Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe Kicks Off Snowmaking Before Storm Hits the Sierra
As the 2025-26 season fast approaches, snowmaking has returned to Lake Tahoe.
Last weekend, Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada, announced that it had fired up its snow guns.
“Our snowmaking system and elevation advantage let us get to work early—and the crew’s already on it, laying the foundation for an incredible season ahead,” the ski resort, which has a base area perched at 8,260 feet, wrote on social media.
An accompanying video showed the snow guns at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe hard at work, blanketing the slopes in a layer of white.
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Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, like other ski resorts in the Sierra, is getting a little help from Mother Nature as it looks to establish an early-season snowpack.
This week, a storm is passing through the Sierra Nevada range that could deposit more than ten inches of snow at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe. As of Wednesday morning, snow was still falling heavily on the ski resort.
The webcams for Palisades Tahoe, Sugar Bowl, and Heavenly looked similarly snowy. Further south, Mammoth Mountain, California, reported between six and ten inches of new snow on Tuesday.
For Californian ski resorts in Lake Tahoe and elsewhere, the scheduled start of the 2025-26 ski season is a month or more away. Mammoth Mountain is eyeing November 14, 2025.
KTVN reported that Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, known for leading the Lake Tahoe charge, plans to open on November 8. Palisades Tahoe put November 26 on the calendar.
In the meantime, California skiers have, for now, another pastime that’s almost as good as skiing: ogling webcams and watching as the snow slowly piles up.
While that snow may or may not stick around until opening day—a melt cycle or two isn’t uncommon in October—it should be more than enough to get the ski season stoke going.
Our advice? Get those pre-season tasks out of the way: buy a pass (if you haven’t already), tune your skis, and maybe throw in a snow dance for good measure. Our favorite time of year is almost here.
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