Thanks to an early gift of fresh, deep powder, winter arrived in full force in the Tahoe Sierra in time for Thanksgiving and has continued to bring fresh powder to the mountains. Many of the downhill ski resorts are open (see our list of Downhill Ski Resorts in this issue), along with several of our cross-country ski areas. Snow lovers have also been enjoying the fresh powder on sleds and tubes, snowshoeing in snow-clad forests, earning their turns on back-country slopes and snowmobiling on Sierra trails. There’s something for every snow enthusiast to enjoy as the holidays approach.
December brings the Winter Edition of our Tahoe Music & Festivals guide, with the best live music, theater, events and outdoor festivals for the season ahead from holiday celebrations to local film festivals, outdoor music festivals to world-renowned classical musicians. You’ll want to grab your tickets to some of these great events before they sell out.
Inspired by a Tahoe ski trip during the 2015-16 winter, Colorado-based writer J.B. Green shares his impressions of the “The best skier you’ve never heard of” in this edition. “While waiting in line for KT-22 to open on a powder day at Squaw Valley, I was reminded of how many amazing skiers are waiting in line … most of whom are unknown,” Green says. “All of them talented, some of them sponsored, but most of them unknown. While standing there it’s only natural to look around at who is in line with you, and to wonder who they are and what their story is.”
