Editing Lake Tahoe (section)

===Winter sports===
[[Image:Tahoe.JPG|right|thumb|[[Ski slope]]s overlooking Lake Tahoe]]
[[Image:LakeTahoe-gondola.jpg|thumb|right|Lake Tahoe Gondola Ride]]

During [[ski]] season, thousands of people from all over Nevada and California, including [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], [[Las Vegas]], Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and [[Sacramento]], flock to the slopes for [[downhill skiing]]. Lake Tahoe, in addition to its panoramic beauty, is well known for its [[blizzard]]s.<ref name="porterstahoe"/>

Lake Tahoe is home to 15 ski areas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silgalis |first=Alex |date=2024-01-30 |title=Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts Map Of 14 Ski Resorts & 1 Training Center |url=https://localfreshies.com/lake-tahoe-ski-resorts-map/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Local Freshies |language=en-US}}</ref> Some of the major ski areas are:
* [[Heavenly Ski Resort|Heavenly Mountain Resort]]: the largest ski area in California and Nevada,{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} located near Stateline on the South Shore
* [[Palisades Tahoe]]: the second largest ski area,{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} known for its hosting of the [[1960 Winter Olympics]], located near Tahoe City
* [[Alpine Meadows (ski resort)|Alpine Meadows]]: a medium-sized ski area on the north shore only a few miles from Olympic Valley and operated as part of Palisades Tahoe
* [[Diamond Peak (ski area)|Diamond Peak]]: a small ski area located in [[Incline Village, Nevada]]
* [[Northstar California]]: a popular north shore ski area, known for its consistently rated top 10 North American terrain park<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2017 |title=North America's Top 10 Terrain Parks |url=https://snowbrains.com/north-americas-top-10-terrain-parks/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=SnowBrains |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Kirkwood Mountain Resort]]: a ski area which gets more snow than any other ski area in the Tahoe region
* [[Sierra-at-Tahoe]]: a medium-sized south shore ski area
* [[Boreal Mountain Resort]]: a small ski area on [[Donner Pass]]
* [[Sugar Bowl Ski Resort]]: a medium-sized ski area on Donner Pass
* [[Donner Ski Ranch]]: a very small ski area on Donner Pass
* [[Homewood Mountain Resort]]: a medium-sized ski area on the west shore
* [[Mount Rose Ski Resort]]: a medium-sized ski area north-east of the Lake, on Slide Mountain

The majority of the ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe region are on the northern end of the lake, near [[Truckee, California]] and Reno, Nevada. Kirkwood, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Heavenly are located on the southern side of the lake, {{convert|55|-|75|mi|km|-1}} from Reno.
Scattered throughout Tahoe are public and private [[sled]] parks. Some, such as Granlibakken, are equipped with [[rope tow]]s to help sledders get up the hill.

Many ski areas around Tahoe also have [[snow tubing]], such as Olympic Valley. Throughout Tahoe, [[cross-country skiing]], [[snowmobile]] riding and [[snowshoe]]ing are also popular.

The NHL hosted [[NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe|two outdoor games]] at Lake Tahoe in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-lake-tahoe-hockey-in-the-wilderness/c-321439306|title=NHL Lake Tahoe event bringing hockey to 'the middle of the wilderness'|website=Nhl.com|access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>