Was ist los in South Lake Tahoe, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Chain controls on the passes (15. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Ski season (20. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Ski season

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Chain controls on the passes (15. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Ski season (20. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Chain controls on the passes (15. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Ski season (20. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Ski season

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Chain controls on the passes (15. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Ski season (20. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Memorial Day weekend

• Feiertag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. MaiNationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Summer peak

  20. Juni – 7. Sep.SchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  The Bay Area empties up here at weekends from late June, and the two-lane road round the west shore to Emerald Bay is the pinch point. Parking at the popular beaches is gone by nine. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Lights on the Lake fireworks

• Festival

  Lights on the Lake fireworks

  3.–5. JuliLichter & FeuerVollFrüh buchen

  Barge fireworks off the south shore on the fourth, watched from boats and from the beach at Nevada Beach. It is the single busiest night of the summer and the road out afterwards proves it. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  The Fourth of July weekend is one of the busiest of the mountain summer: lodging and campsites book out and roads into town are slow. Fireworks are often cancelled or replaced by drone shows when wildfire danger runs high. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Lake warm enough to swim

  10. Juli – 10. Sep. · meistMeer warm genug

  The lake is 500 metres deep and never really warms, but the shallow bays at Baldwin and Zephyr Cove get tolerable for about eight weeks from mid-July. Everywhere else is a quick, cold swim.

• Risiko

  Wildfire smoke season

  15. Juli – 30. Sep. · meist

  Smoke from California fires settles in the basin and stays because the mountains hold it, and a fire reached the edge of town in 2021. Some late summers the far shore is invisible for a week. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Summer peak (20. Juni – 7. Sep.)

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. Sep.NationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Summer peak (20. Juni – 7. Sep.), Lake warm enough to swim (10. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)), Wildfire smoke season (15. Juli – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Labor Day weekend

• Natur

  Hope Valley aspens

  25. Sep. – 15. Okt. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The aspen stands in Hope Valley south of the lake turn in the first ten days of October, and the pass roads over Carson and Luther are the drive for it before the snow shuts them.

Läuft noch: Summer peak (20. Juni – 7. Sep.), Lake warm enough to swim (10. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)), Wildfire smoke season (15. Juli – 30. Sep. (meist)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. Sep.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Hope Valley aspens (25. Sep. – 15. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Chain controls on the passes

  15. Nov. – 15. Apr. · meistWinterliche StraßensperrenSchließungen

  Sierra storms drop feet rather than inches, and Highway 50 over Echo Summit and the interstate over Donner go to chains or close outright. Arriving the day after a storm is the plan; during one is not. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Ski season

  20. Nov. – 15. Apr. · meistVoll

  Heavenly runs from the edge of town up onto the ridge between two states, usually from late November into April. A big Sierra winter keeps the upper mountain going weeks past that. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Chain controls on the passes (15. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Ski season (20. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist))