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About Hope Valley Outdoors...
HOPE VALLEY OUTDOORS is a sustainable, off-the-grid, solar powered winter resort offering our customers the best in outdoor recreational opportunities! If you're looking for cross-country skiing, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, rentals, lessons, and even guided tours, Hope Valley Outdoors can provide experienced information for just about all your outdoor needs. In our quiet and secluded location, only 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe, we do not have any phone service. Therefore we only accept cash or checks.
We operate out of a yurt at Pickett's Junction at the intersection of Hwy 88/89. MAP HERE We are located in Hope Valley, a beautiful high alpine valley surrounded by seven ten thousand foot peaks. Our location is between South Lake Tahoe and Kirkwood Ski Resort. We are a short drive out to Grover Hot Springs in Markleeville. Lodging and camping are all nearby, and we are open Thanksgiving through Easter. Our opening and closing dates depend on the snow conditions.
News
Feburary 1st, 2012
We just recieved 2-3 inches of new snow overnight. This freshened up our trails to make for nice xc skiing. The backcountry skiing is just starting. The snowshoeing is great. We can show you over 60 miles of trails for any level of snowshoer. Come visit us to rent some snowshoes and get a map of our trails.
January 23, 2012
Finally, the snow has arrived! We recieved about 18 inches at the Yurt and over 2 feet above 8000 feet. All our trails are open.
January 14, 2012
There is not much to report. We still do not have any snow. The weather has been perfect for biking, hiking, climbing, golfing, and resort skiing. Our weather is expected to change by the weekend of Jan. 21-22. Hopefully some much needed snow is coming our way.
Tahoe Weather Discussion
Our last "Moonlight Snowshoe Tour" turned into a Full moon hike. Joyce led 3 folks to a beautiful view complete with a moon reflecting off the river. Be sure to come to the next"Moonlight Snowshoe Tour" scheduled for Saturday Feburary 4th at 6:00pm. Snowshoeing
If you have a voucher for the Snowshoe tour visit our Travelzoo link under "Links" or click here Travelzoo
Thursday, November 24, 2011. We have been working on putting up the Yurt. We have the yurt up, but, unfortunately, we do not have enough snow yet. We will need to cancel our race that was scheduled for November 27th. We plan on posting our opening date here as soon as we get more snow.
Thursday, November 24, 2011. The race is cancelled due to lack of snow.
Sunday, November 20, 2011.The Swap was a great success. We had lots of people show up in a storm on Friday eve. to drop off gear. Saturday started off cold but sunny. The swap was quite busy with folks looking for that special piece of gear. We enjoyed seeing the community come out for the first Backcountry Swap in South Lake Tahoe. Thanks for your support. We plan on making this an annual event. We especially want to thank the volunteers from the Future Business Leaders of Tahoe club from LTCC.
Hope Valley Outdoors is sponsoring a Backcountry Ski and Gear Swap.The flyer is available here. SWAP
South Lake Tahoe is having a Backcountry Ski and Gear Swap. This event is being hosted by Hope Valley Outdoors and The Future Business Leaders of Tahoe. The swap will be held at Lake Tahoe Community College in the commons. The swap is from 9:00am - 3:00pm on November 19th. Gear can be dropped off on Nov. 18 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm and Nov 19 from 7:00-9:00am. Unsold gear must be picked up from 3:00-5:00pm on the 19th. We are looking for the following gear: Alpine touring skis, boots and bindings. Telemark skis, boots and bindings. XC skis, boots and bindings. Splitboards. Skins. Collapsible poles. Snowshoes. Snow safety gear: avalanche probes, shovels, study kits, backpacks and newer transceivers. Clean and modern clothing. Winter camping gear. We are also holding a raffle for gear and a 3 day Level 1 Avalanche course with Expedition Kirkwood.
nordman@jps.net hopevalleyoutdoors@gmail.com
Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested.
Random Pics
Here are a few photos showing the Hope Valley area.