Looking toward Alpine Meadows base area from the lodge.

Alpine is another "go anywhere, ski anything" type of mountain. If you can ski it, feel free to try.

That's their avalanche dog. He sells t-shirts.

Looking into the big bumpy bowl off the summit traverse.

Some of the trails were interesting--you had to pick a line with minimal exposure in case you fell. This particular trail was steep with moguls and a couple of rocky areas you didn't want to come face-to-face with should you fall. Oh, and it was steep enough so you're sure to slide if you do fall.

Same spot on the mountain as the previous shot, just a little further down the mountain. More bumps, more rocks. You saw a little of everything riding this chair, mostly uncontrolled slides down the trail on the upper left. All the folks in the slides I saw somehow managed to avoid the rocks and the trees.

Some of these resorts are deceivingly large. Bowls like this one make Alpine Meadows twice as large as Killington. Remember that next time you're skiing "The Beast."

Roger and I witnessed a skier come off the summit (top right), make a couple jump turns, then go off a cliff (from R to L) only to botch the landing somewhere around the middle of the photo. He then pinwheeled and slid for a considerable distace before finally stopping below this shot. Here, you can see him in the middle of the picture climbing up to retrieve his skis and poles (also barely visible just above him). We're not sure how he survived.

More of Alpine's varied terrain.

True... very true. Lots of sun crust.

These teenagers decided to bare it all (well, almost all) for their last run of the day. The problem? The snowboarder walking away wasn't very good and spent most of his run flat on the snow. He was smart enough to wear his goggles though--snow blindness is an evil thing.