Want to plan the budget to go skiing on Lake Tahoe and stay in Reno.

Anybody can help?

Snowrider has done it. He probably will give you suggestion.

It maybe a little early right now. You can check this site. They have good deals.

http://www.bookrenotahoe.com/index.php?client[id]=108

You can also check casino web sites like this

http://www.grandsierraresort.com/activi ... i-resorts/

Mt Rose is the closest if you stay in Reno.

here is a ticket deal

http://skilaketahoe.com/cms/ski-resorts ... ckets.html

skier666 寫:here is a ticket deal

http://skilaketahoe.com/cms/ski-resorts ... ckets.html

Thanks!

Can you give some comments on those ski resort. I think you ski a lot their.

Hi pku - skiing Lake Tahoe is a very enjoyable thing because you will be skiing with the largest and the most beautiful mountain lake in america. The view is one word - beautiful. It has the highest concentration of ski resorts (in the world) in a short distance (30? miles).

Fly to Reno, but don't stay in Reno. Take airport shuttle (e.g., South Tahoe Express if you go to south for around $50 round trip) to your casino hotel. You will need to decide where to stay - north or south lake. That will be your base camp (hotel). You take ski bus and go skiing every morning and come back every afternoon after resorts are closed. No rental car is needed - a big saving. Each resort has its ski bus schedule, and most of them are free (while some longer distance ones charge like $5).

Stay at a casino hotel for convenience. Ask for ski package before you book the hotel. Don't bother to buy lift tickets (e.g., Super Pass) beforehand. We stayed at Mont Bleu (south lake), and the ski packge provided two lift ticket vouchers for each night of stay (in double occupancy basis because one room has two queens or one king). We redeemed the voucher from inside the hotel (not at the resort). You can pick any resort you want, so you can change plan the last minute.

Ski rental - you can rent skis from the hotel's ski shop or from outside (they will deliver to your hotel room). You can also bring your own skis without renting. We brought our own boots and rent skis there (and poles come with no charge). We were luck to hit two powder days, so we rented two days of powder skis, and regular skis for the rest of days. One of my friends insisted to use regular skis for powder, and then he had a hard time those two days. (But next time, I'll bring my AC-50 with me without renting.)

One a side note, don't expect any good restaurant there. Buffet is the best bet for you. We ate through every casino's buffet in that area. One time we took a taxi to an expensive sushi restaurant, but we are very disappointed by their food.

Furthermore, when you book the hotel, book this way:

Say, you want to ski 5 days, you book a room of 5 day-night ski package (so you get 10 ticket vouchers and 5 nights of stay). Then add one night without ski packge to that room for your arrival day. Of course, you don't need to do so if you arrive in the morning because you can start skiing right away.

Some of my friends booked same number of nights of ski pages, so they got more vouchers than they needed. They them sold their additional vouchers to other people.

pku 寫:Thanks!

Can you give some comments on those ski resort. I think you ski a lot their.

Lake Tahoe ski resorts are divided among south (Kirkwood, Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe) and north (all others). I'll stick to the resorts on the north since you are staying on the north side.

Steeps and terrains: Squaw
Intermediate groomer or cruising.: Northstar
Park : Northstar
Trees : Northstar
Bad weather: Northstar

Squaw is much larger, more lifts, chutes, steeps are easy to find.

Northstar is your best bet when the weather is bad. The mountain is well protected and tree skiing on the back side is good during a storm. It also has a Burton park and superpipe. I usually stick around the back side or Lookout Mountain to avoid the crowd. It has some steep slopes but it is kind of straight with no terrain variations. The black runs here are closer to the blues at Squaw. Many skiers can ski black at Northstar but not elsewhere. I have not been to Northstar for a few years.

Alpine meadow is next to Squaw but smaller so you can skip it.


Mt Rose is closest to Reno. In my opinion, one only needs the Magnum chair on the front side to visit the whole mountain, there is one lift for backside if I don't count the small lift out of chute. Chute is a long steep run if it is open.

Northstar and Squaw are more resort like with many shops. Mt Rose is more like a local hill.

There are some good Casino restaurants in Reno (North Lake Tahoe).

我也想請教一下，如果要從台灣過去，要搭到哪個機場，機場有直接坐巴士到雪場附近的嗎？而雪場附近有什麼的飯店可供住的，以及租借裝備及纜車票要如何處理呢？可能打成中文可以減少代溝一下。:goodgoodeat (1):

可以到舊金山 （SFO）機場再搭車到 Lake Tahoe 或是轉機到Reno （RNO）機場

skier666 寫:可以到舊金山 （SFO）機場再搭車到 Lake Tahoe 或是轉機到Reno （RNO）機場

Reno （RNO）機場在Lake Tahoe該城鎮附近還是中呢？

norman 寫:Reno （RNO）機場在Lake Tahoe該城鎮附近還是中呢？

lake tahoe 城鎮附近

You can visit Kirkwood if you have the opportunity. It has many natural features and the terrain is very interesting. You can also find many steep lines.

