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- From: brunette@netcom.com (Hal Brunette)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Re: Closest ski area to San Jose?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.085318.20141@netcom.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 08:53:18 GMT
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- In article <jog.722050711@kpc.com> jog@kpc.com (Rajeev Jog) writes:
- >joynt@titania.etdesg.trw.com (Robert M. Joynt) writes:
- >
- >>
- >>What is the closest ski
- >>area to San Jose and what is the drive time? I have thought about South
- >>Lake Tahoe but the travel time looks like 4hours. Any suggestions?
- >
- >
- >You're not likely to do too much better. Kirkwood, Iron Mountain, Bear
- >Valley & Dodge Ridge are slightly better: ~3:15-3:30 hours; also
- >Boreal (right off I-80 near Donner Summit) *might* be less than 4 hours.
- >^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- If you're at Donner Summit, (which is where Boreal is) why not ski Sugar Bowl?
- Much better, no further. Of course, the original post asked about the weekend
- of 12/4/92, and that early, Boreal will very likely be the only thing open.
-
- I've found that the travel time is about the same to Heavenly Valley (South
- Lake Tahoe) as to Sugar Bowl. This early in the season, you'll want to verify
- that the gefluggen*@#! ski area is even *open* before you make any big plans and
- start piling into the rent-a-cruiser.
-
- If you leave San Jose at non-rush hour, and pass through Sacramento at non-
- rush hour, and if you haven't any irrational, perverse need to obey speed
- limits, then you can get to Sugar Bowl in about 3.5 hours.
-
- Hal
-