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Alpine
Meadows, P.O. Box
5279, Tahoe City, CA 96145. Off
highway 89 between Truckee and Tahoe City.
Phone: (530) 583-4232 or (800) 441-4423. Snowphone:
(530) 581-8374. Website: www.skialpine.com. Resort
Information: Super pipe and terrain park with 14 lifts.
Vertical Drop: 1,802-feet. Skiable Terrain: 2,400 acres. Base
Elevation: 6,835-feet. Top Elevation: 8,637-feet. No. of Runs: 100+ (25%
Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 35% Advanced). Lifts: 14 Total (1
six-passenger, 1 Quad, 4 Triple, 5 Double, 3 Surface). Average Snowfall:
495 inches per year. Badger
Pass: 22 miles from
Yosemite Valley. Phone:
209-372-1000, Website:
www.yosemitepark.com
Resort Information: Five lifts, 800-foot
vertical; 8,000-foot summit, 85 skiable acres, tubing and ice skating.
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Bear
Valley: On Highway
4 east of Arnold.. Phone:
209-753-2301, Website:
www.bearvalley.com Resort Information: 10 lifts, 1,900-foot
vertical; 8,495-foot peak, 1,280 skiable acres, tubing, three terrain
parks and half-pipe.
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Boreal,
P.O. Box 39, Truckee, CA 96160.
At Interstate 80 summit. Phone:
(530) 426-3666. Snowphone: (530) 426-3666. Website: www.rideboreal.com.
Resort Information: Vertical
Drop: 500-feet. Skiable Terrain: 380 acres. Base Elevation: 7,200-feet.
Top Elevation: 7,700-feet. No. of Runs: 41 (30% Beginner, 55%
Intermediate, 15% Advanced). Lifts: 9 Total (2 Quad, 3 Triple, 4 Double).
Average Snowfall: 400 inches per year. Diamond
Peak, 1210 Ski Way,
Incline Village, NV 89451. In Nevada’s Incline Village,
northeast of Lake Tahoe. Phone:
(775) 832-1177. Snowphone: (775) 831-3211. Website: www.diamondpeak.com.
Resort
Information: Vertical Drop: 1,840-feet. Skiable Terrain: 655 acres.
Base Elevation: 6,700-feet. Top Elevation: 8,540-feet. No. of Runs: 30
(18% Beginner, 46% Intermediate, 36% Advanced). Lifts: 6 Total (3 Quad, 2
Double, 1 Surface). Longest Run: 2.5 Miles. Dodge
Ridge, On Highway
108 east of Sonora: Phone:
(209) 965-3474. Website: www.dodgeridge.com
Resort Information:
12 lifts, 1,600-foot vertical, 8,200-foot peak, 815 skiable
acres. Snowshoeing, terrain park and half-pipe.
Weekday hours: 9a.m. – 4 p.m. Donner
Ski Ranch, P.O. Box
66, Norden, CA 95724. Near Norden off Interstate 80. Phone: (530)
426-3635. Snowphone: (530) 426-3635. Website: www.donnerskiranch.com.
Resort Information: Vertical Rise: 750-feet. Skiable
Terrain: 435 acres. Base Elevation: 7,031-feet. Top Elevation: 7,781-feet.
No. of Runs: 45 (25% Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 25% Advanced). Lifts: 6
Total (1 Triple, 5 Double). Longest Run: 1 Mile. Average Snowfall: 396
inches per year. Heavenly,
P.O. Box 2180, Stateline, NV 89449. Straddles California-Nevada line at
South Lake Tahoe. Phone: (775) 586-7000. Snowphone: (775)
586-7000. Website: www.skiheavenly.com. Resort Information: Vertical Drop: 3,500-feet.
Skiable Terrain: 4,800 acres. Base Elevation (CA): 6,540-feet. Base
Elevation (NV): 7,200-feet. Top Elevation: 10,067-feet. No. of Runs: 85
(20% Beginner, 45% Intermediate, 35% Advanced). Longest Mountain Descent:
5.5 miles. Lifts: 30 Total (1 Aerial Tram, 1 Gondola, 2 Six-Person, 7
Quad, 5 Triple, 4 Double, 8 Surface, 2 Magic Carpet). Average Snowfall:
Over 360 inches per year. Homewood,
P.O. Box 165, Homewood, CA 96141. Six miles south of Tahoe City.
Phone: (530) 525-2992. Snowphone: (530) 525-2900.
Website: www.skihomewood.com. Resort
Information: Vertical Drop: 1,650-feet. Skiable Terrain: 1,260 acres.
