Ski resorts at Lake Tahoe prepare for opening day

1:30 pm update 11/15/26 - Many of the Lake Tahoe area ski resorts updated their opening dates today. Heavenly and Northstar will now open on Wednesday, November 23, Kirkwood and Sierra-at-Tahoe dates have yet to be determined.

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The lower elevations around Lake Tahoe have seen some snow over the past month, but nothing that stayed longer than a few hours, but the scene up on the slopes is much different.

Thanks to snow making technology, and a little bit of Mother Nature, many area resorts have enough snow to open this weekend. Mammoth Mountain, located to the south of Lake Tahoe, just opened on Veterans Day.

A storm moving into the Lake Tahoe Basin Tuesday evening may bring up to 5" of snow to locations above 6500 feet (everything above lake level).

Set to open on Friday, November 18:

Heavenly
Kirkwood
Northstar
Boreal
Sugar Bowl

Set to open on Wednesday, November 23:

Squaw Valley / Alpine Meadows

The following resorts are listed below with their planned date to open operations but can change at any time due to change in weather and snow conditions:

Diamond Peak - December 1
Donner Ski Ranch - December 3
Sierra-at-Tahoe - December 5
Tahoe Donner - December 9
Homewood - December 9
Soda Springs - December 15