Skiers and snowboarders who frequent Northstar California will be happy to see the new high-speed 6-person chairlift that the resort staged a ribbon-cutting grand opening for on Friday. Located in Truckee on Lake Tahoe’s north shore, Northstar adds the upgraded Comstock Express lift as it enters its 50th anniversary season. Thanks to a sizable storm […]
Tahoe Ski Resorts
Sugar Bowl ski resort opening Nov. 25
Sugar Bowl ski resort in Lake Tahoe will open Friday with top-to-bottom skiing and snowboarding for Thanksgiving weekend. Family friendly Soda Springs will also open Friday. With the addition of Soda Springs and Sugar Bowl, there will be eight Tahoe ski resorts open for the Thanksgiving holidays. Other than a few days in late October, […]
Palisades Tahoe opens for season
One more Lake Tahoe ski resort is now running its lifts. It was a welcome sight Friday when excited skiers and snowboarders descended on Palisades Tahoe for the opening of the 2022-23 season. After more than three feet of snow arrived on the upper mountain in the past week, Palisades Tahoe moved up its scheduled […]
Skiing, snowboarding safely guide
Safety is nothing to dismiss when skiing or snowboarding. With that in mind, Ski California has recently launched a new, fully digital version of its Mountain Safety Guide. The Maintain Safety Guide serves as a way for Ski California’s member resorts in California and Nevada to educate skiers and riders about how to stay safe […]
Palisades Tahoe sets Nov. 18 opening
Like many Tahoe ski resorts, Palisades Tahoe has moved up its opening day for the 2022-23 season. The popular resort in Truckee will stage its opening Friday, Nov. 18. Palisades Tahoe received 39 inches of snow over a week-long period, including 18 inches Tuesday (Nov. 9). “Snow has most definitely changed our (opening day) plans,” […]
Vail Resorts in Tahoe opening Saturday
Thanks to a snowfall that delivered in feet – not just inches – four more Tahoe ski resorts will be open this weekend. The three Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe – Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood – announced Thursday morning its opening day will be Saturday (Nov. 12). Boreal Mountain will open one day earlier, joining Mt. […]
Palisades will debut new Base-to-Base Gondola
There’s little doubt what the big news will be this ski season for Palisades Tahoe. The world-renown Tahoe ski resort will open the long-awaited Gondola that connects the two resorts that have been under the same name for years. Palisades Tahoe received 8 inches of snow Monday (Nov. 7) and has a season-total of 30 […]
Mt. Rose ski resort opening Friday
A sizable snow storm this week will kick-start the opening of the ski season for at least one Lake Tahoe-area ski resort – Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe. Located off the Mt. Rose Highway, approximately 10 miles from Incline Village in North Lake Tahoe and 25 miles from Reno, Mt. Rose announced Monday plans to open […]
Will 4 feet of snow drop on Tahoe ski resorts?
There are currently no ski resorts open in Lake Tahoe. However, with 4 feet of snow perhaps dropping by Wednesday, there’s little doubt the Tahoe ski season will be underway very soon. A Winter storm watch has been issued for the Sierra from Sunday evening (Nov. 6) through Wednesday morning by the National Weather Service […]
Foot of snow at several Tahoe ski resorts
As expected, the first major snowstorm hit Tahoe ski resorts this week, leaving behind a high of 12 inches of snow at two of the region’s resorts. Both Sierra-at-Tahoe and Tahoe Donner received a foot of snow at their highest elevation from a storm that started Tuesday, sputtered for a while, then concluded in the […]