Lance's Commander's Ski Trip for 1998

In January of 1998, I went on a ski trip to lake Tahoe with some friends. Never having I skied there before, I didn't know what to expect. The views of the lake from the top of the mountain were spectacular but what looked like snow was really part rain and part slush.

View of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly

We were skiing Heavenly ski area one week after Sonny Bono died here. Since the ski area would not say what tree Sonny hit, we started speculating where it happened. Here's a photo of the tree I think he hit but later realized it didn't match the tree in the tabloid photo.

Sonny's dent

At the lower levels of the mountain at Heavenly, the snow stays very slushy and the ski runs are very steep, so many of the skiers take the chairlift down the second half of the mountain to the parking lot.

Steep ride down at Heavenly

Pretty Emerald Island on Lake Tahoe. There is a little tea house on this island.

Island on Lake Tahoe

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