Sunday is the final day of skiing at snowboarding at Alpine Meadows and Donner Ski Ranch. In honor of Mother’s Day, Donner Ski Ranch is offering free skiing and riding to moms of all ages on its final day of the season. Alpine Meadows stopped running lifts every day of the week recently, but has […]
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Final weekend of skiing at Donner Ski Ranch
This will be the final weekend of skiing and snowboarding at Donner Ski Ranch near Lake Tahoe, which closes Sunday, May 14. While Tahoe’s other smaller, family-friendly ski resorts have all shut down for the 2016-17 season, iconic Donner Ski Ranch remains open, one of four Lake Tahoe ski resorts that’s still running its lifts. […]
Sugar Bowl gets 7 more inches of snow for final day of ski season
One final snowfall greeted skiers and snowboarders Sunday morning at Sugar Bowl ski resort. It seemed appropriate that the Lake Tahoe ski resort would end the 2016-17 season Sunday with fresh snow. It’s been a crazy year of snow for all Tahoe resorts and Sugar Bowl in particular. The 7 inches of snow Saturday brings […]
Sugar Bowl ski resort closing Sunday
A long ski season ends Sunday (May 7) for Sugar Bowl ski resort. It was both a long and memorable ski season for Sugar Bowl and all Lake Tahoe ski resorts. Due to huge snow storms in January and February, and several in early March, eight Lake Tahoe ski resorts had already received 600 or […]
Will Squaw Valley ski resort be open all summer?
The 2016-17 ski season may never end in Lake Tahoe. Squaw Valley announced Wednesday its plans to extend the ski season beyond July 4. In March, Squaw Valley announced it would offer skiing and riding on July 4 for the fourth time ever. Now the famed Lake Tahoe ski resort is venturing beyond Independence Day […]
Lake Tahoe snow survey yields high numbers
Frank Gehrke of the state Department of Water Resources was once again supplying some very positive news Monday regarding this year’s Lake Tahoe snow survey and what it means to previously draught-stricken California. Gehrke’s final snow survey of the season took place Monday morning at Phillips Station, a large field located near Echo Summitt off […]
Heavenly ski resort closing today
If one final run down famed Gunbarrel is the goal, do it now. The mogul-infested run won’t be available tomorrow because Sunday (April 30) is the final day of the ski season at Heavenly Mountain ski resort in Lake Tahoe. Like many Lake Tahoe ski resorts this season, Heavenly Mountain decided back in March that […]
Four Lake Tahoe ski resorts still open
While much of the country’s ski resorts have closed for the season, four Lake Tahoe ski resorts remain open. Heavenly Mountain, Sugar Bowl, Mt. Rose and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows are the Lake Tahoe ski resorts that are still running lifts for skiers and snowboarders. This comes after five Tahoe ski resorts – Soda Springs, […]
Mount Rose offering $60 lift tickets throughout May
Although most Lake Tahoe ski resorts are now closed, that’s the not the case at Mount Rose, where the season will continue for more than a month. Thanks to a record-setting season for snowfall (761 inches), Mount Rose ski resort will remain open for roughly five more weeks, closing for good on Memorial Day (May […]
Five more Lake Tahoe ski resorts closing today
Five more Lake Tahoe ski resorts will close Sunday (April 23). The five ski resorts – Soda Springs, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Diamond Peak, Northstar California, Boreal Mountain – went out in style with a nice bluebird day of skiing and riding. The closings come despite plenty of snow at the resorts, which is why three other Tahoe […]