Palisades Tahoe
Palisades Tahoe
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Voted at North America's best ski resort for three years in a row and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics, our legacy has maintained a vibrant ski culture and mountain energy that spans from village to peak. Its spirit of outdoor adventure is reflected by the views of Lake Tahoe’s translucent waters, and its inspiration is carved into the slopes of the Sierra mountains. Beginners will find forgiving learning zones set among dramatic alpine scenery, while varied trails, bowls, and chutes mean that advanced skiers and snowboarders will never outgrow Palisades Tahoe's progressive terrain. With consistent snowfall that stays around well into the spring (and sometimes summer!), Palisades Tahoe boasts one of the longest ski and snowboard seasons in the country. Visit your favorite Lake Tahoe ski resort today!
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- Kevin T1 contributionGreat place to try out a lot of blue slopesAwesome snowboarding trip for two days. Not a lot of beginner terrain but a lot of blues to try out. The weather was great with some slight wind. There was also a lot of different wide tree terrain to try out as well.Visited March 2023Traveled with friendsWritten April 10, 2023
- SamLos Angeles, California1 contributionFantastic slopes with great views of the lakeGreat place to try a lot of tree runs. The paths are a lot larger between the trees compared to Mammoth so it’s a nice place to practice. There is also a lot less people when I went compared to the crowds you get at Mammoth. I didn’t need to wait more than 15 mins at any of the lifts.Visited April 2023Traveled with friendsWritten April 11, 2023
- Katherine V23 contributionsSnow Tubing at Palisades Great Family FunTubing available despite low snow pack; currently 19 inches for Palisades. Plan ahead as it requires reservations at $42/person per hour time slot. I booked the night before, but it was sold out when I picked up my tickets day of. My daughter says it was really fun who is 8. They have five lanes and a conveyer belt. The lanes were a bit icy, so I slid off the end of the lanes a couple of times into the snow fence and hay, so later started putting my feet down to slow at end. However icy lanes makes for faster speeds so it depends on what you are looking for. The belt does stop occasionally when people trip at the exit of the belt tunnel, so if you have balance issues be aware. Tubes are one person only. The staff did a basic safety brief at the bottom of the hill at start. Staff at top monitor the belt exit and help get tube riders started if stuck and my daughter’s favorite they will spin the kids when they launch if you ask. Also, they recently implemented parking reservations for weekends on line so be aware if that is when you are going. Good mix of ages doing this and all seemed to be having a good time. I’ve done this in the past and love it. I marked it down mainly due to the limited snow ambiance which I know the resort can’t control but it is what it is.Visited January 2024Traveled with familyWritten January 2, 2024
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moldrewes
Menlo Park, CA30 contributions
Jan 2023
I love this resort. Its a beautiful resort with plenty of challenging terrain and gorgeous groomers. However, as of this Jan 2023, I am not planning on returning. We stayed in Tahoe City, 30 min away at best, but made an amazing 2.5 hour journey on the road to Palisades only to be turned away at the parking lot. Rooms at the resort are pretty steep in price. Once we got rejected, it was close to noon and for $269/lift ticket, facing at least an hour trip back on the public transport bus, it was not worth it. Unless Palisades Tahoe goes to a reservation system like SO many other ski areas have instituted, it is uncertain what kind of experience you might have. Best of luck.
Written January 22, 2023
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Smacpats1358
Bondville, VT21 contributions
Feb 2020
During a good snow year, Squaw is probably the best ski area in North America. The problem is that Tahoe snowfall is completely feast or famine. It's either 300" in a season or 700". There's no in between. Definitely come here, but play the forecast. Don't get set on coming here, and if they are having a bad snow year, go elsewhere. The terrain is world class, but good luck skiing it with a nonexistent base.
Written March 12, 2020
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Katherine V
23 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
Tubing available despite low snow pack; currently 19 inches for Palisades. Plan ahead as it requires reservations at $42/person per hour time slot. I booked the night before, but it was sold out when I picked up my tickets day of. My daughter says it was really fun who is 8. They have five lanes and a conveyer belt. The lanes were a bit icy, so I slid off the end of the lanes a couple of times into the snow fence and hay, so later started putting my feet down to slow at end. However icy lanes makes for faster speeds so it depends on what you are looking for. The belt does stop occasionally when people trip at the exit of the belt tunnel, so if you have balance issues be aware. Tubes are one person only. The staff did a basic safety brief at the bottom of the hill at start. Staff at top monitor the belt exit and help get tube riders started if stuck and my daughter’s favorite they will spin the kids when they launch if you ask. Also, they recently implemented parking reservations for weekends on line so be aware if that is when you are going. Good mix of ages doing this and all seemed to be having a good time. I’ve done this in the past and love it. I marked it down mainly due to the limited snow ambiance which I know the resort can’t control but it is what it is.
