Lake Tahoe News

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company announced that it will operate a new luxury hotel planned at the Northstar-at-Tahoe ski resort near Truckee, California. Company officials say the 172-room Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe will be modeled after the upscale mountain lodges built in the West a century ago.

It is not scheduled to open until 2009, but brings some great luxuries. There will be condos, homes, hotel accomodations, restaurants, swimming pools, and a spa.

In addition to the hotel, it will include 75 Ritz-Carlton Residences available for full ownership and 77 Ritz-Carlton Club residences available for fractional ownership on a deeded time-share basis.

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This time of year in Lake Tahoe usually sees the beginning of Spring, with snow gear and skiing a memory of the now-over winter. But not this year. Tahoe has been experiencing some unusually wintery weather this week, with snow storms and temperatures well below average. Chains were required on both Interstate 80 and U.S. 50 in California early Tuesday and chains or snows were the order of the day on most highways from Reno to Elko until temperatures warmed. Serial storms over the last three weeks have kept Reno cloudy and gray, dumping feet of snow at the higher elevations and raising the snowpack. On Monday, the Lake Tahoe basin had 20 percent more snow than normal, and the Walker River Basin 40 percent more than normal.

Monday’s high was 43, 15 degrees below the normal 58

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Lake Tahoe is the world’s second largest alpine lake, nestled in the Sierra Nevadas, and full of major attractions such as world-class ski resorts, magnificent golf courses and excellent casinos. First of all, what do you want to do? If casinos and glittering entertainment is more your style then a vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe makes sense. Book a mountain cabin or a vacation rental home in North Lake Tahoe if you are drawn by the pristine natural beauty of the mountains in North Lake Tahoe.

Besides a renowned holiday spot, vacation rental in Lake Tahoe is also ideal for a wedding as it is a popular wedding destination. You can opt for a lakefront vacation rental condo overlooking the breathtaking Lake Tahoe or an authentic 1920’s mountain cabin with pine paneling and interiors that invoke an old world charm.

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Round Hill Square Shopping Center in Zephyr Cove, Nevada has been purchased for $40.6 million. Property is scarce and development highly regulated in the Lake Tahoe Basin area. The purchased property is a 483 sq. foot mixed use property, with Safeway on one side and the Post Office on the next. There is a scarcity of retail as it is, so to start anything new, you will have to take something else down and build where it was. This is how the community has transformed over the years to a more white collar town.

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Organizers for this year’s North Lake Tahoe Snow Festival are planning a tribute to North Lake Tahoe’s special Olympic connection during the Tahoe City Parade Saturday at 11:30am. Tahoe area Olympic athletes planning to participate in the parade include Eric Poulsen, Sandra Poulsen, Bill Hudson, Kristin Krone, Jeff Hamilton, Mark Wellman and Nate Holland. The Parade is sponsored by the Tahoe City Downtown Association and its theme is ‘An Olympic Moment,’ with many past, present and future Olympic athletes and fans planning a variety of festive Olympic themed floats and displays.

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