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Sierra-at-Tahoe will open Saturday
Sierra-at-Tahoe will join the party Saturday, becoming one more Lake Tahoe ski resort that will open for the season with skiing and snowboarding. Located along Highway 50 heading into South Lake Tahoe, family-friendly Sierra-at-Tahoe announced earlier this week that it will open for the 2016/17 with early-season conditions and limited terrain, accessed by two chairlifts […]
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 […]
Seven Lake Tahoe ski resorts now open
The number of Lake Tahoe ski resorts that are open grew to seven today with the addition of Heavenly, Northstar California, Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley and Soda Springs. The two Vail Resorts – Heavenly and Northstar California – were taking advantage of fresh snow. Northstar received 8 inches by this morning and Heavenly was reporting 5 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Warren Miller ski film comes to Squaw Valley this week
The legendary Warren Miller film team is back again this year, producing its 67th action-packed and humorous ski film. The film will have three shows at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge – Nov. 25-26 and Dec. 10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe is […]
Alaska Airlines offering fly-ski for free at Utah’s Snowbasin Resort
Alaska Airlines is offering a unique deal to fly into Salt Lake City and ski for free at a nearby ski resort — Snowbasin Resort. The Alaska Airlines deal is for midweek skiing and snowboarding for free at Snowbasin Resort when you fly into Salt Lake International Airport. The offer is valid only between December 5-16 and January 2-April […]
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 […]