Twitter on the slopes: Reno Tahoe resort Twitter accounts offer real-time ski and board info

Besides making fun of your friends for your other friends’ amusement, Twitter has other great uses. For those of us who ski or snowboard, getting real-time snow conditions, as well as on-the-hill and event updates at our favorite ski resorts connects us using micro-blogging technology.

We have a few twitter accounts — @renotahoe, @renoevents, @renotahoeski and @renotraveldeals are a few of them – and we follow a bunch more in the Reno Tahoe area.

Here are some great Sierra Nevada ski and board resort accounts:

• Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe: @MtRoseSkiTahoe
• Diamond Peak: @DiamondPeak
• Alpine Meadows: @SkiAlpine
• Northstar-at-Tahoe: @NorthstarTahoe
• Squaw Valley USA: @SquawValley1960
• Homewood Mountain Resort: @SkiHomewood
• Sugar Bowl: @SugarBowl1939
• Boreal Mountain: @BorealMtn
• Heavenly: @SkiHeavenly
• Tahoe Donner: @SkiTahoeDonner
• Kirkwood Mountain: @KirkwoodMtn
• Sierra-at-Tahoe: @sierra_at_tahoe
• Royal Gorge: @RoyalGorgexc
• Camp Richardson Resort: @CampRichardson
• Granlibakken Resort: @Granlibakken_CA

Of course there are a ton of excellent ski-related Twitter accounts representing resorts, shops, visitor services organizations and individuals. Add your favorites to the comments section.