Written January 2, 2024
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Saket S
Singapore, Singapore207 contributions
Jan 2020 • Friends
It has some dozen slopes// runs to enjoy. My friends enjoyed. For me tried my hand at skiing and was not able to pick much. I think the slopes are not meant for novices like me. Maybe intermediate level onwards. The weather was perfect and enjoyed everybit of falling down and getting up. So caution: if you want to learn skiing do not head there, the whole system is geared for experienced ones and the courses are expensive.
Written January 6, 2020
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Grace C
Singapore, null, Singapore2 contributions
Jan 2020
Squaw Valley offers beginner packages, but is not a good place for learners/beginners. There is no magic carpet area, no distinct bunny slope area, and the slopes that I was taught on feed into several higher speed runs which make for stressful situations. The easier trails (the few they have anyway) do not run to the base lodge. To add insult to injury, the beginner package is expensive compared to other resorts. Definitely would not recommend coming here unless you are a confident Intermediate or higher.
Written March 5, 2020
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Docskibum
1 contribution
Aug 2022
Just hiked the mountain this weekend and the construction of the red dog replacement and the new base to base gondola between there and Alpine meadows looks to be very far from being finished. If they are not ready for this up coming winter, the crowds will be horrific and will make previous years cluster at the bottom of the mountain super crazy. Wondering if anybody has any info to tell us what is going to happen wondering if a northstar/epic pass might be a good move for this year?
Written August 31, 2022
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Maryse G
1 contribution
Jan 2023
We bought the Ikon Pass this yea (we used to buy Epic for many years). We started our trip in Palisades/Alpine meadows as the weather predicted a lot of snow. This is our third day in those two resorts and we are so disappointed. First day, Alpine Meadows only open one lift due to wind hold on the mountain and it was only open to mid mountain. We snowboard in Canada and the weather is much more intense and we never had only one lift open. Second day, it took us 3 hours to get the parking lot of Palisades, there were no accidents but completely jammed traffic at the junction of 89 and exit of 80. It was not even snowing. Third day, we went to Palisades hoping for a good day after 5 inches felt over night, again most of the lifts were on wind hold and never open. The lines were insane at KT 22 and it was very unsafe in the single line as we were dodging skiers coming down the hills.. Around 11am there were no wind, blue sky and sunny and they still did not open any lifts. 3 lifts total. We will never return to this resort. The lodge are old, not plugs to charge your phone, the grooming is not well done. Bad signs on top of the mountain, it says double black but actually you can access single black. Lifts are not updated with the number of seats at KT22. Red dog is still not open. Unbelievable. What a rip off.
Written January 8, 2023
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Alex H
2 contributions
Jul 2022 • Couples
They came to wake us up at 8 am to ask us if we were checking out today. We told them we were and they came back at 10, knocked, waited maybe 5 seconds and then just opened the door and walked right into the room while the do not disturb sign was up. Won’t be coming back.
Written July 19, 2022
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GW
1 contribution
Apr 2022 • Family
replace gold coast lift with wind worthy gondola, at least groom the only run open.
Visited Palisades Tahoe twice this year (7 day trips) - will not return due to wind holds and hyped lies about conditions.
Constant wind holds!
Resort does not compare to wind protected Northstar Dec-Mar.
Mammoth or out of state for spring.
Palisades was sierra cement on wind hold 8/10 days.
Visited Palisades Tahoe twice this year (7 day trips) - will not return due to wind holds and hyped lies about conditions.
Constant wind holds!
Resort does not compare to wind protected Northstar Dec-Mar.
Mammoth or out of state for spring.
Palisades was sierra cement on wind hold 8/10 days.
Written April 20, 2022
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twcoast
Roseville, CA12 contributions
Jul 2022
I expect a lot from a resort. I expect even more when I pay a large sum of money to stay there. Palisades promised a lot but delivered nothing. What they gave me was a horrible room and even worse customer service. Our check-in clerk was both apathetic and rude. I can't say a good thing about his service. It all went downhill from there.
We were given a room on the 1st floor of a relatively empty building. There were only 2 rooms on the 1st floor, both of which faced the parking lot (construction zone) and trash pathway. Upon unpacking, we found a lot of issues with the room, not to mention its horrible location. We went back to the check-in desk to inquire about getting another room. The clerk asked us why, so we explained all the issues. He told us we should stay where we were because he couldn't give us another room without an upgrade, and frankly he said "There's a lot worse room than yours and we should be content with where we are." I'm happy that we were only staying one night. As far as I was concerned, it was one night too many.
I don't mind finding a bad room, but I mind when staff neither cares, nor makes an attempt to fix or help. Palisades is nothing but an overpriced joke.
