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Plan Your Winter Vacation to Reno Tahoe

When you know … you Reno! Over the past several years, Reno Tahoe has set itself apart from other mountain destinations with its creative verve, ascendant dining scene, walkability, and of course—amazing outdoors. Moonlight snowshoe tours, disco tubing events, and family-friendly resorts like Diamond Peak and Mt. Rose blend in with bright lights, artisan energy, plus plentiful hot springs. Right now, Reno Tahoe is fall-loaded with all kinds of leaf-peeping beauty and warming wellness spas. And with winter coming, it’s time to start planning your multi-day getaway to the all-season splendors of Reno Tahoe. There are no limits to the fun you’ll have here.

Disco on Snow

Take your snow tubing to new levels … Reno Tahoe has mountains for all variety of sledding adventures.

Get glowing on more than downtown Reno’s cool Neon Line District. Palisades Tahoe offers a disco on the snow. This glowing take on tubing brings together lanes, lights, and lasers, along with a live DJ. Bring a group—heck, pick a costume theme if you want—and tube down neon lit lanes … Disc-go!

Get the most runs for your 90-minute session of fun at Boreal’s Tahoe Tubing. The resort here knows the value of good old-fashioned family sledding, helped along by a moving carpet to take you up the hill. Less climbing equals more sliding!

Soda Springs Mountain Resort is a full-scale winter adventure-land of skiing on snowy slopes, sledding at Tube Town, and playing at Planet Kids. Get a Mountain Adventure Pass here!

No-fee snow parks like Tahoe Meadows and Galena Creek Regional Park offer economical winter fun. There’s also an easygoing sliding hill at Tahoe Vista’s Tahoe Regional Park.

Discover Reno Tahoe's Best Winter Fun

Now You Snow Better!

Reno is famous for its bright lights, but it’s also in close proximity to magical adventures filled with natural light. Head out on a full moon snowshoe hike along the Lake Tahoe shoreline at Sugar Pine Point State Park, where the Sierra State Parks Foundation leads Full Moon Guided Snow Shoe Tours in winter.

Looking for an adventure that’s oh snow romantic? Tahoe Snowshoe Tours will help set the scene with their tailored outing that includes wildlife sightings and professional photography for a keepsake.

Find some of the best snowshoe hikes minutes from downtown Reno. Galena Creek Regional Park has miles of easygoing trails that are also dog friendly. The park’s namesake trail is gorgeous year-round, but particularly spectacular when snow blankets the landscape.

Reach new heights on one of the most fun and offbeat ways to see the marquee mountains and pristine lakes of the Sierra. Go snowmobiling with the pros at Sierra Adventures. They do hotel pickups, get you geared up, and shuttle you to the start point where you’ll embark on a custom adventure.

Discover Reno Tahoe's Best Winter Fun

So Many Resorts, So Little Time

Reno Tahoe has the highest concentration of world-class ski resorts in North America. Stay right in Reno and you’re within 25 minutes of the slopes.

Diamond Peak at Incline Village not only has amazing views of Lake Tahoe, it’s perfect for beginners young and old(er) to learn to snowboard and ski. They’ve got budget-friendly programs and packages at their Ski & Ride Center.

Want to elevate your ski experience? How does 8,260 feet sound? That’s the base of Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe. Multi-week kids lessons are a great way to kick off winter.

Want lots of options for lots of personalities? Your north star is Northstar Resort: ski, snowboard, ice skate, or kick back with s’mores at an outdoor fire pit.

Sugar Bowl awaits with wide-open terrain for those who like plenty of space.

Discover Reno Tahoe's Best Winter Fun

The Great Skate

Reno’s Community Ice Rink offers public and holiday-themed skates. In early December the rink hosts their 4th annual Christmas Show: A White Christmas.

Grand Sierra Resort’s outdoor ice rink has everything from skate rentals to renting a fire pit for your group, along with s’more packages for a toasty treat.

Skate beneath Olympic Valley’s six peaks and amid twinkling outdoor lights at Everline Resort and Spa’s ice rink.

The Village at Northstar’s 9,000-square-foot outdoor skating rink is complimentary for all to use and a great way to put a fun spin on your day in the mountains. Enjoy warm drinks and outdoor fire pits (skate rentals available).

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