The three Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe are expecting a busy Super Bowl weekend. Why? More snow. The Vail properties – Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California, Kirkwood Mountain Resort – have received 14 to 25 inches of new snow during the most recent winter storm at Lake Tahoe. The three resorts now offer a combined 94 […]
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Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe opens four more lifts today
More snow means one important thing for Squaw Valley ski resort: more terrain. Benefitting from this week’s storm, Squaw Valley announced it will open four new lifts for skiing and snowboarding today following a storm that brought 10 inches of fresh snow to both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. The new chairlift openings at Squaw Valley ski resort include […]
Liftopia offers Super Bowl Sunday discount lift tickets at 3 Tahoe ski resorts
For people in Lake Tahoe who won’t be planning their Sunday around the Super Bowl, three area ski resorts are offering discounted lift tickets for Super Bowl Sunday. An expected 164 million people will be watching the Super Bowl, so it could be ideal time to hit the slopes and score some of the best […]
Squaw Valley’s Mancuso, Ganong, Holland make U.S. Winter Olympics team
Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe will be well represented at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Three Squaw Valley athletes – Julia Mancuso, Travis Ganong, Nate Holland – have also secured a spot on this year’s U.S. Winter Olympics team. A fourth Squaw Valley athlete – Marco Sullivan – is still in the running […]
3 Sierra-at-Tahoe skiers/riders earn berths on U.S. Winter Olympics team
Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman were both Lake Tahoe kids that progressed through the Sierra-at-Tahoe youth program, taking part in the Rippers and Sierra Team programs. Who knew what would lie ahead for these youthful women who continued to use Sierra-at-Tahoe as their home base? The pair will experience the ultimate in their sport next […]
Kirkwood skier Josh Daiek takes second at first Freeride Tour event
For Josh Daiek, the season is off to a great start. Daiek began the season today (Jan. 22) by placing second in the men’s ski competition of the SWATCH Freeride World Tour (FWT). The event took place at Courmayeur Mont Blanc in Italy and was the first of six events on the FWT this season. Daiek […]
Sign ups still available for 2014 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour
It’s not too late to sign up for this unique ski and snowboard racing series. Lake Tahoe’s most popular racing series – the Rahlves’ Banzai Tour – is back, with ski and snowboard racing in its purest form. The 2014 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour, presented by Bank of the West, will span four weekends at Lake Tahoe resorts […]
Squaw Valley, Alpine offering discount lift prices with Tahoe Super 2
It’s hard to pass up a bargain. And that’s what Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are banking on with the offer of the Tahoe Super 2 deal. Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts in Lake Tahoe are neighboring resorts owned by the same company. The ski resorts are bringing back the Tahoe Super 2, […]
Sierra-at-Tahoe, Diamond Peak ski resorts offer plenty of terrain for MLK weekend
Although the conditions aren’t optimal right now at Lake Tahoe ski resorts, two of Tahoe’s resorts – Sierra-at-Tahoe, Diamond Peak – report they have plenty of available terrain for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Sierra-at-Tahoe The resort near South Lake Tahoe off Highway 50 is open and offers guests fun mountain activities for all ability […]
Mt. Rose, Homewood ski resorts offering $49 lift tickets for MLK weekend
Two Lake Tahoe ski resorts are offering discounted lift tickets in celebration of the San Francisco 49ers playing in the NFC Championship game on Sunday in Seattle. Both Homewood Mountain Resort and Mount Rose ski resort are offering $49 lift tickets. Homewood ski resort Skiers and snowboarders simply need to say “Go Niners!” at any Homewood ticket window to […]