Lake Tahoe depends heavily on the ski season to help fill its hotels and restaurants, spend money at its casinos, and in general leave behind a trail of cash that gets spread around throughout the region’s business community. And there is no more important time than during the Christmas holiday season. Experience a poor one […]
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Diamond Peak ski resort nears full operation
The timing has been ideal for Diamond Peak ski resort, which planned on an early December opening for the 2015-16 season and received cooperation from the weather, which hasn’t been too kind to the Lake Tahoe region the past three winters. The early hype about El Niño bringing an abundance of snow to the Lake […]
Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood ski resorts open more terrain
Three of Lake Tahoe’s major ski resorts are opening more terrain today, thanks to another snow storm that came in Friday and continues today. The three Vail Resorts – Northstar California, Heavenly Mountain, Kirkwood Mountain – are providing more lifts and runs today for skiing and snowboarding. Overnight, Northstar received 4 inches of fresh snow […]
Homewood ski resort opens with 15 inches of new snow
It’s not a bad way to open the season for Homewood Resort in Lake Tahoe. Not only does the scenic ski resort have a good base, it also has received 15 inches of snow at the top of the mountain and 13 inches at the base after yesterday’s storm. Homewood is now open today for the […]
Lake Tahoe ski resorts expecting 1-3 feet of new snow
Another series of winter storms are taking place today in Lake Tahoe. Tahoe ski resorts may receive up to 1-3 feet at mountain tops and there could be 5-9 inches at lake level. Prior to the storm, early season snowfall totals at South Lake Tahoe resorts already ranged from 59-79 inches, providing top to bottom […]
Homewood ski resort opening Friday (Dec. 11)
It’s not a bad way to open the season for Homewood Resort in Lake Tahoe. Not only does the scenic resort have a good base, it also has received 15 inches of snow at the top of the mountain, 13 inches at the base after yesterday’s storm. Homewood is now open and is offering top-to-bottom skiing […]
Lake Tahoe ski resorts receive nearly foot of new snow
The storm that dropped nearly a foot of fresh snow Thursday was kind to many Lake Tahoe ski resorts. Both Northstar California and Alpine Meadows received 10 inches of fresh powder. Squaw Valley was reporting 8 inches of snow on its upper mountain, while Mt. Rose added 7 inches and Kirkwood got 5 inches Sugar […]
Heavenly ski resort opens California side
For skiers and snowboarders who regularly visit Heavenly Mountain Resort, there’s good news regarding terrain. Located in South Lake Tahoe, Heavenly announced that it will be opening the California side of the mountain to skiers and snowboarders, two weeks earlier than expected. Five feet of November snow and more today has allowed Heavenly to expand […]
What’s new at Lake Tahoe ski resorts?
After three disheartening drought-stricken years, the ski season is off to a promising start – there’s actually real snow in the Sierra and cold temperatures as well. Whether the 2015-16 season results in a renaissance or turns out to be another dud won’t be determined for several months. With an optimistic start to the season […]
It will be a Happy Thanksgiving for Lake Tahoe ski resorts
This wasn’t an unusual occurrence a decade ago at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Opening the ski resort off Highway 50 near South Lake Tahoe in November was often the norm. But that certainly hasn’t been the case during three straight drought years. Dependent more on Mother Nature than many other Lake Tahoe ski resorts because it doesn’t have […]