Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort located on the California-Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe ( 38°56'7.40"N, 119°56'24.29"W). It has 85 runs and 29 lifts that are spread between California and Nevada and four base facilities. The resort was recently purchased by Vail Resorts, Inc. The resort has 4,800 permit acres (19 km²), with approximately 33% developed for skiing, making it the largest ski resort, by acreage, in California. It is also Tahoe's highest ski resort, with a peak elevation of 10,067 ft and a peak lift-service elevation of 10,040 ft (3,060 m) and a vertical rise of 3,500 feet (1067 m). With an average of 360 inches (9 m) of snow annually and one of America's largest snowmaking systems, their season usually runs from late November to mid April.
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| - Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort located on the California-Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe ( 38°56'7.40"N, 119°56'24.29"W). It has 85 runs and 29 lifts that are spread between California and Nevada and four base facilities. The resort was recently purchased by Vail Resorts, Inc. The resort has 4,800 permit acres (19 km²), with approximately 33% developed for skiing, making it the largest ski resort, by acreage, in California. It is also Tahoe's highest ski resort, with a peak elevation of 10,067 ft and a peak lift-service elevation of 10,040 ft (3,060 m) and a vertical rise of 3,500 feet (1067 m). With an average of 360 inches (9 m) of snow annually and one of America's largest snowmaking systems, their season usually runs from late November to mid April.
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| - Heavenly Ski Resort's gondola lift base in downtown South Lake Tahoe,
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| - Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort located on the California-Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe ( 38°56'7.40"N, 119°56'24.29"W). It has 85 runs and 29 lifts that are spread between California and Nevada and four base facilities. The resort was recently purchased by Vail Resorts, Inc. The resort has 4,800 permit acres (19 km²), with approximately 33% developed for skiing, making it the largest ski resort, by acreage, in California. It is also Tahoe's highest ski resort, with a peak elevation of 10,067 ft and a peak lift-service elevation of 10,040 ft (3,060 m) and a vertical rise of 3,500 feet (1067 m). With an average of 360 inches (9 m) of snow annually and one of America's largest snowmaking systems, their season usually runs from late November to mid April. On the afternoon of January 5, 1998 Heavenly was the scene of the death of musician and politician Sonny Bono. While skiing alone, Bono struck a tree in the area between "Orion", and "Big Dipper", intermediate slopes high on Heavenly's Nevada side.
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