Skiing or snowboarding comes with inherent risks. However, colliding with a bear on the slopes is rarely one of them! However, that’s not the case in the Lake Tahoe region over the past year. Three bear incidents have taken place during that period, the latest one this week at Heavenly ski resort. Potential danger is […]
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Snow arrives in Lake Tahoe on Thursday
Following a sizable snow total to kick start the Lake Tahoe ski season, December has started slowly in adding to one of the snowiest Novembers in recent years. The November snow was timely, allowing many Tahoe ski resorts to open for Thanksgiving skiing and snowboarding. However, it hasn’t snowed in Tahoe since Thanksgiving week, so […]
Great early-season conditions at Sugar Bowl
Even before one exits the interstate and takes the brief drive to Sugar Bowl ski resort, what one notices is the amount of snow. It’s sizable! Thanks to a week of on-and-off snowfall the week before Thanksgiving, the Lake Tahoe region is white with snow. While more is needed, it’s an impressive amount for this […]
Diamond Peak ski resort opening Dec. 5
Diamond Peak ski resort joins the early-season party, opening a week earlier than scheduled on Thursday, Dec. 5. Located of Highway 431 in Incline Village, the North Tahoe ski resort features terrific lakeside views and typically small crowds. Although considered one of Lake Tahoe’s smaller resorts, community-owned Diamond Peak has the fourth most skiable vertical […]
Three more Tahoe ski resorts open Thanksgiving weekend
Three more Lake Tahoe ski resorts – Sierra-at-Tahoe, Kirkwood, Granlibakken – are opening for Thanksgiving weekend. That puts the total of Tahoe ski resorts operating lifts for the holiday weekend at 10, including Heavenly, Northstar, Sugar Bowl, Palisades Tahoe, Boreal Mountain, Sugar Bowl, and Mt. Rose, the first Tahoe ski resort to open (Nov. 8). […]
White Thanksgiving at Tahoe ski resorts
Practically everyone has heard of the term white Christmas. But what about white Thanksgiving? Thanks to some early-season snowfall and low evening temperatures, the Lake Tahoe menu will be serving a white Thanksgiving along with the traditional turkey dinner. Take a bow Mother Nature! Snow over the past week and throughout the month has provided […]
Five Tahoe ski resorts open for season
Even though the stormy weather this week has brought as much rain as it has snow in the Lake Tahoe region, five Tahoe ski resorts opened for the 2024-25 season. Operating lifts for the first time this season were Heavenly, Northstar, Sugar Bowl, Palisades Tahoe, and Boreal Mountain. Mt. Rose ski resort in Nevada was […]
Multiple Tahoe ski resorts opening this week
More early-season snow is likely arriving for possibly a week, and the result is many Tahoe ski resorts will be open by this weekend. Northstar California has scheduled its opening for Thursday (Nov. 21), joining already open Mt. Rose. In South Lake Tahoe, Heavenly should be running its lifts Wednesday (Nov. 21). Four other Tahoe […]
Heavenly, Palisades Tahoe opening early
Some welcome November snowfall and low overnight temperatures have led two of Lake Tahoe’s iconic ski resorts to open a few days early for the 2024-25 season. Following 9 inches of new snow in the past week, Heavenly Mountain Resort announced it will open two days earlier than originally planned on Wednesday, Nov. 20. On […]
Will Mt. Rose be first Tahoe ski resort to open?
The calendar has clicked over to November, annually a time when talk around Lake Tahoe frequently focuses on when will the ski season begin. Several Tahoe ski resorts reported multiple inches of snow earlier this week and more is likely to drop this weekend. In addition, evening temperatures have recently dipped into the teens and […]