The next 10 days should be among the busiest periods this season at Tahoe ski resorts. We are heading into President’s Day weekend, meaning the Lake Tahoe slopes will be packed with skiers and snowboarders for three straight days. And don’t expect ski resorts to clear out for the remainder of next week. Lake Tahoe […]
Tahoe Snow Report
Season snow totals rising at Tahoe ski resorts
After dismal snow totals heading into the new year, 2024 has been kind to Tahoe ski resorts in terms of snowfall. Mother Nature was especially generous in late January to Feb. 5, dropping 3-5 feet of snow at most Tahoe ski resorts and creating multiple powder days for previously frustrated skiers and snowboarders. “We received […]
Sizable snowstorm buries Tahoe ski resorts
The storm that all Tahoe ski resorts have been waiting for this season arrived over the weekend and is still around a day later, already providing the region with snow totals between 18-30 inches. Some Tahoe ski resorts received their biggest dump Saturday (Feb. 3) and others who didn’t were besieged with high snow totals […]
More snow hits Tahoe ski resorts
Seven Tahoe ski resorts were reporting 10 or more inches of snow Saturday morning. While that’s great news for Tahoe skiers and snowboarders, and meant a terrific powder day on Saturday, those totals could be considered low when resorts check their latest snow totals Monday morning. CHECK OUT TAHOE SNOW REPORT BELOW Multiple weather outlets […]
Will Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast be correct for Tahoe ski resorts?
Punxsutawney Phil popped his head out this morning and didn’t see his shadow, which Groundhog Day legend means the country is in for an early spring. It’s anything but spring-like right now in Lake Tahoe, which is in its third straight day of snow. And following a likely snowless day Saturday (Feb. 3), the white […]
Will big snowstorm hit Tahoe this week?
Will that much-needed big storm hit Tahoe ski resorts this week? Hopefully so. After several potential big storms this season elicited lackluster snow totals, this week’s weather report looks extremely promising in adding to under-average snow totals for the 2023-34 ski season thus far. The Tahoe Basin has been experiencing freakishly dry and warm weather. […]
Carjacker shot and killed Friday at Palisades Tahoe
This story has been updated with new information at 5 pm on Friday. There was a shooting incident Friday morning at Palisades Tahoe ski resort that led to an officer firing and killing a suspect who was involved in an area carjacking. Late Friday afternoon (Jan. 27), the California State Parks confirmed a fatal shooting […]
Tahoe ski resorts still awaiting big snow storm
Tahoe ski resorts are still awaiting that one huge dump, the kind that has the local skiers and snowboarders measuring the white stuff in feet, not inches. Although several Tahoe ski resorts did get some solid totals over the past two days, overall the weekend snowfall was disappointing. Warmer than usual daytime and evening temperatures […]
Disappointing snow totals at Tahoe ski resorts
Although the rain was heavy at times Saturday in the Sacramento region and its surrounding foothills, the snow totals were modest by Sunday morning for Tahoe ski resorts. While Boreal Mountain was reporting 10 inches at its summit, Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe was reporting no new snow in the previous 24-hour period. […]
Snow totals piling up at Tahoe ski resorts
While snowfall was infrequent early in the ski season at Tahoe ski resorts, Mother Nature has been making regular visits to start the New Year. Tahoe ski resorts received their fourth major January snowfall Saturday with five resorts getting 10 or more inches of snow. Unlike the first three storms, the latest one included rain […]