Vail's Epic pass gets you on Heavenly mountains in Sierra Nevada

I’m in no danger of making any downhill enemies on this blustery mid-February morning at Northstar California Resort near Lake Tahoe. After several days of non-stop blizzard-like conditions, more than enough fresh ‘pow’ has fallen for everyone on this popular hill located midway between one of North America’s funkier mountain towns and one of the world’s most picturesque alpine lakes.
So much fluffy white stuff, in fact, that this February is now the snowiest on rec