Sugar Bowl ski resort has an answer for skiers looking to take part in a major workout on the slopes. One of the only resorts in the Lake Tahoe region that allows uphill skier traffic, Sugar Bowl has introduced a new event series designed to expose newcomers to uphill ski travel and the resort’s accessible […]
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Learning how to snowboard
A beginning snowboard lesson often includes a variety of ages, because snowboarding is not just for kids. A group lesson might include the 40-something guy looking to switch from skis to the board; a youngster under-10 who is anxious to snowboard because it looks cool; or a teenager who wants to hop on the board […]
Tahoe Donner open for cross country skiing
The snow arrived just in time for Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area, which opened for the 2016-17 season Saturday (Nov. 26), to accommodate some anxious Thanksgiving Day skiers. The date is a familiar one for Tahoe Donner, which also opened last year on Nov. 26. Royal Gorge cross country area, near Sugar Bowl, opened one […]
10 Lake Tahoe ski resorts now open
The official count today is 10 Lake Tahoe ski resorts are now open, providing skiing and snowboarding over Thanksgiving weekend. Sierra-at-Tahoe joined the party Saturday (Nov. 26), becoming the 10th resort to begin running its lifts. Both Sugar Bowl and Kirkwood Mountain opened Friday for skiing and riding. Five Tahoe ski resorts opened Wednesday – […]
Sugar Bowl ski resort opening Nov. 25
Seven Lake Tahoe ski resorts are running their lifts on Thanksgiving day and the group will be joined by one more Friday: Sugar Bowl. Located off Interstate 80 at the Norden exit, Sugar Bowl says it will have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on 1,500 vertical feet of terrain. The Mt. Lincoln Express, Christmas Tree, and […]
More snow predicted this week for Lake Tahoe ski resorts
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 […]
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 […]
Mt. Rose, Boreal will kick off Tahoe ski season tomorrow
The wait should be over tomorrow. After several false starts for a number of Lake Tahoe ski resorts, both Mt. Rose and Boreal Mountain will start running lifts on Friday, Nov. 18. Mt. Rose, which had set an ambitious Halloween Day opening, will be open for skiing and snowboarding Friday morning. Thanks to several days of […]
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 […]