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After the crowds have gone home and the mountain is closed, hop in a Northstar cat, and see how the award-winning park crew sculpts the mountain. This is a one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes tour. The cats seat two people. Schedule your tour in January and you might get to see a feature build or pipe cutting.
Northstar is consistently ranked as one of the best snow parks in North America.
Mike Schipani and his park crew always put their best shovel blade forward. Through a Herculean effort, they pulled together the strongest park in the Tahoe area, according to our poll.
"We change our jib and snow feature options five nights out of every week and we revamp entire areas of our parks on a bi-weekly basis," says Schipani. The park crews season begins in June when they start fabricating an array of unique features. "The Straits Park, home of Northstar's largest jumps and rails, is where we consistently see coverage coming out of, while the Stash Park is a solid option for anyone looking to take to freestyle terrain a little more off the beaten path," he says.
Schipani claims that Northstars parks kick off with the most features in Tahoe, and by mid-January there are typically well over 200 features for riders to roll through.