Mother Nature. Lady Luck. No winter snowsports destination combines the two better than Heavenly. Here are our picks for skiing all day and partying all night.
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 8:30 am: Your 24 hours has to start with first tracks. Get to the Gondola early, grab some Heavenly donuts and be one of the first on the mountain.
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 9:00 am: Work your way to Milky Way Bowl and Dipper Knob until the gates to Mott and Killebrew Canyons to open. These two wind-loaded areas boast enough lines to keep every powderhound in freshies.
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 11:00 am: You're knee-deep in some of the gnarliest steeps Lake Tahoe has to offer. Plan on earning your Canyon EpicMix pin for riding Mott chair at least five times in a row.
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 2:00 pm: You've skied through lunch and your legs are thrashed. Relax in the sun at East Peak Lodge's sea of adirondack chairs. Great people watching.
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 8:00 pm: After a shower and some shut-eye, you'll want to fuel up for the rest of the night, so hit 19 Kitchen Bar for world-class dining. The view is awesome!
Heavenly Mountain Resort: 10:00 pm: A little blackjack? Roulette? Texas Hold'em? Craps? Pai Gow Poker? Warning: You've got to get gin seng to get Pai Gow Poker.