Base Elevation: 6,250-feet. Top Elevation: 7,880-feet. No. of Runs: 59
(15% Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 35% Advanced). Longest Run: 2 miles.
Lifts: 8 Total (1 Quad, 3 Triple, 4 Surface). Average Snowfall: 450 inches
per year. Kirkwood,
P.O. Box 1, Kirkwood, CA 95646. On
Highway 88 south of Lake Tahoe Phone:
(209) 258-6000. Snowphone: (877) KIRKWOOD (toll free). Website:
www.kirkwood.com. Resort Information:
Vertical Drop: 2,000-feet. Skiable Terrain: 2,300 acres. Base Elevation:
7,800-feet. Top Elevation: 9,800-feet. No. of Runs: 65+ (15% Beginner, 50%
Intermediate, 20% Advanced, 15% Expert). Longest Run: 2.5
miles. Lifts: 12 Total (2 Quad, 7 Triple, 1 Double, 2 Surface). Average
Snowfall: 500 inches per year. Mammoth
Mountain: Four
miles from Mammoth Lakes. . Phone: (800) 626-6684 (toll free). Website:
www.mammothmountain.com
Resort Information: 28 lifts, 3,100-foot vertical,
11,053-foot summit, 3,500 skiable acres, terrain parks and pipes. Hours:
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mt.
Rose - Ski Tahoe,
22222 Mt. Rose Highway, Reno, NV 89511. Eleven miles north of Incline
Village, northeast Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Phone: (775) 849-0704 or (800) SKIROSE. Snowphone:
(775) 849-0704. Website: www.skirose.com.
Resort Information: Vertical Drop:
1800'. Skiable Terrain: 1200 acres. Base Elevation: 7900-feet. Top
Elevation: 9,700-feet. No. of Runs: 60 (20% Beginner, 30% Intermediate,
40% Advanced, 10% Expert). Lifts: 7 Total (2 Six Passenger, 2 Quad, 2
Triple, 1 Surface). Average Snowfall: 400 incher per year. Mt.
Shasta Board & Ski Park:: East of Mount Shasta on highway 89. Phone: (530)
926-8610. Snowphone: (800) 754-7427 (toll free). Website: www.skipark.com
Lift Rates: Ages 13 – 64 All
Day $ ?, Junior (8-12) All Day $ ?. Senior (65-up)
All Day $ ?. Children 7 & Under $ ?. Northstar-at-Tahoe,
P.O. Box 129, Truckee, CA 96160. Six miles east of Truckee on Highway 267
Phone: (530) 562-1010. Snowphone: (530) 562-1330. Website:
www.NorthstarAtTahoe.com. Resort
Information: Vertical Drop: 2,280-feet. Skiable Terrain: 2,420 acres.
Base Elevation: 6,330-feet. Top Elevation: 8,610-feet. No. of Runs: 70
(25% Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 25% Advanced). Longest Run: 2.9 miles.
Lifts: 17 Total (1 Gondola, 7 Quad, 1 Triple, 2 Double, 4 Magic Carpet, 2
Surface). Average Snowfall: 350 inches per year. Sierra-at-Tahoe,
1111 Sierra-at-Tahoe Road, Twin Bridges, CA 95735.
Off highway 50 south of Lake Tahoe Phone: (530) 659-7453. Snowphone:
(530) 659-7475. Website: www.sierratahoe.com. Resort Information: Vertical Drop:
2,212-feet. Skiable Terrain: 2,000 acres. Base Elevation: 6,640-feet. Top
Elevation: 8,852-feet. No. of Runs: 46 (25% Beginner, 50% Intermediate,
25% Advanced. Longest Run: 2.5 miles. Lifts: 12 Total (3 Quad, 1
Triple, 5 Double, 3 Surface). Average Snowfall: 420 inches per year. Soda
Springs, P.O. Box
39, Truckee, CA 96160. At Soda Springs at I-80 Norden exit.
