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Ski Area's near SF?

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woolfy
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Does anyone know a website or somewhere that will tell me what ski areas are closest to San Fran. I am going to Mammoth for a week after SIA and will be flying out of SF although my buddy is leaving 2 days earlier so i want to make sure I can ski as much as possible.

Cheers guys and the reason I dont know where to start is because i live in New Zealand.
Dec 20 2006 12:21AM
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Scottness
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tahoe, tahoe and tahoe. just get on mapquest and get directions to truckee, better yet just get on the 80 and take it east. find a room in truckee and you'll find squaw, alpine meadows, boreal, northstar, etc. to be really close. have fun and respect.
Dec 20 2006 1:21AM
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C.J.
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yeah, its like two and a half hours from sf to boreal, which is the closest.
Dec 20 2006 11:23AM
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CalShralpGirl
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Tahoe definitely, I am originally from just north of SF (marin) and it's about 3-4 hours from truckee. From there you have a huge range of good resorts to ski at.
Dec 21 2006 12:33PM
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Kungris
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Mt. Tam
Dec 21 2006 9:42PM
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woolfy
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wicked, cheers for the info. Tahoe area it is then.
Dec 21 2006 10:17PM
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XtSurfMogulXt
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Keep in mind Tahoe is sort of a region, with different ski areas within it. Just making sure you knew that; I didn't know if it was totaly clear.
Dec 22 2006 1:18AM
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jibtastic
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bear valley is a tad closer than tahoe I believe. maybe 2-2.5 hours instead of 3-3.5.
Dec 22 2006 6:53PM
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3rdgearpinned
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your best bet would be buying a set of roller blades and staying in the city.
Dec 25 2006 3:22AM
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ShortBusSkiTeam
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Whatever you do, don't come all the way from NZ and only ski Boreal. Tahoe has much more to offer than a 500 foot hill. Drive the extra half hour and ski Squaw or Alpine.
Dec 25 2006 4:28PM
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ThaLorax
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hahahahahah.


It snowed like an inch there total last year........ at the very top, and that was the first time in like 4 years.  I woke up and looked out my indow and was like "WTF, there's snow on Tam???".  I almsot ditched school to try to sled on it but i realized there wasn't enough snow.
Dec 27 2006 1:05AM
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woolfy
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Im coming to Squaw.
Jan 8 2007 2:26AM
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XtSurfMogulXt
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Sweet; i'm jealous that you can afford it.
Jan 8 2007 10:36AM
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woolfy
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Cant really afford it although it would be wrong to come all that way for the shows and not ski. Just need to sort out a floor and passes now.
Jan 9 2007 8:04PM
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