Heavenly has great lake view. It also has steep runs and interesting terrain. The problem is that it is not consistent and you need to have good snow condition to ski those places. You also need to plan ahead how you want to ski it because there are a lot of traversing.

I basically will suggest Squaw and Kirkwood. Visit Northstar for 1 or 2 days if there are intermediates in your group or when the weather is bad. Don't go to Squaw without checking when weather is bad because the lifts will be closed. Don't go to Kirkwood during bad weather because the road condition will be dangerous.

snowrider 寫:Furthermore, when you book the hotel, book this way:

Say, you want to ski 5 days, you book a room of 5 day-night ski package (so you get 10 ticket vouchers and 5 nights of stay). Then add one night without ski packge to that room for your arrival day. Of course, you don't need to do so if you arrive in the morning because you can start skiing right away.

Some of my friends booked same number of nights of ski pages, so they got more vouchers than they needed. They them sold their additional vouchers to other people.

Thanks for your information

Which ski resort you like most?

skier666 寫:Lake Tahoe ski resorts are divided among south (Kirkwood, Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe) and north (all others). I'll stick to the resorts on the north since you are staying on the north side.

Steeps and terrains: Squaw
Intermediate groomer or cruising.: Northstar
Park : Northstar
Trees : Northstar
Bad weather: Northstar

Squaw is much larger, more lifts, chutes, steeps are easy to find.

Northstar is your best bet when the weather is bad. The mountain is well protected and tree skiing on the back side is good during a storm. It also has a Burton park and superpipe. I usually stick around the back side or Lookout Mountain to avoid the crowd. It has some steep slopes but it is kind of straight with no terrain variations. The black runs here are closer to the blues at Squaw. Many skiers can ski black at Northstar but not elsewhere. I have not been to Northstar for a few years.

Alpine meadow is next to Squaw but smaller so you can skip it.


Mt Rose is closest to Reno. In my opinion, one only needs the Magnum chair on the front side to visit the whole mountain, there is one lift for backside if I don't count the small lift out of chute. Chute is a long steep run if it is open.

Northstar and Squaw are more resort like with many shops. Mt Rose is more like a local hill.

There are some good Casino restaurants in Reno (North Lake Tahoe).

Thanks for your reply.

Usually where do you stay when you go there?

skier666 寫:You can visit Kirkwood if you have the opportunity. It has many natural features and the terrain is very interesting. You can also find many steep lines.

Heavenly has great lake view. It also has steep runs and interesting terrain. The problem is that it is not consistent and you need to have good snow condition to ski those places. You also need to plan ahead how you want to ski it because there are a lot of traversing.

I basically will suggest Squaw and Kirkwood. Visit Northstar for 1 or 2 days if there are intermediates in your group or when the weather is bad. Don't go to Squaw without checking when weather is bad because the lifts will be closed. Don't go to Kirkwood during bad weather because the road condition will be dangerous.

謝謝。:goodgoodeat (1):

那您會建議什麼時候去那邊滑是不錯的呢？

請教幾個問題，謝謝。

一般住七天的費用平均是多少錢？

我看了一下，機場在左下方，kirkwood在正上方，黃色房子是指可以住的地方嗎？

紫色的球是什麼？

還是要住便宜搭公車，是左邊那塊有像綠色平原的城鎮？

另外上面的季票如6 wood，是指6天纜車票嗎？

這票是一票可滑6個雪場嗎？

我貼的第二張是指這三個雪場是共通的嗎？

要在 lake tahoe 搭公車很累的。你可以到 Heavenly, Squaw 或是 Northstar ski-in/out. 我估計 Heavenly 比較方便些，大部分遊客到Heavenly 就是這原因。你還可以拜訪太極大師

6 wood 是年票。星期6無效

你一個人，住 Kirkwood 很不方便，所以不要住Kirkwood。 要在Kirkwood玩7天，技術上要稍有些深度，不然有點危險，或會太無聊。你可以到 Heavenly, 很適合你，壓雪道比Kirkwood 好。然後說不定太極大師可以帶你到Kirkwood滑個1天

skier666 寫:6 wood 是年票。星期6無效

不好意思，什麼是年票？我真的不懂...