Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are still open for Great Spring Skiing. All of the other resorts on the North Shore are closed. Check out this video; Spring 2014 Come ski in the morning and play golf or go mountain biking in the afternoon. More snow is predicted for the next few days and this weekend. This is a great time to be in the North Tahoe-Squaw Valley-Truckee area. Continue Reading
Squaw Valley and Sugar Bowl Team Up for 2014-2015
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows have joined with Sugar Bowl, on Donner Summit, to provide passholders with additional opportunities for skiing in the 2014-2015 season. Squaw/Alpine Gold passholders will receive four free bonus days of skiing at Sugar Bowl or Royal Gorge and two days free for Silver passholders; Sugar Bowl’s unrestricted passholders will receive four free bonus days of skiing at Continue Reading
Welcome Home Tahoe Olympians
Squaw Valley is hosting a “Welcome Home Celebration” on March 21st for the Olympians from the Lake Tahoe/Truckee Region who competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. It’s going to be a very busy weekend with the 2014 U.S. Alpine Championships also occurring at that time. The festivities will include an athlete parade, a video presentation, fireworks, an athlete meet and autograph event, live Continue Reading
Rahlves’ Bonzai Tour Begins Tomorrow
Now that you have been enjoying the Olympics and the excitement of each event, take this opportunity to sign up for a local activity, the Rahlves Bonzai Tour, either as a participant or a spectator. Join other skiers and snowboarders in the ultimate test of skiing and riding skills. It begins this weekend (February 22nd and 23rd) at Kirkwood Mountain Resort, followed by Squaw Valley on March 1st Continue Reading
The New Snow at Squaw and Alpine is Great
Five feet of new snow on the upper elevations at both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows has saved the North Tahoe-Truckee ski season. I skied at Squaw today and it was great to finally be able to ski something other than groomed runs on man made snow! I spent most of my time on Granite Chief where the coverage was good with mostly soft winter snow. It really is so different than a week ago. Continue Reading
Skiing Lookout Mountain into Martis Camp
Last weekends storm brought plenty of snow to Lookout Mountain at Northstar. The ski runs on that mountain drop down into Martis Camp and as this video shows the skiing is the best it has been this winter. All of the runs converge at the bottom of the Martis Camp Express, a high-speed detachable quad chairlift that will zip you to the top. Across form the bottom of the lift is the beautiful Continue Reading
Cross Country Skiing is Back at Tahoe XC in Tahoe City
This new snow brings back the opportunity for cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Moonshine Ink reports on Tahoe’s favorite cross country ski area, Tahoe Cross Country, 2 miles north of Tahoe City adjacent to the Burton Creek State Park. Offering 65 kilometers of trails, lake views and forests, ski and snowshoe rentals, lessons, sledding and the Free Heel Café, Tahoe XC has something for Continue Reading
Up to Sixty Inches of Snow on the Sierra Crest Forecast for This Weekend
Based on several weather forecasts it appears that Pacific Storm Window is opening on California and the Sierra. That is good for the whole state but especially for skiers. Click on the link below for the complete forecast but to summarize he is saying that the upper elevations on the west side of Lake Tahoe could by Monday have forty to fifty inches of new snow. This is a warm storm coming Continue Reading
Homewood Lawsuit Settled
JMA Ventures, owner of Homewood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, reached a settlement agreement on Thursday January 30th with the Friends of the West Shore and the Tahoe Area Sierra Club. This agreement opens the door for JMA Ventures to move forward on their Master Plan to develop a slope side Village at the two base areas of the Ski Resort and to renovate the Resort with new lifts and a Continue Reading
Time to Plan for the Great Ski Race
The Great Ski Race, a 30 kilometer cross country race, will be held this year on March 2, 2014. We all have our fingers crossed as we wait for more snow. The race begins at the Tahoe XC Ski Area east of Tahoe City on Dollar Hill, and finishes in Truckee where a party is waiting. The race course climbs from 6,500 feet in elevation, out of the Tahoe Basin, over Starratt Pass at 7,770 feet, and Continue Reading
