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  2. Mountain High - Wikipedia

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    The longest run at Mountain High, Goldrush, is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long and located at the East Resort, and is also the longest run in Southern California. [10] Due to its daily sun exposure and lower base elevation, 100% of the resort has snowmaking capabilities using both the compressed air/water gun type and large water/fan units.

  3. Snowshoe Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Between 1856 and 1876, he delivered mail between Placerville, California and Genoa, Nevada and later Virginia City, Nevada.Despite his nickname, he did not make use of the snowshoes that are native to North America, but rather would travel with what the local people applied that term to: ten-foot (over 3-meter) skis, and a single sturdy pole generally held in both hands at once.

  4. Alpine Meadows (ski resort) - Wikipedia

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    Alpine Meadows is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Alpine Meadows, California. Near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, it offers 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) of skiable terrain, 13 different lifts, and a vertical drop of 1,802 feet (549 m). [1] [2] In 2018 Alpine Meadows was merged into the Alterra Mountain Company.

  5. Comparison of North American ski resorts - Wikipedia

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    California: 7,700 7,200 500 380 41 8 400 $74 December 11, 2019 [44] Donner Ski Ranch: Norden: California: 7,781 7,031 750 435 52 8 400 $79 December 11, 2019 [45] Homewood: Homewood: California: 7,881 6,223 1,658 1,260 60 7 400 $139 December 11, 2019 [46] Kirkwood: Kirkwood: California: 9,800 7,800 2,000 2,300 86 15 500 $119 October 29, 2019 ...

  6. Northstar California - Wikipedia

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    Northstar was a former lumber site once owned by the Douglas Lumber Company of Truckee and was acquired by Fibreboard when they purchased Douglas in 1967. [1] Its original name was Timber Farm, but was changed to Northstar-at-Tahoe when the mountain opened 53 years ago in December 1972. [2]

  7. Extraordinary 8-year-old boy finishes triathlon with his ...

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    It's being called a story of extraordinary brotherly love - an 8-year-old boy determined to have his younger brother with special needs live a full, normal life helped him complete a youth triathlon.

  8. List of mountain ranges of California - Wikipedia

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    Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. The following list comprises the mountain ranges of U.S. State of California designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names and cataloged in the Geographic Names Information System .

  9. The longest-lived people run on a high-carb diet, and it's a ...

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    The longest-lived people run on a high-carb diet, and it's a big part of their secret to living to 100. Blue Zones refer to five specific places in Greece, Japan, Costa Rica, Italy, and California.