Northstar at Tahoe, California
Considered to be one of the best family-friendly resorts nationwide, Northstar-at-Tahoe boasts an astounding variety of terrain, activities, events, and experience that simply can't be matched by any resort in North America. In winter, Northstar's carvable corduroy trails (70% of the mountain) are maintained by nightly grooming. In addition to smooth, velvety runs, Northstar is the home of 5 terrain parks, rated in the top 10 Best Parks and Pipes in 2007 by Transwold Snowboarding. There's a full-scale Nordic Ski & Snowshoe Center, and the resort also has 6 Adventure Parks, a kids programs, and a tubing area for plenty of family fun.
During your visit you'll want to make sure to check out the Village at Northstar, which just completed the first phase of new development and includes a pedestrian square, shopping, restaurants for every budget and taste, a 9,000 square foot ice skating rink and fire pit gathering areas.
In summer, there's no place like Lake Tahoe, and Northstar, located just 6 miles from the lake, hosts a smorgasbord of summer fun. Whether it's fly-fishing and hiking or golfing and tennis, you'll find plenty of great things to do during your visit.
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Northstar at Tahoe History
Northstar-at-Tahoe is a year-round resort situated near the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, approximately 200 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2,480 acre resort features 2,280 vertical feet of downhill terrain accessed by 16 lifts (including 8 express lifts), a snowmaking system, a cross-country center, the new Village at Northstar, on-site lodging and summer activities including an 18-hole golf course and a lift-served mountain bike park.
Northstar-at-Tahoe is undergoing a transformation into a year-round mountain resort including a new village featuring a variety of shops, restaurants, art galleries, jewelry boutiques, luxury condominiums and a 9,000 square foot skating rink. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested to make Northstar a classier resort akin to Vail or Squaw Valley USA. Additionally, mountain expansion plans are underway with new slopes and lifts going in; existing roads are being widened and some new ones are being built; day skier parking has been substantially increased in a brand new parking lot served by enclosed buses (a big improvement over the old tractors pulling skiers in open trailers of previous years); and a Ritz-Carlton and additional slopeside condominiums are under construction and scheduled to open beginning December, 2008, proving the skiing is not the only attraction.
More than other Tahoe ski areas, Northstar is known for its excellent tree skiing and fall lines. The extensive trees also make for better sheltered runs with deep powder, compared to the windswept and icy slopes you get at Squaw or Mount Rose. On the other hand, Northstar doesn't have the steeps for which Squaw Valley Ski Resort is known, and some have claimed it is known to locals as "flatstar". New lifts are going in for the 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 season but on most weekends Northstar's lift lines are comparable to other Tahoe resorts.