Phone: (530) 426-3901. Snowphone: (530) 426-3901. Website:
www.skisodasprings.com. Resort
Information: Vertical Drop: 652-feet. Skiable Terrain: 200 acres. Base
Elevation: 6,700-feet. Top Elevation: 7,325-feet. No. of Runs: 16 (30%
Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 20% Advanced). Longest Run: 1 Mile. Lifts: 4
Total (1 Triple, 1 Double, 2 Tubing Tows). New Planet Kids (geared for
ages 10 and under, new moving carpet & tube carousel $ ?. Squaw
Valley, P.O. Box
2007, Squaw Valley USA, CA 96146. Five
miles north of Lake Tahoe Phone:
(530) 583-6985. Snowphone: (530) 583-6955. Website: www.squaw.com. Resort Information: Vertical Drop:
2,850-feet. Skiable Terrain: 4,000 acres. Base Elevation: 6,200-feet. Top
Elevation: 6 peaks - highest is Granite Chief at 9,050-feet. Terrain: 25%
Beginner, 45% Intermediate, 30% Advanced/Expert. Longest Run: 3.2 miles.
Lifts: 34 Total (1 Funitel, 1 110 passenger Cable Car, 1 Pulse, 3
Six-Passenger, 5 Quad, 8 Triple, 10 Double, 3 Surface, 2 Magic Carpet).
Average Snowfall: 450 inches per year. Sugar
Bowl, P.O. Box 5,
Norden, CA 95724. Three miles
from I-80 Norden exit on Donner Summit Phone: (530) 426-9000. Snowphone:
(530) 426-1111. Webpage: www.sugarbowl.com. Resort
Information: Vertical Drop: 1,500-feet. Skiable Terrain: 1,500 acres.
Base Elevation: 6,883-feet. Top Elevation: 8,383-feet. No. of Runs: 84
(17% Beginner, 45% Intermediate, 38% Advanced). Longest Run: 3+ miles.
Lifts: 12 Total (7 Quad, 3 Double, 1 Surface, 1 Gondola). Average
Snowfall: 500 inches per year. Tahoe
Donner Downhill,
11603 Slalom Way, Truckee, CA 96161.
Just outside Truckee Phone:
(530) 587-9444. Snowphone: (530) 587-9444. Webpage: www.skitahoedonner.com.
Resort Information: Vertical Drop: 600-feet. Skiable
Terrain: 120 acres. Base Elevation: 6,750-feet. Top Elevation: 7,350-feet.
No. of Runs: 14 (60% Intermediate, 40% Novice). Longest Run: 1 mile.
Lifts: 3 Total (1 Quad, 1 Double, 1 Surface).
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Nordic Cross-Country ResortsBadger
Pass, 22 miles from
Yosemite valley in Yosemite National park. Phone: (209) 372-1000,
or (209) 372-8444. Webpage: www.yosemitepark.com
Trail Rates: Free, however, park entrance fee . Resort
Information: 583 kilometers of skiable roads and trails in the
national park, including 54 kilometers of marked trails and 40 kilometers
of groomed track and skating lanes. Bear
Valley, On Highway 4 east of Arnold.
Phone: (209)
753-2834. Webpage: www.bearvalleyxc.com
Trail Rates: All- inclusive lodging packages. $ ? general
All Day, $ ? half day, $ ?
All Day teens (13-17) and
ages 60-69, $ ? half day,
$10All Day kids 9-12, $ ? half day,
free ages 8 and under and ages 70 and up.
Sledding: $ ? per sled.. Resort Information: 35 groomed
trails on 70 kilometers of track and skating lanes, three warming huts,
café, picnic tables, downhill practice area, snowshoeing, sledding hill
for ages 3-12. Hours: 9 a.m.
– 4:30 p.m. Camp
Richardson Resort, South Lake Tahoe area. .
Phone: (530)
542-6584 or (800) 544-1801. Webpage: www.camprichardson.com
Trail Rates: Resort Information:
35 kilometers of groomed trails and skating lanes. Lakefront trails, restaurant, general store, snowshoeing,
full-moon tours.. Hours: 9
a.m. – 4 p.m. Fridays-Sundays Clair
Tappaan Lodge, Interstate 80 Norden exit.
Phone: (530)
426-3632 Webpage: TBD Resort Information: 12 kilometers of groomed
trails, overnight lodging, snowshoeing, kid’s sledding Hours: 9 a.m. –
5 p.m. Fridays-Sundays Dodge
Ridge, Highway 108 near Pinecrest.
Phone: (209)
965-3474 Webpage: www.dodgeridge.com Resort Information: 60 trails, 815
acres, snowshoe center, two cafes, mountain food center. Lodge. Hours:
weekdays 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekends 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m Hope
Valley, East of Highway 88-89 junction.
Phone: (530)
694-2266 or (800) 423-9949 Webpage:
www.hopevalleyoutdoors.com
Resort
Information:100 kilometers of
skier-packed trails plus miles of back country skiing.
