2008 Northstar Bike Park

July 7, 2008

Matt Robison’s new helmet/seat cam video starring Curtis Opperman. Karpiel to Speed Control to Pho Dog. This is 4 weeks to the day since Matt broke his collarbone!


Have you seen these guys at N*?

July 5, 2008


Intense weekend at N*

June 11, 2008

The weather was perfect for a great weekend of riding at Northstar. The Tahoe Zepher lift was operating giving access to Livewire, Gypsy and Boondocks! All these trails are in great shape with lots of trail improvements.

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Deric, Jason and Brandon show their awesome Intense M6 downhill machines on Sunday.

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Opening Day at N*

June 6, 2008


From Mad Cat Bicycles.

Video preview of Boondocks and Livewire here: http://tahoemountainbiking.ning.com/video


Northstar Upper Mountain Opens June 7th

June 4, 2008

The lower mountain was open last weekend and everyone had an awesome time riding it - there was a huge turnout. This weekend looks even better with the Tahoe Zephyr Express lift running giving access to the Livewire, Gypsy and Boondocks trails!

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Ech on “Upper Mineshaft”. Photo by Matt.

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Lake Tahoe Mountain Biking Website

May 7, 2008

Check out http://tahoemountainbiking.ning.com/ you might even see some folks that you know.

This is a cool Ning social networking site setup by Northstar. It looks like N* is still on schedule to open on May 23rd! Also don’t forget that Giant will be demo’n their 2008 bikes on the 23rd also.

The snow is melting fast!


Northstar plans to open Memorial Day weekend!

March 30, 2008

 Northstar says that they’ll open the bike park on May 23rd, 2008! Yeah! More good news - it looks like the price for a season pass is the same as last year $229.

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The slabs are showing thru the snow - photo by Cristy.

See www.northstarattahoe.com for more info.

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Northstar - get up there and ride!

December 21, 2007

These photos from Cristy on Thursday 12/20 -

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“Did a little riding today. In knee deep snow.”

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“Did the rock drop on Sticks. WOO HOO!”


Northstar 2008 Season Pass Deal

October 26, 2007

This is on RideMonkey  : “… they were running a deal on closing day where you could buy a pass for next year for the current season pass price ($229). This deal is apparently going on through the month of October, but only if you *call* the ticket office. The pass price is supposed to go up next year, which I could certainly understand seeing how much work they put into the park this year, and the plans for next year.”


Northstar Bike Park 2007 - the last day

October 9, 2007

Truckee, California * Sunday October 7th, 2007 

It has been an awesome summer at the Northstar Bike Park and we’ve had a great time. Huge thanks to the N* trail crew and park staff (especially Asa and George) for all your hard work and dedication!  The BBQ was great too!


There was snow and mud on Sunday - traction was still fantastic and it made for super fun riding!

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Northstar 2007 End of Season Ride & Party

October 4, 2007

This Sunday. We’ll be there with the beer!

End of Season Bar-be-Cue

Let’s celebrate the end of a gravity-defying, adrenaline-rushing, all around epic mountain biking season! As a way to thank our loyal guests, Northstar™ Resort would like to invite our mountain bike season passholders to our end of season Bar-be-Cue on Sunday, October 7, our last day of operations. Come tear up the trails one last time before they get covered in snow!

What: End of Season Bar-be-Cue
Where: The Lodge at Big Springs (Mid-mountain)
When: Sunday, October 7, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


Livewire: complete but not finished

September 13, 2007

Northstar Bike Park * Truckee, California * September 9th, 2007

Yaaahooo ….. the Livewire trail now extends all the way to mid-mountain.  Apparently a lot of the berms and jumps on Livewire are made from higher quality, imported dirt. The trail crew ran out of the stuff before all the construction on the bottom leg was totally finished. Hang in there they’ll git ‘er done.

Check out the sweet Livewire raw helmet cam video and the Brian Hickey report here www.kcra.com


Live Wire Extended

August 27, 2007

Northstar Bike Park * Truckee, California * August 26th, 2007

The Northstar trail crew has been putting in the work and this weekend they opened a new section of Live Wire. This is truly a fantastic trail and it’s only getting better. Everyone I know loves Live Wire - it’s gotta be one of the best rides in the Sierra!

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The start of the new section…..


Livewire Helmet Cam

July 30, 2007

Northstar Bike Park * Truckee, California


Matt’s Livewire helmet cam run on Saturday 7/28/07

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Livewire video

July 25, 2007

Video clips by Eric O.