Hawaii residents love heading to Las Vegas, which has become our ninth island as some say and many wish for that one opportunity to become a millionaire. Hawaii residents who moved to Las Vegas have found many other activities besides gambling. One activity that has been very popular during the winter months is skiing and snowboarding on Mount Charleston which is located at 6725 Lee Canyon Road. It is about an hour drive from the strip and averages 120 inches of snow annually. I had the opportunity to experience what 21 degrees (low) and 39 degrees (high) feels like. "Wow" it's cold! It's so cold that you can walk around all day and your ice cream won't melt, even though the sun is out. I had layers of clothing, gloves, snow boots and head gear and still felt cold. Some Hawaii locals who have gotten use to the cold were walking around with less clothing that I had on. In fact 
they said I looked overdressed. It wasn't just cold, it was "freezing".... no laugh! I was so glad there was a Big Horn Cafe that serves food and hot beverages (hot cocoa) and a Bristecone Bar.
Transportation to Mount Charleston on Monday, December 14, 2009, was awesome because Las Vegas Ski & Snowboarding started their first day of transportation pick-up from your hotel (Centennial Transportation). They transfer you to two other locations where a tour bus (Triple Tours Coach) will take you up to Mount Charleston. I was picked up at 6:30am and got to the top of Mount Charleston around 8:00am. The bus left there at 4:00 pm and I arrived back at my hotel around 6:30pm. The cost was very reasonable. For more information, email them at ridenski@lvssr.com or call them at (702) 645-2754 - www.skilasvegas.com.
"Special Thanks" to the staff at Las Vegas Ski & Snowboarding Resort, Base Operations Manager Craig Baldwin, Curt Sheffield, Accounting Manager, Host Chris Dehner who was my blocker when I was taking photos of our local Hawaii residents skiing and snowboarding. Thanks also to the Big Horn Cafe for that hot cocoa. Again, much mahalo to all. To see photos, "click here."
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