Lake Tahoe ski resorts announce opening dates after August snow. Here’s what is planned

Chris Biderman

August 26, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.·2 min read

A rare August snow flurry in the Sierra Nevada Mountains led to some of Lake Tahoe’s most popular ski resorts announcing their projected openings for the 2024-25 ski season.

Three resorts owned by Vail — Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood — announced Monday their tentative opening dates if there’s enough snow. Heavenly and Northstar are slated for Friday, Nov. 22, while Kirkwood hopes to open Friday, Dec. 6.

Palisades Tahoe is expected to open Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving, officials said in a social media post last week.

Of course, those openings are dependent on conditions. The openings of the three Vail resorts were delayed last year by roughly a week due to warm temperatures and a lack of snow.

Last year didn’t provide the same record-breaking snowfall from the 2022-23 season when 753 total inches fell, but there were substantial snow storms in March and May. The ski season extended well into April for most resorts while Palisades Tahoe stayed open until Memorial Day weekend.

A storm in early March produced 10 feet of snow and 190-mile-per-hour winds, while a rare storm dropped 24.6 inches of snow during the first weekend in May setting a new record for the month dating back to when records started being kept in 1971.

For the season, Palisades reported 423 inches of snow at 8,000 feet of elevation, which was the third most since 2018-19 when 652 inches fell. The 2022-23 season had the most snow since the ski resort starting reporting measurements in 2000.

Palisades over the weekend reported its first dusting of snow in August since 2004. The amount wasn’t measurable, according to UC’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, which is nearby.

Snow was also seen at Mammoth Mountain and mountain peaks in Yosemite National Park.

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