Lake Tahoe. Attractions.
Heavenly Mountain Resort is the largest ski area in California and Nevada.
Squaw Valley is the second largest ski area, known for its hosting of the 1960 Winter Olympics located near Tahoe City.
Northstar at Tahoe is a popular Northshore ski area.
Desolation Wilderness can be reached on a lovely gondola from the Heavenly Resort ,for you take in the landscape of granite peaks, glacier carved valleys and alpine lakes
There is always the Tallac Historic Site which owns early 20c estates which are exhibited.
A steep trail about a mile away leads you to Vikingsholm Castle. It is what it sounds like, a Scandinavian Mansion at one end of the sensational Rubicon Trail, which runs along the lakeshore for about five miles to DL Bliss State Park.