Two more Tahoe ski resorts – Sugar Bowl, Soda Springs – opened Friday (Nov. 27) for the 2020-21 season. Sugar Bowl has received 32 inches of natural snow this month and its snowmaking efforts combined to offer some solid early-season terrain for skiers and snowboarders anxious to get in their first day on the slopes. […]
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Seven Tahoe ski resorts open Thanksgiving
As usual, there will be plenty of food to eat on Thanksgiving and also plenty of Tahoe ski resorts open for skiing and snowboarding. Despite modest amounts of real snow, there are seven Tahoe ski resorts that will be running their lifts on Thanksgiving. Sierra-at-Tahoe opened Wednesday (Nov. 25), becoming the seventh Tahoe ski resort […]
Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort opens Nov. 25
The wait is over at Sierra-at-Tahoe. The popular ski resort near South Lake Tahoe opened Wednesday (Nov. 25) for the 2020-21 season. Starting Wednesday and lasting through Sunday, Sierra-at-Tahoe is open exclusively for Season Pass and seasonal product holders. Day lift tickets will become available for use starting Monday (Nov. 30). Tickets are currently available […]
Covid-19 alters Northstar, Heavenly openers
A sun-drenched day with cool temperatures was the setting Friday (Nov. 20) for the opening of ski season at both Heavenly Mountain and Northstar California. The two Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe were the first Tahoe ski resorts to begin running their lifts for the 2020-21 ski season. The third Vail Resort in Tahoe – […]
Tahoe ski season begins Nov. 20
The Tahoe ski season officially starts Friday (Nov. 20) when both Heavenly Mountain and Northstar California open for skiing and snowboarding. However, anyone planning to visit either of these Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe better have a reservation. A reservation? That’s right. This will be a different ski season due to the coronavirus epidemic with […]
Tahoe ski resorts receive major snowfall
A snow storm left a significant amount of snow Wednesday morning on Tahoe ski resorts. Nine Tahoe ski resorts received 10 or more inches of snow from the storm, which arrived Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 17) and kept coming down throughout the evening. More snow will fall today, starting in the afternoon and continuing into the […]
Squaw Valley offers to-go Thanksgiving dinner
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is adding a new wrinkle for the upcoming holiday – a day of skiing or snowboarding and afterward picking up a Thanksgiving dinner to go! The Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Thanksgiving Dinner has undergone a coronavirus adaptation this year. A to-go dinner is a great option for people who want to […]
Squaw-Alpine gets 9 more inches snow
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows received 9 inches of new snow in the most recent storm to hit Tahoe ski resorts. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows reported that 9 inches of snow fell in a 24-hour period that ended Saturday morning (Nov. 14) on the upper mountains of both Squaw and Alpine. Weather and conditions permitting for […]
Mammoth first California ski resort to open
Mammoth Mountain will open Friday, Nov. 13, becoming the first California ski resort to open for skiing and snowboarding in the 2020-21 season. Mammoth Mountain, which was originally scheduled to open one day later on Saturday, had a significant snowfall last weekend, giving the resort 12-18 inches of fresh snow. The ski resort has also […]
Sierra-at-Tahoe gets 20 inches snow
Sierra-at-Tahoe was overjoyed after the first snowfall this season at Tahoe ski resorts delivered 20 inches of fresh snow. Like all Tahoe ski resorts Tuesday (Nov. 10), Sierra-at-Tahoe remains closed despite the accumulation of snow from the recent storm that started on the weekend and concluded Monday morning. Mother Nature was kind to Sugar Bowl […]