Kids area, moonlight-wildlife tours, snowshoeing, practice trail,
rental shop. Kirkwood,
Highway 88 near Carson Pass.
Phone: (209)
258-7248 or (209) 258-6000 Webpage:
www.kirkwood.com
Resort Information: 65 kilometers pf groomed track-skating lanes,
18 trails, day and overnight lodge, three warming huts, two trailhead
facilities, snowshoe center, kiddie kilometer, sjops, night walking,
full-moon ski walk. Northstar-at-Tahoe,
Highway 267 between Truckee and North Tahoe. Phone: (800)
466-6784 Webpage: www.skinorthstar.com
T Resort
Information: 65 kilomters groomed track and skating trails, two
warming huts, two cafes, practice trail, kids area, snowshoeing.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mammoth
Mountain Tamarack Lodge, Four miles from the town of Mammoth
Lakes. Phone: (800)
626-6684 Webpage: www.tamaracklodge.com
Resort
Information: 45 kilometers of groomed trails, Hours 8:30 a.m. – 4
p.m. Royal Gorge, 9411 Hillside Drive (P.O. Box 1100), Soda Springs, CA
95728. I-80 Soda Springs exit Phone: (800) 666-3871 (No. Calif.),
or (800) 500-3871. Webpage: www.royalgorge.com.
Resort Information: 264
kilometers of tiller-groomed with double track and skating lanes, No. of
Trails: 90. Groomed Tracks: 330km. Skiable Terrain: 9,172 acres. Lowest
Elevation: 5,800-feet. Highest Elevation: 7,400-feet. Longest Trail: 22km
(Rainbow Interconnect Trail). Four
surface lifts, 10 warming huts, four trailside cafes, two overnight
lodges, snowshoeing, family center, kiddie trails, two private isolated
cabins South Lake Tahoe Parks-Recreation:
South
Tahoe, off highway 50 at Al Tahoe Boulevard.
Phone: (530) 542-6056 Webpage:
TBD
Resort Information:4
kilometers of free, ungroomed trails in Bijou Park to practice striding
and skating skills. Spooner
Lake, P.O. Box 981,
Carson City, NV 89702 (Located one-half mile on Highway 28 from
Highway 50 on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe)12 miles south of
Incline Village near Highway 28 and Highway 50
junction. Phone: (775)
887-8844 or (888) 858-8844. Reservations (775) 749-5349. Webpage: www.spoonerlake.com. Resort
Information: More than 80
kilometers of groomed tracks, day lodge,warming hut, two overnight cabins,
snowshoeing. Groomed Tracks: 91km. spread over 9,000 acres. Wilderness
Cabins available. Squaw
Creek, Sqaw Valley
exit on Highway 89. Phone:
(800) 327-3353, (530) 308-0375 Webpage:
TBD
. Resort Information: 18 kilometers of
groomed track and skating lanes, 11 trails, most at novice level,
snowshoeing,twilight sleigh rides. Hours 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tahoe
Cross Country, 925
Country Club Drive, Tahoe City, CA 96145. Phone: (530) 583-5475. Webpage:
?. Resort Information: No. of Trails: 16. Groomed Tracks: 65km.
Skiable Terrain: 3,000 acres. Lowest Elevation: 6,600-feet. Highest
Elevation: 7,200-feet. Dogs welcome on specified trails. Tahoe
Donner Cross Country,
15279 Alder Creek Rd., Truckee, CA 96161.Exit 1-80 at Donner State Park. Phone:
(530) 587-9484. Webpage: ?.
Resort Information: 113 kilometers of groomed track and skating lanes, 48 trails,
five warming huts, trail-side restaurant, day lodge. Mt.
Shasta Board & Ski Park:: East of Mount Shasta on Highway 89. Phone: (530)
926-8610. Snowphone: (800) 754-7427 (toll free). Website: www.skipark.com
Resort Information: 30 kilometers of groomed trails, 9
kilometers of snowshoe packed trails, where dogs are allowed. Skiing on Service Roads / Open Areas Skiing on Forest Service roads or open areas, a Sno-Park permit may be
required. The State
Department of Parks-Recreation posts a sign in the parking area. The permits allow skiers to ski in 19 snow-park locations
near Fresno and Lake Tahoe. A
November through May 30 season permits costs $?, one-day pass $?.
Season permits can be bought at sporting goods stores, by members
of California California State Automobile Association or by writing
California Parks and Recreation, Sno-Park Program, P.O. Box 942896,
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001, or call (916) 324-1222.
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