Truckee Ski Resorts

and Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts

There are two Truckee Ski Resorts in the town of Truckee, California. These are:

• Northstar California Downhill & Cross Country - Open for the Winter Season - Opening Day for the 2012/13 Season originally planned for November 16, 2012 got pushed up for an opening date of November 14, 2012!! (weather & conditions permitting) Check their website for their Summer Activities Schedule.
  
• Tahoe Donner Downhill - Closed for the Winter Season - Opening Day for the 2012/13 Season is December 21, 2012. (weather permitting) Tahoe Donner is a fantastic place to learn to ski - both of my kids learned to ski here!

Be sure to check the Snow Reports page for current conditions, and the Ski Resort News page, where you can search for top daily Google news articles by Ski Resort !

Tahoe Donner Downhill
Photo Credit: Leigh Storz, Owner of Truckee-Travel-Guide.com

The 2011/2012 Season was an exciting one for the Truckee area with the Merger of Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley, US. in Olympic Valley. This will create what is poised to become the largest Ski Resort on the West Coast. Skiers and Snowboarders can now purchase one combined Season Pass for both resorts and gain access to a combined 6,000 acres of lift served terrain! To read all of the details, please see the Press Release on the announcement of the closing of the deal.

Squaw Valley and Northstar are both in the midst of multi-million upgrade programs which will be exciting to see! The terrain parks are getting more sophisticated and challenging each year!

Read the latest Press Release for What's New in the 2012/13 Season:

• Alpine Meadows
• Squaw Valley
  

Northstar California is now owned by Vail Corp, who also owns Heavenly Valley, so they now offering the latest version of their social media-driven Epic Mix card, with embedded frequent-skier bonuses and tracking system. Northstar is now the "home" mountain for Olympian Shaun White who will be training there. He will also be helping to design their new 22 foot half-pipe. The video below from Northstar, has some information about their Epic Mix Card, Photo capabilities.

Kirkwood Ski Resort is also now owned by Vail Corp.

The video below was made in 2008, so some of the statistics might be a little out of date, but it highlights Seven World-Class Ski Resorts in the Truckee and surrounding Lake Tahoe Area.

These include:

• Alpine Meadows
• Diamond Peak
• Homewood Mountain Resort
• Mt. Rose
• Northstar California
• Squaw Valley, USA
• Sugar Bowl

The Video below is from Squaw Valley TV, who takes a look back at the 2010/2011 epic Squaw Valley season.

Other Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts and Ski Resorts that are close to Truckee that the Truckee Travel Guide will include: (additional details & stats of each Resort, pictures, video's, ski reports & web cams will be coming shortly!!)

Be sure to check the Snow Reports page for current conditions!

• Alpine Meadows - Open for the Winter Season - Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is scheduled for December 7, 2012. (conditions & weather permitting) See the Press Release for What's New at Alpine Meadows for 2012-13.
  


• Boreal - Open for the 2012-13 Winter Season from 9am - 9pm! The tentative Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13, was scheduled for October 31, 2012, but due to the storm system of Oct. 22/23rd, they opened Friday, October 26, 2012 while the snow held up.
  

• Diamond Peak - Closed for the Winter Season - Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is scheduled for December 20, 2012.
  
• Donner Ski Ranch - Closed for the Winter Season - Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 will be December 15, 2012!


• Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City - Closed for the Winter Season - Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 will be December 16, 2013.
  


• Heavenly Ski Resort - Open for the Winter Season - Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is scheduled for November 14, 2012. This resort is partially in South Lake Tahoe, CA and partially in Stateline, Nevada.
  


• Homewood Mountain Resort - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is scheduled for December 14, 2012.
  


• Kirkwood Ski Resort - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 originally scheduled for November 21, 2012, got pushed up to November, 16, 2012.
  


• Mt. Rose Ski Resort - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 will be Nov. 21, 2012.
  


• Sierra-At-Tahoe - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is November 22, 2012. (Thanksgiving Day!)
  


• Soda Springs - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is December 14, 2012.
  


• Squaw Valley, USA in Olympic Valley Open for the Winter Season. (See the Press Release for Squaw Valley's 2012 Summer Operations for the Summer Schedule) Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 originally scheduled for Wednesday, November 21, 2012 got pushed up to November 16, 2012. They opened for a fundraiser on Thursday, October 25, 2012!! (weather & conditions permitting). See the Press Release for What's New at Squaw Valley in 2012-13!
  


• Sugar Bowl - Open for the Winter Season. Opening Day for Winter Season 2012-13 is scheduled for November 17, 2012.
  

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Squaw Valley's Funitel and view from the Plaza Bar - a great place to sit and watch the action!
Photo Credit: Leigh Storz, Owner of Truckee-Travel-Guide.com

See Also:

• Cross Country Skiing
• Discounted Lift Tickets page for all the Season Pass and Special Deals!!
• Ski Clothing - Video tips on what to wear on the slopes.
• Ski Equipment - Video tips on what Ski Equipment to use
• Snowboarding
• Terrain Parks
• The Truckee Ski News page, will keep you up to date with what's going on in the Truckee Ski Resorts, and the Ski Resorts in the surrounding Lake Tahoe area, per daily Google Global News Sources...plus, you will have opportunities to write your own Truckee Ski News Stories.
• Truckee Skiing

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