Which Lake Tahoe ski resort has the most snow right now?

Kirkwood Mountain Resort has the deepest base around Lake Tahoe right now at 5 inches. That reading comes from the resort's assigned NRCS station and updates every six hours. PeakCam ranks all 12 Lake Tahoe ski resorts by base depth on this page.

How many ski resorts around Lake Tahoe have live webcams?

12 of the 12 Lake Tahoe ski resorts on PeakCam have live webcams — 43 cams in total, a mix of live video and refreshing stills. All of them are free to watch and need no account.

When do Lake Tahoe ski resorts open?

Lake Tahoe resorts typically open between mid-November and early December — the snowmaking-equipped mountains (Boreal, Palisades Tahoe, Northstar, Heavenly) usually lead — and ski into April. Projected and confirmed dates for every resort are on PeakCam's opening dates page, and a free opening-day alert emails you the morning a resort you follow opens.

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Every Lake Tahoe resort PeakCam tracks, ranked by base depth, with live cams a click away — and one email the morning any of them gets fresh snow. Snow data refreshes every six hours.

Resorts tracked: 12
Deepest base: 5″Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Most new snow · 24h: Nothing in the last 24h
Best rating: Poor
Last sensor sync: Nov 13

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All 12 Lake Tahoe resorts

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Resort	State	Base	24h	Cams	Rating
Kirkwood Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	5″	0″	3	Poor
Mt. Rose Ski TahoeNevada	Nevada	4″	0″	5	Poor
Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski AreaCalifornia	California	3″	0″	4	Poor
Sierra-at-TahoeCalifornia	California	2″	0″	4	Poor
Palisades TahoeCalifornia	California	1″	0″	7	Poor
Boreal Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	0″	0″	2	Poor
Diamond Peak Ski ResortNevada	Nevada	0″	0″	3	Poor
Donner Ski RanchCalifornia	California	0″	0″	3	Poor
Heavenly Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	0″	0″	4	Poor
Homewood Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	0″	0″	3	Poor
Northstar CaliforniaCalifornia	California	0″	0″	4	Poor
Sugar Bowl ResortCalifornia	California	0″	0″	1	Poor

About skiing around Lake Tahoe

PeakCam tracks 12 ski resorts around Lake Tahoe, spanning 10 in California and 2 in Nevada. Every one of them has live webcams on PeakCam — 43 cams in all.

All 12 have an assigned NRCS SNOTEL or SCAN station, so the base depth and new-snow figures here are sensor readings — synced every six hours and run through range and spike checks — rather than numbers copied from resort marketing.

Right now the deepest base around Lake Tahoe is 5 inches at Kirkwood Mountain Resort; the shallowest reporting resort is Palisades Tahoe at 1 inch.

Lake Tahoe snow and webcam questions

Which Lake Tahoe ski resort has the most snow right now?: Kirkwood Mountain Resort has the deepest base around Lake Tahoe right now at 5 inches. That reading comes from the resort's assigned NRCS station and updates every six hours. PeakCam ranks all 12 Lake Tahoe ski resorts by base depth on this page.
How many ski resorts around Lake Tahoe have live webcams?: 12 of the 12 Lake Tahoe ski resorts on PeakCam have live webcams — 43 cams in total, a mix of live video and refreshing stills. All of them are free to watch and need no account.
When do Lake Tahoe ski resorts open?: Lake Tahoe resorts typically open between mid-November and early December — the snowmaking-equipped mountains (Boreal, Palisades Tahoe, Northstar, Heavenly) usually lead — and ski into April. Projected and confirmed dates for every resort are on PeakCam's opening dates page, and a free opening-day alert emails you the morning a resort you follow opens.

How the numbers are measured: SNOTEL telemetry, quality control and the model fallback. Opening dates for every resort: projected and confirmed dates.