Tahoe Ski Areas

Little new snow on the horizon means Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts will be doing well if they can stay open until the traditional mid-April close of the winter sports season. On Sunday, Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort announced its decision to close – at least Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe may not be as well-known as nearby Squaw Valley or Heavenly Resort, but particularly in low-snow years, the Nevada ski area is worth a visit. With the Tahoe region's highest base at a lofty 8,260 feet, Mt. Rose often avoids the rain that March 25, 2015. Boreal is one of the few ski resorts operating in the Tahoe region. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015 King's Beach residents Tyler Foster, left, Dion Houck and James Wallace take advantage of a lowered Lake Tahoe to lounge on exposed As California's drought stretches into its fourth year, ski resorts, hotel owners and others are scrambling to find new ways to get tourists to Lake Tahoe. With climatologists predicting long-term declines in snowfall throughout the Sierra Nevada TRUCKEE — As another Sierra ski resort closed for the season because of a lack of snow, businesses around Lake Tahoe are looking beyond the barren slopes as they rethink how to draw visitors during the colder winter months. Mountain resorts and hotels Among the 20-some ski areas in the West to close early this season are Sugar Bowl Resort, Sierra-at-Tahoe, and Homewood, all in the Lake Tahoe area. Washington state’s Mt. Baker remains “temporarily suspended,” as it has been since March 8. .

Drought is reshaping Lake Tahoe and its all-important tourism industry. Seven ski resorts have shut down early for the season because of a shortage of snow. The latest is Sugar Bowl Resort, which will turn off its chairlifts at the close of business Sunday. "Resorts have been looking at their business models and seeing we have to be in the mountain recreation business, not the winter business," California Ski Industry Association President Bob Roberts told The Bee. Sierra-at-Tahoe closed its lifts early for The Sacramento Bee reported Sunday that mountain resorts and hotels have been this weekend after having to cancel a World Cup ski and snowboarding event earlier this month. Meanwhile, the Sierra-at-Tahoe resort is trying to build a more diverse This ski season in Tahoe City, Calif., has had the typical indicators of a popular ski town: crisp winter air, thousands of tourists flocking to some of the country’s most famous resorts, and of course, a blanket of powdery white snow. But skiers have .

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