Palisades Tahoe
Olympic Valley / Alpine Meadows · near Olympic Valley / Tahoe City · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- ikon
- Vertical
- 2850
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Season
- Mid-November–late May · Combined resort connects Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows via gondola
What is here
- Best for
- Expert Terrain · Olympic History · Total Acreage · Advanced Skiing
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Nickname
- Site of the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Summit
- 9050
- Lifts
- 42
- Avg snowfall
- 400+ inches
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- Yes
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- Yes
- Signature runs
- KT-22 · Headwall · Fingers (Alpine Meadows)
- Intl tip
- Olympic Valley village (at the Palisades Tahoe base) has undergone significant development over the past decade — hotels, restaurants, and the main lodging complex are in the valley rather than on the mountain. Truckee (20 minutes away) is the preferred base for skiers who want a real mountain town rather than a resort village. The Lake Tahoe shoreline is 10 minutes from the base.
The guide
The 1960 Winter Olympics were held in what was then Squaw Valley — a mountain that had barely been developed, chosen partly for…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Palisades Tahoe — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.1977, -120.2353