Snow lovers across Northern California are starting to turn their eyes toward the mountains, looking for those first signs of the winter to come. Here at Sierra Resort, we’ve already seen 9 inches of snow in October and are looking toward a wet November, if forecasts are to be believed. As I write this, flurries are starting up outside.

So what do we do until the season begins? Well, we Pray For Snow of course! And no one can Pray For Snow like Sierra can. If you’ve been to one of our Pray For Snow parties, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, here’s the skinny:

Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort annual Pray For Snow party

November 12, 2009

Murphy’s Irish Pub in South Lake Tahoe

Doors open to passholders at 6:00 p.m.

Doors open to the public at 7:00 p.m.

Contests this year will include  Show Us Your Ink, Pin El Nino on the Map, Olympic Medal Exchange and, of course, the famous Snow Call contest.

We’ll also have the Sierra ice luge with drink specials

and the SPT mini skate ramp in the backyard (though we don’t recommend mixing the the ramp and the ice luge or you might look like Mike Miller here!)

We’ll even have a few celebrity judges this season including Todd Offenbacher from RSN, Cody Lewis from the Sierra Pro Team, and Tim Peare, snowboard photographer extraordinaire. Here’s a snapshot of last year’s judges doing their thing.

As we always do, we’ll have tons of prizes from our sponsors – Nikita, DC, Skullcandy, Powderhouse and Beach Hut Deli. It’s going to be a good time! Be there!