Emma Garrard/Nevada Appeal News Service Nicole Dean, mountain safety manager at Northstar-at-Tahoe, uses a radar gun to check as snowboarders speed past. There are no speed limits at Northstar and Dean hands out hot chocolate coupons if the rider guesses his or her speed within five miles per hour of his or her's actual speed.

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