So where has summer gone? I know it’s not over but the back to school sales are on, the college kids are heading back to campus and before you know.. winter will be here. With this in mind… it’s time to start thinking about that 2008 / 2009 Ski & Snowboard Season Pass.

Prices listed are for adult season pass rate unless otherwise noted

Mammoth Mountain

• Adult 19 - 64: $1675
• Youth 13 - 18: $1256
• Child 7 - 12: $838
• Senior 65 - 79: $838

Northstar at Tahoe & Sierra at Tahoe
- Visit Double Whammy Pass.

Double Whammy Pass (Both Mountains)

• Value: $379
• College: $299
• Limited: $499
• Unlimited: $749

Northstar at Tahoe Season Pass: $299

Sierra at Tahoe Season Pass:

• Sun - Fri: $199
• 7-Day: $299

Boreal

• Night Pass: $129
• Super Saver (Sun-Fri): $199
• College: $129
• Anytime: $329

Heavenly Lake Tahoe

• Heavenly (Sun - Fri): $369
• Epic (unlimited): $579

Squaw Valley USA

• Night Pass: $199
• Midweek Pass: $949 (before Sept 1)
• Full Pass: $1549 (before Sept 1)

Bear Valley

• Restricted: $319
• Unlimited: $419
• Mtn / Meadow (dh and xc): $499

Alpine Meadows

• Midweek: $399
• Full Pass: $899

Sugar Bowl

• Pricing not yet available

Kirkwood

• 6 Wood: $239
• 7 Wood: $389
• Unlimited: $529
• Premium: $1,169

Bear Mountain

• Midweek: $299
• Midweek + Sunday: $339
• Anytime Non Holiday: $429
• Anytime: $499

Mountain High

• $299 sale starts August 30.

The Western States 100 Endurance Race, scheduled for Saturday June 28, 2008 has been cancelled because of poor air quality due to the overwhelming amount of wildfires in Northern California. For complete details on the cancellation please visit:
http://www.ws100.com/latestnews.htm

According to an article posted in USA Today.. California Gov., Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought for the following reasons…

• two years of below-average rainfall
• low snowmelt runoff
• largest court-ordered restriction on water transfers.

He’s gotta be out of his mind! So it’s a little dry. We had nearly a 100% snowpack and water agencies haven’t been trying to cut back on water. According to the April 1 numbers we’re looking at a “normal” season.

Turns out it has something to do with him trying to generate support for new water projects…

“Schwarzenegger is using the drought declaration to push his nearly $12 billion proposal to build more reservoirs and a canal to direct water around the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.”
~ Don Thompson, Associated Press

Hey Folks.. if you’re still reading this.. we’re not in a drought… its just a little dry. California’s dam controlled rivers like the South & Middle Fork of the American, the Tuolumne and the Lower Kern will have plenty of water to go rafting all summer long in 2008!

Photo courtesy of All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting

Here’s something pretty cool.

Camera Spots Wolverine in Sierra Nevada
By STEVE LAWRENCE, AP Posted: 2008-03-08 08:26:36 Filed Under: Science News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 7) - A research project aimed at weasels has turned up a bigger prize: a picture of a wolverine, an elusive animal scientists feared may have been driven out of the Sierra Nevada long ago by human activity.