Alpine Meadows, California

Infobox ski area
name=Alpine Meadows
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location=Tahoe City, CA
nearest_city=Tahoe City, CA, Squaw Valley, CA, Truckee, CA
top_elevation=8,637 ft (2,633 m)
base_elevation=6,835 ft (2,083 m)
skiable_area=2,400 acres (9.7 km²)
liftsystem=13 lifts
snowfall=495 in (12.6 m)
external_link= [http://www.skialpine.com Official Site] |

:"For the bed and breakfast inn in British Columbia, Canada, see Alpine Meadows Lodge."Alpine Meadows, California is a ski resort located near Squaw Valley at Northern Lake Tahoe in California. The resort has 11 chairlifts and 2 surface lifts covering 2,000 acres (8 km²) of terrain. Alpine has a vertical drop of 1,800 ft (550 m) with a top elevation of 8,637 feet (2,633 m). Minimal accommodations are available at the resort itself, so most people opt for a hotel at Tahoe City, Squaw Valley, Donner Pass, or Truckee.

1982 avalanche

On March 31, 1982, one of the most deadly and destructive avalanches to hit a U.S. ski area struck Alpine Meadows. Seven people perished when a large natural avalanche over-ran and destroyed the building housing the ski area's avalanche control command post.

Role in California legal history

On April 11, 1991, two friends were skiing at Alpine and collided with each other. The resulting lawsuit went to the Supreme Court of California, which ruled on November 24, 1997 that skiers in California assume the risk of each other's negligence (but can be potentially liable for reckless skiing). See "Cheong v. Antablin", [http://online.ceb.com/CalCases/C4/16C4t1063.htm 16 Cal. 4th 1063] (1997).

2007 change of ownership

JMA ventures, owners of the Homewood mountain on Tahoe's west shore, recently purchased Alpine Meadows from the previous owners, Powdr Corp. The sale was finalized in July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.saminfo.com/news/article.php?tid=1321 Saminfo]
* [http://www.trailspotting.com/2008/01/ski-lifts-alpine-meadows.html Trailspotting: Alpine Meadows] GPS/Mapping data and photographs
* [http://www.skialpine.com Alpine Meadows]