Lake Tahoe's incredible access to snow-capped recreation and scenery rivals its wide array of visitor amenities. From world class accommodations and restaurants to nightlife options for young and old, there's so much to do here it's hard to know where to start. Let us be your guide.

Before leaving home
Make advance reservations to establish a comfortable and convenient home base that fits your needs. Your Tahoe home away from home can be as luxurious or rustic as your tastes and budget. Be our guest and compare prices on Lake Tahoe accommodations to reserve before you go.

Pick your location
• South Shore: Night owls love the action at Stateline – casinos, headline entertainment, restaurants, movies, and arcades are just steps from the base of the Heavenly gondola, accessing world-class ski and boarding terrain. Non-skiers will enjoy great shopping and ice skating nearby. Sierra at Tahoe and Kirkwood are two smaller resorts with great terrain parks and Nordic skiing just a half hour drive from the South Shore or book cozy lodging near the resorts.

• North Shore: Large and small resorts offer grand amenities and old fashioned charm. Squaw Valley and Northstar are destination resorts with alpine villages, restaurants, shopping, ice skating and Nordic skiing. Alpine Meadows has big skiing and a small, down-home feeling. On the North West shore, Homewood offers friendly, low-tech family skiing, boarding and snow play. Diamond Peak on the North East shore is a small family resort with a great children’s ski school. Mt. Rose/Ski Tahoe on Hwy 267 is Tahoe’s highest base resort and a 20-minute drive from the Reno/Tahoe Airport. You’ll find casino nightlife and entertainment in North Shore Nevada at Crystal Bay.

• Donner Summit: Reach the closest resorts to the San Francisco Bay Area without going over Donner Pass. Downhill resorts include Sugar Bowl, Soda Springs, Donner Ski Ranch, and Boreal Mountain Resort. For Nordic skiing, Royal Gorge is Tahoe’s largest resort

Getting here
• Planes: The Reno/Tahoe International Airport provides 180 daily flights with non-stop service to 18 destinations including Atlanta, Boise, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Oakland, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Salt Lake City. An additional 20 destinations are serviced via direct, one-stop flights. Visit www.renoairport.com for more details. Don't want to rent a car? South Tahoe Express provides ground transportation from the Reno/Tahoe Airport to South Lake Tahoe with 11 daily departures each way.

Personal aircraft flies into Tahoe Truckee Airport at North Shore and Lake Tahoe Airport at South Shore; or charter flights from the San Francisco Bay Area on Bigfoot Air.

• Trains: Other transportation options include Amtrak and Greyhound into Downtown Truckee.

• Automobiles: By car, the Tahoe area is accessed by Interstate 80 on its north end, Highway 431 on its east end and by Highway 50 on the south end. Travelers from the Bay Area and Sacramento generally access Tahoe by either the 50 or 80 corridors, while Reno travelers use Highway 431 or Interstate 80.

Want to park your car while you're here? Many hotels and resorts have complimentary shuttles to the ski resorts, plus public transportation systems like BlueGo on the South Shore, TART on the North Shore, and the Truckee Trolley make it easy to get around. If you crave the freedom of a personal vehicle, rental car companies have sport-utility vehicles topped with ski racks.