Beaver Bowl Banzai Returns to Alpine Meadows

From Beaver to Wolverine Bowl, the 2nd annual Rahlves Banzai Tour stop returns to Alpine Meadows with a new course

[Tahoe City, Calif.] February 18, 2012 – Alpine Meadows will host the 2nd annual Beaver Bowl Banzai tour stop, Feb. 23 and 24, as part of the Rahlves Banzai Tour. This event, considered the world’s premier big mountain freeskiing meets skier/boardercross event, is a top-to-bottom race on challenging, natural terrain and snow conditions where skiers and riders go head-to-head, four at a time. The course has been relocated to Wolverine Bowl from Beaver Bowl. The course will start at the top of Wolverine Bowl at Round Rock, south of Idiot’s Delight, continue down through Wolverine Bowl, take a splash into the Waterfall before heading out onto the Face, then to Kangaroo Ridge, in and out of Kangaroo Gully a few times before finishing on the Summit run-out around tower three under the Summit chair.

Time trials are on Thursday, Feb. 23; with a solo qualifying run that will rank the top 32 men for ski/board and top 16 women for ski/board to move on to the finals on Friday, Feb. 24 to compete for a $15,000 prize purse. The overall tour purse total is $80,000.

This event combines the competitive excitement of skier and boardercross with the speed-thrill of a downhill race. Event organizer Daron Rahlves, a former US World Cup and Olympic skier, knows a thing or two about both. With 12 World Cup gold medals, Rahlves has won more medals and achieved more podium finishes spanning the globe than any other American man in the history of ski racing and competition. Rahlves’ vision to fuse skier/boardercross and downhill racing equals one maniacal display of speed, strength, and strategy through Alpine’s most difficult steeps and off-trail terrain; non-stop from summit to base.

For more information about entering the Beaver Bowl Banzai, visit RahlvesBanzai.com or contact the Alpine Meadows events department at 530.581.8332.

About Alpine Meadows
Ranked as a top winter resort by SKI Magazine, Alpine Meadows is known for its abundant and varied skiable terrain, family-friendly atmosphere, and innovative children’s ski and snowboard programs. Alpine’s seven powder bowls, summit-to-base groomed slopes, and authentic hospitality are among the many attributes that have made the resort a favorite of the local community and visitors alike. Alpine Meadows offers skiers and riders access to more than 100 trails across 2,400 skiable acres serviced by 14 lifts. With its high annual snowfall, the resort boasts one of Tahoe’s longest skiing and boarding seasons, which this past season, along with Squaw Valley, ran through July 4th. For more information, please see www.skialpine.com.

Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows recently joined forces, bringing the two ski resorts under common ownership. Skiers and riders can now access 6,000 skiable acres, 43 lifts and 270+ trails at Squaw and Alpine Meadows on the Tahoe Super Pass or any lift ticket.

NOTE TO THE EDITOR -- Flickr Gallery of last year's Beaver Bowl Banzai photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skialpine/sets/72157625891873982/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skialpine/sets/72157625758737989/

For great winter ski and lodging packages, call 1-866-366-7261
or visit skialpine.com.

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