If you are a skier or snowboarder, here’s one more thing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day: More snow is on the way this week for Lake Tahoe ski resorts. Cold temperatures and recent snow storms are the catalyst for nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts opening by Thanksgiving weekend. Three storms should hit the […]
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Nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts open this weekend
Thanks to cold temperatures and fresh snow from the latest storms, two more ski resorts announced openings this week — Kirkwood Mountain and Sugar Bowl — bringing the total to nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts open by this weekend. Sugar Bowl has chosen Friday (Nov. 25) as its opening day. It will be running three […]
Snow totals rising at Lake Tahoe ski resorts
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter at Lake Tahoe ski resorts. And that’s a good thing, because ski resorts are anxious to open in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Two Tahoe ski resorts – Mt. Rose and Boreal Mountain – opened on Friday and four other resorts are scheduled to open Wednesday, Nov. […]
Two Lake Tahoe ski resorts schedule Nov. 18 openings
Predicting the opening of ski season has been a difficult chore this fall for Lake Tahoe ski resorts. It’s about as unpredictable as the weather. After one of the wettest Octobers on record that left ski resorts optimistic regarding early openings, November arrived with no measurable precipitation and hotter than normal temperatures. Mt. Rose ski […]
Lake Tahoe ski resorts continue to push back opening day
The enjoyable fall weather in the Lake Tahoe region has been a blessing for many reasons. But one of the downsides is skiing. Lake Tahoe ski resorts like Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, who were expected to open Friday (Nov. 11), have pushed back their opening by nearly two weeks. After some promising early snow […]
Lake Tahoe ski resorts await the start of winter
It’s the first weekend in October, a sun-drenched couple of days that make the sapphire-blue waters of Lake Tahoe pop even more than normal and the surrounding mountainous terrain appear ominous. This was in-between time, the calm before the storm in picturesque South Lake Tahoe, a period where summer has disappeared and winter looms in […]
Fresh snow for Lake Tahoe ski resorts that remain open
Several more Lake Tahoe ski resorts will be ending the season this weekend. And they will be going out in style with fresh snow and most likely ideal conditions. As much as 4 inches fell in the Lake Tahoe region Friday (April 22) and the snow totals were 10-12 inches by Saturday morning. That’s great […]
Closing dates for Lake Tahoe ski resorts
It’s been a great season for Lake Tahoe ski resorts. Many of them opened in time for the Thanksgiving crowd and kept their lifts running for skiing and snowboarding far into April. Below are closing dates for Lake Tahoe ski resorts Boreal Mountain – The resort off Interstate 80 will be shutting down Sunday, April […]
A Merry Christmas for Lake Tahoe ski resorts
Lake Tahoe depends heavily on the ski season to help fill its hotels and restaurants, spend money at its casinos, and in general leave behind a trail of cash that gets spread around throughout the region’s business community. And there is no more important time than during the Christmas holiday season. Experience a poor one […]
Lake Tahoe ski resorts expecting 1-3 feet of new snow
Another series of winter storms are taking place today in Lake Tahoe. Tahoe ski resorts may receive up to 1-3 feet at mountain tops and there could be 5-9 inches at lake level. Prior to the storm, early season snowfall totals at South Lake Tahoe resorts already ranged from 59-79 inches, providing top to bottom […]