Donner Ski Ranch, CA, Invites Skiers to Decide its Closing Date This Season Donner Ski Ranch in Lake Tahoe, California, is leaving the decision of when to close for the season this year up to its skiers and riders. In a recent social media post, the small ski area announced it will remain open until “there is no snow or no interest,” encouraging guests to keep showing up if they want to extend […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | May 7, 2025 0 Comments
The 5 Best Tahoe Ski Resorts for Beginners Situated on the border between California and Nevada, the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding Northern Sierra mountains offer some of the best skiing on the West Coast. Visitors flock to Tahoe to ski with frequently fair weather and sunny skies. For skiers and riders starting out, these five resorts are great options that offer awesome beginner ski experiences. When making this […] Industry News Jeremy Thom | November 9, 2023 1 Comment
Donner Ski Ranch, CA, Opens This Weekend | 55″ of Fresh Snow in 8 Days “For the love of skiing and riding,” family-owned and operated Donner Ski Ranch, CA, will be open this Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Join them for a weekend of FUN on the slopes! Friday – Tubing Hill at 10 am Saturday & Sunday – Chairs 4 and 6 at 9 am & tubing at 10 am Tickets are sold at the […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 10, 2022 1 Comment
[PHOTOS] Friday’s Structure Fire at Donner Ski Ranch, CA, is 2nd in Recent Years CAL FIRE responded with Truckee Fire District to the burning Lytton Lake Lodge at Donner Ski Ranch Resort, CA, on Friday night. The resort will be closed today due to utility losses required to safely disconnect the burned-down lodge. Related: Homewood Mountain Resort, CA, Offers Free Skiing to Firefighters on January 30, 2022 The fire was well established prior to the arrival […] Fire Firebrains | January 24, 2022 1 Comment
Blackbird Mountain Guides Offers Unique AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course on Donner Summit, CA Blackbird Mountain Guides in Truckee, CA, is offering lift-accessed AIARE Avalanche Rescue Courses at Donner Ski Ranch this winter. These courses are unique in the area in that they utilize lift-accessed terrain for recreational avalanche rescue scenarios. Rather than practicing on flat ground, students will use more realistic terrain that will help them understand and optimize their position in the […] Avalanche Mike Bartholow | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: World’s 1st Quadruple Twisting Flip on Skis… 32 Years Ago The world just saw its first quad cork trick on a snowboard yesterday when Billy Morgan threw a backside 1800 quad cork in Italy. That’s insane. Skiing saw its first quadruple flip 1080 back in 1983 at Donner Ski Ranch, Caifornia – 32 years ago… This video shows Frank Bare throwing this triple twisting quadruple backflip in Tahoe and his triple flip warm up. Just as the quad cork yesterday on a snowboard was huge, this quad flip on skis 32 years ago was enormous. […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2015 0 Comments
Homewood & Donner = 8th & 9th West Coast Ski Resorts to Close Due to Low Snow Homewood ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA announced that it has closed all of it’s chairlifts this week due to a major lack of snow. Homewood is the 8th West Coast ski resort to close already this winter. Homewood will remain closed until more snow falls from the sky. Most California weather forecasters don’t expect any snow to fall for the next two weeks, and maybe longer. Homewood is the 8th ski resort on the West Coast to temporarily close this winter. Homewood joins 7 other closed […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2015 8 Comments
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