Summer officially kicks off in North Lake Tahoe Memorial Day Weekend with the 3rd Annual Opening Day at the Lake. This four-day special event begins Friday, May 22 and runs through Monday, May 25.

The '50/60 Season Pass' will be available for a limited time, with prices starting at $369.

The new program is a major break from the mold for Palisades Tahoe. In the past, Palisades Tahoe has stayed away from the discounted pricing offered in major resort regions. Squaw's pass prices have increased annually, and have been some of the most expensive in the nation. Until now.

It took 15 workers 4 days (in storm conditions) to construct the latest addition to the fun in the High Sierra. The bar was opened officially in the last few days just in time to celebrate eight feet of fresh, delicious, new snow.



Chain saws, chisels, Japanese carving saws, and nail board grinders were used to create the site, which serves up drinks and barbecue items, as well as DJ music on weekends. Skiers and snowboarders now have a new spot to enjoy.

"The atmosphere at Palisades Tahoe has always equaled a penchant for risk. It is matter of fact," explained the late Norm Simmons, who became known in the sixties for his epic leaps off KT's Eagle's Nest.

Here is the balance of the seven events that helped propagate the Palisades Tahoe legend.

Strapping on their stiff wooden boards, they descended down a narrow rock-walled needle of snow, over forty degrees of slope. It was beyond rational thought, but in one afternoon the two alpinists redefined the limits of skiing.

It was only fitting, therefore, that ten years later Allais would travel to the Sierra Nevada and become Palisades Tahoe’s first ski school director. For no other ski resort in North America has become as synonymous for being a wildlife sanctuary for adventure as the former Olympic site.

Please give me fresh powder, a lake full, a sea,
And, oh, what a happy skier I'll be.

Call it fluff, or freshies, or even white sauce--
I don't care what you call it, I don't care a toss.

Uncork those clouds and let them roar,
We who love powder, we know more is more!

I'll carve it on skinny skis, even board like a dork,
I've ripped it from Europe to upstate New York.

Over steeps, down chutes, poached it like a rat,
Powder's great...except when it's flat.

Don't bore me with groomed, I might as well fall;

Go north or south on Highway 89 from Tahoe City or Truckee to Alpine Meadows Road. Proceed up the road two miles toward the ski area to the west. There is roadside parking at the trail head. And trail signage is good.

This route presents a near-continuous panoply of changing vistas over Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake, Emerald Bay, and Desolation Wilderness, all leading to a grand finale atop the summit. Mile for mile, it's one of the Sierra's most magnificent trails and arguably the premier hike of the Tahoe region.

Robb mentioned that he, and others, were planning to “paddleboard across the lake” on the coming Monday, August 11, for a ‘good cause.’ Robb suggested that I might like to ‘cover it’.

The cause was the Bob Woodruff Family Foundation, which provides support and awareness for U.S. veterans with traumatic brain injuries and other war-related injuries. Like many others, I jumped right in.

The attempt is designed to raise awareness and funding for U.S. Service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and members suffering from traumatic brain injury, combat stress, and other war-related injuries.