[pissant]

I haven’t been to Northstar. But I hear good things about it. I’ve been to Mt. Rose and Diamond Pk in Nevada, and Heavenly and Alpine in CA, in addition to the ones I mentioned in my earlier post.

[celtic gal]

Don’t forget Sugar Bowl..it has lots of runs and when other resorts have little snow they seem to have runs going...we skied lots of places listed here and Sugar Bowl, Northstar and Heavenly were my favs.

[USNBandit]

Northstar used to be a bit more family friendly, but parking is an issue. I used to try to make it in the parking lot early to park close. They had a run that dumped out in the parking lot, but you had to get there really early to get a good spot. If you were late, you were riding a shuttle bus.

The nice part about Northstar is that the main peak is quite a bit lower than Squaw and it right behind Squaw. That means on high wind days when the upper lifts at Squaw are closed, Northstar is still bearable.

I've also found that these storms produce a lot of snow, but at Squaw the top of the hill gets really wind blown by the time the slope opens up again. Not much powder left over.