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South Lake Tahoe is located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, situated
on the border of California and Nevada; the most popular mountain
and lake travel destination in the United States.
- Lake Tahoe
is at 6,250 ft
- Lake Tahoe
average depth - 990 ft
- Lake dimensions:
22 miles by 12 miles
- Lake shoreline:
70 miles around
- Average
water temperature in August: 65-70F
- Average
water temperature in January: 40-50F
- Average
annual rainfall: 8 in
- Average
annual snowfall: 18 feet
- Number of
sunny days/year: 307 days
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Lake Tahoe
offers:
- 12 ski resorts
including world class resorts such as Heavenly, Squaw Valley,
Alpine Meadows and Kirkwood
- 28 golf
courses - over a dozen championship courses
- 10 casinos
including Harrahs and Harveys
- countless
fine restaurants
- outlet shopping
- scenic cruises
on authentic paddle wheelers
- hot air
ballooning and para sailing on Lake Tahoe
- mountian
biking, camping and hiking along the Pacific Rim Trail (excellent
for family day hikes)
- fishing
charters; yacht, powerboat and waterski boat rentals and associated
equipment
- world famous
Ponderosa Ranch
- a short
drive to the gold and wine country, or historic Carson City or
Virginia City
- Napa and
Sonoma wine country, and San Francisco are between 3 to 5 hours
drive away
Tahoe Web Info
To plan your trip to South Lake Tahoe, here are some great links:
Lake Tahoe
Ski Resorts:
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Elevation
(feet) |
Vertical
Drop |
Alpine
Meadows
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8,647 |
1,810 |
Boreal
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7,712 |
500 |
Diamond
Peak
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8,543 |
1,830 |
Dodge
Ridge
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8,190 |
1,600 |
Donner
Ski Ranch
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7,755 |
750 |
Granlibakken
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6,605 |
300 |
| Kirkwood |
9,800 |
2,000 |
Mount
Rose
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9,711 |
1,400 |
Northstar@Tahoe
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8,612 |
2,270 |
| Sierra@Tahoe |
8,852 |
2,212 |
Ski
Homewood
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7,890 |
1,630 |
Soda
Springs
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7,362 |
650 |
Squaw
Valley
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9,040 |
2,840 |
Sugar
Bowl
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8,385 |
1,500 |
Tahoe
Donner
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7,360 |
600 |
Reno/Tahoe
International Airport
- Alaska Airlines
- 800-426-0333
- America
West - 800-2 FLY AWA
- American
Airlines - 800-433-7300
- Continental
Airlines - 800-525-0280
- Delta Airlines
- 800-221-1212
- Northwest
Airlines - 800-225-2525
- Skywest
- 800-221-1212
- Southwest
- 800-I-FLY-SWA
- TWA - 800-221-2000
- United Airlines
- 800-241-6522
Casinos:
- Mont Bleu
- Harrah's
- Horizon
- Harveys
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