Western U.S.
NorthstarTM Resort is a year-round resort situated near the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, approximately 200 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2,420 acre resort features 2,280 vertical feet of downhill terrain accessed by 17 lifts (including 8 express lifts), extensive snowmaking system, a cross-country center, the new Village at NorthstarTM , on-site lodging and summer activities including an 18-hole golf course and Tahoe’s largest lift-served mountain bike park.
NorthstarTM Resort is currently undergoing a transformation into one of the finest mountain resorts in the United States including a new village featuring a variety of shops, restaurants, art galleries, jewelry boutiques, luxury condominiums and a 9,000 square foot skating rink. Additionally, mountain expansion plans are underway and the Ritz-Carlton, Highlands and additional slopeside condominiums are under construction and scheduled to open beginning in 2009 .
Northstar consistently rated a top North American ski resort, has received recognition for its children's lesson programs, its innovative Vertical Plus frequent skier program, its grooming and its high quality service orientation.
Resort Website: www.northstarattahoe.com
Sierra-at-Tahoe® attracts skiers from nearby South Lake Tahoe as well as from the Sacramento Valley, located only one and one half hours from Sierra, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Sierra Resort is very popular with families as well as with young adults because of its children's facilities and programs, its large amount of snowfall (over 450 inches per season), slope grooming, diversity of terrain and backcountry skiing. Sierra Resort is consistently recognized for its terrain parks and half-pipes, considered some of the best in the nation.
It boasts a very sophisticated lift network with 12 lifts (including 3 express lifts), over 2000 feet of vertical and some of the most spectacular views of Lake Tahoe are available from the top of Sierra's mountain.
Resort website: www.sierraattahoe.com
