It’s difficult to find a one-day lift ticket to ski or snowboard this season at a Tahoe ski resort.
However, Palisades Tahoe is providing multiple Wednesdays where the cost is $89 for a lift ticket in a deal the resort is calling Community Days. With the exception of the four discount days, during the entire month of February the cost of skiing Monday through Thursday ranges from $175 to $246.
The $89 lift ticket deals are scheduled to start Wednesday, Feb. 4. The other three $89 discount days are Feb. 11, Feb. 25 and March 4.
Community Day lift tickets can be purchased online in advance or in person on select dates while supplies last.
Palisades Tahoe is calling Community Days a way to celebrate the perks of midweek skiing, typified by fewer crowds and more room to roam. Guests with flexible schedules can experience Palisades Tahoe’s 6,000 acres of terrain with easier access to lifts, more laps, and a more relaxed mountain atmosphere.
“Midweek skiing is one of the best ways to experience Palisades Tahoe,” Patrick Lacey, PR Manager of Palisades Tahoe said.
In addition to significant savings, Community Days support the Tahoe region beyond the slopes. A portion of each Community Day ticket sold will be donated to a local charity, reinforcing the resort’s ongoing commitment to community and local nonprofits.
For more information on Community Days, visit palisadestahoe.com
SIERRA SNOWPACK DIMINISHING: Big storms dumped 7 to 8 feet of new snow across the Lake Tahoe area over a two-week period, ending a dry December and drenching the rest of the state with rain.
At the time, the first statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack survey of the season was a respectable 93 percent of its historical average. But in the three-plus weeks since the last snowfall, the switch has flipped. Last week, the Sierra snowpack had fallen to just 59 percent of its historical average.
The monthly snow survey by the Department of Water Resources was conducted Jan. 30 at Phillips Station, located near the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort.
Bryan Allegretto, a forecaster with OpenSnow, a company that tracks weather patterns for ski resorts, said in a blog post last week that long-range weather models are suggesting the high-pressure ridge off California could shift northwest toward Alaska after Feb. 8.
“It could open the door to wetter storms developing along the West Coast and dropping in,” Allegretto wrote. “Until then, likely another 10 days of dry weather, and then hopefully improvement in our pattern by mid-month.”
