that we all experienced as kids.
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Go out and explore. Enjoy the many sides of Tahoe from the challenge of the Chutes to cross-country tours to downhill runs you have yet to explore. We invite you to explore all that this wintery paradise has to offer. - Katherine E. Hill
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Publisher & Editor In Chief Katherine E. Hill publisher@tahoethisweek.com ext. 102 Sales Manager Anne Artoux anne@tahoethisweek.com ext. 110 Account Executive Lynette Astors lynette@tahoethisweek.com ext. 108 Art Director | Production Alyssa Ganong production@tahoethisweek.com ext. 106
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Graphic Designer Mael Passanesi graphics@tahoethisweek.com ext. 101 Contributing Writers Tim Hauserman Kayla Anderson Priya Hutner Casey Glaubman Michael O’Connor Lou Phillips Mark McLaugling Nicole Cheslock Tahoe Powder is a publication of Range of Light Media Group, which also publishes The Tahoe Weekly magazine and Tahoe Music & Festivals. Tahoe Powder is published annually each November. Reproduction in whole or part without the publisher’s express permission is prohibited. Tahoe Powder is not responsible for unsolicited submissions On the cover Amie Engerbretson and Errol Kerr enjoy a freshly groomed run on a bluebird Tahoe day on Siberia at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. Photography by Jeff Engerbretson. skicamguy.com |@skicamguy
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