After all these years, I finally made it to Lake Tahoe for the very first time. Volkswagen brought me out to experience the Atlas SUV. While I was there they had a blizzard to needless to say, the skiing was fantastic.
Snow Pros
Snow Pros is a super interesting ski and snowboarding program and I am hoping that next November my kids can get into it as jr ski instructor assistants. Snow Pros are either Professional Ski Instructors of America or part of the American Association of Snowboard Instructors. When you or your kids need to take a lesson you want them to be a Snow Pro! Many Volkswagen vehicles are built to support an active outdoor lifestyle that includes winter sports, so this is a natural partnership.
Volkswagen did take us skiing with Snow Pro instructors and even though I have skied for a long time I got a lesson tailored to my ability. With the lesson I was able to tell an immediate benefit. I was skiing more aggressive and faster with just one lesson! Full disclosure: I got a little mad at my instructor. Heights are a little tough for me and although they do not prevent me from skiing, I do avoid blacks. Just looking down a black gives me anxiety. I do not care if I can ski down it or not, it’s purely a height thing. Well, she of course put me on blacks and wasn’t real compassionate about the issue. She was like, you can obviously do it, so just do it! And I did.
We all took our lesson at Diamond Peak and spend the day skiing here. It looks deceiving when you pull up, because it seems small, but once you are up on the mountain it is massive!
The best part of skiing here were the views, but a close second was the ski program. They literally had a ski instructor for every possible level. In our group were a few adults that had never skied before and by the end of the day they were skiing blues.
I wasn’t in the best shape of my life, so I was worn out after a few hours. We skied almost all blues, because their green runs are super easy. Lucky for me they have a restaurant half the way up. I hung out up there enjoying a hot chocolate with a little kick.
Overall, I felt like the skiing at Diamond Peak was awesome. I definitely want to ski Tahoe again sometime soon! I think my kids would really appreciate skiing here too since I noticed no ice! We ski on a lot of ice in Oregon.
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
While I was there I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, a family-friendly place to stay in the Tahoe area. It is extremely close to Diamond Peak ski resort, which was quite nice. I ended up having breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the hotel and every meal was fantastic.
Breakfast at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
My room was spacious. I could have easily fit the kids into the room with us. The window has an interesting set up with a couch. You could easily sleep a kid on the sofa and it has a pull out where you could sleep an even bigger kid. .
One of the days we got back to the hotel early enough, I had time to go enjoy the hot tub. They have several oversized hot tubs that are a perfect way to spend an hour or so when it’s snowing. They have a large heated pool, but I wasn’t brave enough to jump in. Overall, it’s a beautiful property and the food is excellent.
Hopefully, one of these days I get to go back and I can expand this article! On my way back to the airport, I got to see Virginia City, a ghost town!
