Lake Tahoe Ski Resort Opening Dates

November 2022 ushered in much needed precipitation in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The recent storm at Lake Tahoe and Truckee left a 6 to 8 inch base at most of the area ski resorts. Another system is in the forecast for mid November.

Enhanced by snow making efforts, many resorts are scheduled to open in mid November.

Lake Tahoe Ski Resort Opening Dates

Boreal Mountain Resort November 11th, 2022

Northstar California November 12, 2022

Palisades Tahoe November 18, 2022

Soda Springs November 25, 2022

Sugar Bowl Resort November 25, 2022

Tahoe Donner December 09, 2022

Homewood Mountain Resort December 16, 2022

Sierra-at-Tahoe December 25, 2022

Donner Ski Ranch February 01, 2023

New Palisades Tahoe Gondola

Along with a new base-to-base gondola that will connect Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows, skiers will find other upgrades at both resorts. The 2022/2023 ski season will open with a new Red Dog lift, expansion of the Funitel Plaza and a much needed renovation to the Alpine Meadows base area.

The new gondola will provide a 16 minute ride through the mountains that connect the two resorts. It will have the capacity to transport 1400 people per hour in 8 passenger cabins. This new gondola will replace the need to board the shuttles or drive between the two resorts.

Because the terrain between Alpine Meadows and Palisades Tahoe is not contiguous, the new gondola will not create any additional ski areas. Skiers and riders will be able to use the gondola to travel between the two mountains. The ride through the mountains promises to be spectacular.

The gondola will transport guests between The Village at Palisades Tahoe and the Alpine Lodge. Guests will also have the option to disembark at the KT-22 mid station. There will be no onload/offload access for Palisades Tahoe guests at the Alpine Mid-Station. Of the 4 terminals, you can disembark on 3 of them to ski/snowboard.

Other Upgrades

The Red Dog lift will have a new alignment of the bottom terminal and boast a new, high-speed 6-seater lift. They have also expanded the Funitel Plaza to make the area more accessible.

One of the nicest features of the 2022/2023 upgrades is the change to the Alpine Meadows Lodge. To improve the flow of traffic, guests will now ascend a short flight of stairs at the end of the breezeway and walk directly out onto an expanded sun deck on the main level of the lodge.

Rather than walking up the steep hill of snow to reach the lifts, skiers and riders can now step off the sun deck and walk straight across the snow beach to the Roundhouse and Summit lifts, or easily push over on skis to Treeline Cirque. Read more about the upgrades here.

The third consecutive La Nina winter appears to be kicking of an early ski season. Last year, Palisades Tahoe was open for Halloween skiing and closed again as the weather changed. With the forecast for additional precipitation for Northern California through mid November, we are hoping this trend will continue into the rest of the ski season.

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