We were given a room on the 1st floor of a relatively empty building. There were only 2 rooms on the 1st floor, both of which faced the parking lot (construction zone) and trash pathway. Upon unpacking, we found a lot of issues with the room, not to mention its horrible location. We went back to the check-in desk to inquire about getting another room. The clerk asked us why, so we explained all the issues. He told us we should stay where we were because he couldn't give us another room without an upgrade, and frankly he said "There's a lot worse room than yours and we should be content with where we are." I'm happy that we were only staying one night. As far as I was concerned, it was one night too many.
I don't mind finding a bad room, but I mind when staff neither cares, nor makes an attempt to fix or help. Palisades is nothing but an overpriced joke.
Written July 20, 2022
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Are the ski slopes still open around may 21 to 22?
David Hardie
Incline Village, NV311 contributions
The upper mountain should be open. Check Squaw valley website a week out
_odontouliana
Barueri, SP
Ola
Quero ter aulas de snowboard dias 22 e 23 de janeiro 2018
Gistaria de saber valores e onde comprar os tickets
Kitman
Oxnard, CA884 contributions
Prueba liftopia y getskitickets para comprar tickets de andarivel. Si los compra en la estaciĂ³n de esquĂ, son mĂ¡s caros (aproximadamente $140). Es mĂ¡s barato comprar por adelantado a travĂ©s de uno de estos sitios Web. Para las lecciones de snowboard, usted tendrĂ¡ que comprar que en el complejo. Normalmente se puede conseguir una lecciĂ³n de combinaciĂ³n y un ticket de ascensor para un precio razonable. Lo siento, no sĂ© el precio de la combinaciĂ³n.
Jodi J
Stratford5 contributions
Can someone be honest and tell me about squaw Valley Spring skiing? Are the conditions powder? Are there plenty of intermediate slopes? Is everything still open and around (mid mountain restaurants, outdoor live music etc.). I'm from the east coast and miss powder skiing. I want to take my husband out for the full experience but am used to Colorado.
Coastman3
Palo Alto, CA1,074 contributions
Jodi,
Given the snow this year, there will be lots of pow. Squaw gets skied out very quickly on the weekends, but it is a large resort and you can find pockets. Just ask the staff or experienced skiers and they'll help. It's best to go up just when rain is coming to the Bay Area as the snow will be 12-24 hours behind Bay Area rain.
Aun H
Hayward, CA2 contributions
Hi guys,
I've been meaning to go skiing all season but been stuck with exams. They're finally over but it feels like so is skiing season. I was wondering if I can still go skiing late February and hope to catch some powder?
Appreciate any comments.
Thanks
DudleyDeNador
Greenbrae, CA4 contributions
This season rivals the big snow years of various seasons past, like 1982 and 2010. I shot aerials of Squaw in late March in 2010 and the season continued until June. They have had more snow in January of this year (23') than anytime in their recorded history. Check out squaw online for daily posts.
windybreez
Charlotte, NC2 contributions
Are there any bus tours available from Squaw Valley that goes around the lake or sightseeing in the area?
David Hardie
Incline Village, NV311 contributions
Tahoe queen paddle wheeler in spring summer and Fall. Go early when lake is calm
windybreez
Charlotte, NC2 contributions
Is there usually snow in mid-January? Where is the best place to snowmobile? Thanks
584bmiller
Lincoln, CA4 contributions
Yes there will be snow. Not sure about the snowmobiling, Maybe Boca Stampede Reservoir?
JetFromGuam
Novato, CA2 contributions
Is there somewhere to rent snow gear for kids? I'm looking for snow bibs, jackets, gloves, boots, and everything else that goes along with skiing.
Kailolo
Wailuku, HI33 contributions
The ski school has it all, but to be sure , give them a call.
japbencef
Manila, Philippines107 contributions
Hello Guys!
Im really new to staying in Ski resorts that really come alive during winter season. Im from the Philippines and we dont have Snow here, but weve got lots of Slurpee from 7-Eleven! Kidding aside, what can you guys tell me about spending a great holiday with family in the first week of April this year? How can we subtropical dwellers can make the most out of a vacation in Squaw valley in particular and in Lake Tahoe in General?
Thanks guys!
Note: We are staying at RWSV for 6 days and we have to maximize our stay- at least- for the entire lake tahoe area.
Sarah P
San Francisco, CA57 contributions
Hello,
We have had a very mild winter so April weather should not be too bad. There are lots of things to do in and around Squaw Valley, including skiing, hiking, and taking boat tours on the lake. There are also plenty of great restaurants. Have fun!
vallers84
London, UK
hi I am coming to the US from the UK to visit a friend and we plan to go to Lake tahoe (closest place is Squaw Valley) to do some boarding. Will there be good enough runs to enjoy 2 days of boarding? im intermediate so i do not need hardcore black runs etc. just an open resort with decent runs to last 2 days.
Spinsterrick
Tampa, FL59 contributions
I would suggest you check out Northstar.
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