Reno/Northstar
We drove to Reno on Friday night. The drive took from about 8:00 pm to 12:30 am. Not much traffic, but it wasn’t easy since we were so tired. We stayed at the Sands—wouldn’t recommend staying there again; the Nugget is a much better dive. Michael, Shannon and Thad drove up a little later and got in around 2 am.
We took off at about 8:30 am for NorthStar, and arrived there around 9:15 am. Getting to the top of the mountain involves 3 chair lifts, so we didn’t start our first run until 10:30 am. The mountain didn’t feel very big: you were either on the front lifts with a ton of people or skiing the backside with a limited number of runs. I don’t love the resort.