Looking Down a Run

South Lake Tahoe/Heavenly/Sierra Nevada Mountains

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December 3rd 2006
Well, to start this was a bittersweet trip... I had planned to go home but there was too much snow on Hwy 70 in Missouri, so I stayed out in California. To make the best of it I decided to try snowboarding at Heavenly Ski Resort (http://www.skiheavenly.com) above South Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (11th in the world) and has a water clarity of about 100 ft. ... read more

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