i loved northstar last year i did it on my black market for 8 days in a row and didnt want to stop but it was a bit bumpy with only three inches of travel lol so i got me a dh bike for this year
sorry to burst your bubble, i went to whistler last summer before northstar, lets just say northstar kinda sucked, all the burms were blown out etc etc.
if your going to tahoe to ride, try northstar for an afternoon or for the day, but after that, there is a 15min long DH shuttle run above incline village, and it makes northstar look kinda crappy, its 15min long, and there is another 2 miles above the normal starting point that is open only on certain days.
nobody cares about ur dumb 15 min shuttle cus its nothing compared to boondocks
Norhtstar is the best, bar none! my favorite trail has to be Sticks and Stones, all of it! that was my first pro race(2007) and i won it by 2 seconds!!! the crew out there really knows how to build trail! I was riding with Greg Minnarr, took him down all of dogbone (race course for #3 2008 ) and asked him what he thought about the trail, and this was his response "that trail is too gnarly, almost not fun to ride" coming from a world champ and world cup winner! N* is for real!
Karpiel to Speed control... so sweet. boondocks dog bone all the way livewire gypsy Dj's advanced then finally shuttle run/ fire road... just cause its fast