Do Truckee like a local

Wake up in your weekend ski lease in Tahoe Donner. Slide down Northwoods Boulevard which hasn’t been plowed or sanded, and grab your morning fuel at …

8 a.m.: Wild Cherries, Westgate Center, 11429 Donner Pass RoadCoffee for a $1.50 and reasonably priced bagel sandwiches. Killer pies and homemade apple strudel. Figure out the daily trivia question and win a free cup of coffee. Owned and operated by former Olympic skiing sensation Kristin Krone, “The WC” serves as a morning meeting place for snow enthusiasts en route to the Pass.

Follow the telemarker you stood behind in line around Donner Lake and up Donner Pass to …

9 a.m.: Ski Sugar Bowl Resort, 629 Sugar Bowl Road, NordenAny day adult lift tickets will set you back $46 apiece, but it is well worth the dough to shoot The ’58 or The Palisades (open as conditions permit). Sugar Bowl has terrain for all abilities, from beginner through totally insane cliff-jumper.

OR, follow that cute boarder chick through downtown toward 267 and …

9 a.m.: Ride Northstar-at-Tahoe, 100 Northstar DriveVoted 7th Best Park in North America 2006 by Transworld Snowboarding Magazine, Northstar has all the hardware for a sick day of jibbing. Hit up six terrain parks full of jumps, hips, boxes, rails, and a 420-foot Superpipe.

Now that you’re spent from a day of hucking, catch a second wind by loading up on …

2 p.m.: Lunch at Donner Kitchen, 13710 Donner Pass RoadHidden behind the Donner Pines Market on Donner Lake, this local grill has authentic huevos rancheros and cheesesteaks to rival Philly. If flying solo, sit at the counter and engage your fellow stool mates in friendly banter.

To gear up on wax and other essentials for the next day on the slopes, check out …

3 p.m.: Porter’s Sports, 11391 Deerfield DriveLocated in the Albertsons/Longs Center, Porter’s has everything you could possibly need on the hill. Boards, skis, popular and traditional outerwear, eyewear and hard-good rentals and demos. They can also repair and tune your battered equipment.

Just because everyone else seems to do it, mosey on over to the…

5 p.m.: Safeway parking lot, 11290 Donner Pass RoadIt’s the most happening place to be during rush hour.

Dinner on the quick and cheap at …

7 p.m.: Tacos Jalisco, 11400 Donner Pass RoadSure, you could spend three times as much to dine on Commercial Row, but Tacos Jalisco, next to the 7-Eleven, will fill you up faster and put a smaller dent in your wallet. Burritos are a surefire way to keep your belly full through the remainder of the evening.

Finally, to top it all off with a PBR and some dancing, rock out in …

9 p.m.: The Pastime Club, Commercial RowNightly music in the winter and the best place in town to rub up against a total stranger. Shoot pool, play shuffleboard, or just sit at the bar and down Red Bull-vodkas until you turn yellow.

Leave the bar well past midnight and run the gauntlet through cop-ridden downtown. It’s like your favorite PS2 game but with actual consequences. Make it home in one piece, and you’ve truly done Truckee Like A Local, whatever that means anymore.