Tahoe Donner

Winter returned to Truckee this week, bringing fresh white snow on Wednesday night and more still expected to fall before the weekend. Weather will clear for the weekend, with plenty of sunshine in the forecast.

Sounds like the perfect ingredients for a fantastic weekend of spring skiing and riding. It’s also the last weekend of operations at the cross country ski center and downhill ski area, so we encourage you to get out there while you can! Friday night is the last Happy Hour and Open Mic night at the cross country ski center. Stop by from 4 – 7 p.m. for $3 beers, live music and appetizer specials.

Sunday is the annual Downhill Dummy and Rail Jam event at the downhill ski area. This year’s theme is movie characters, and there’s still time for you to build your own downhill dummy to enter in the contest. There will be live music, food and drink specials, a bounce house and half price lift tickets on Sunday. Rail Jam starts at 12 p.m. and downhill dummy starts at 4:30 p.m.

We also want to remind you that Snowplay is now closed for the season. Thanks for tubing, sledding and hanging out with Parker the Penguin this year. We hope to see you again next year!

Next year’s ski passes available now!

Here’s a special deal for you: buy your 2012-13 season pass now and you’ll get the best possible rate. We’ll throw in a voucher for a free day of skiing so you can share the experience with a friend. And if you don’t have a pass already, you can use this one for the balance of this season as well as all of next winter.

Whether you’re an advanced athlete, a total beginner or you simply want to experience a beautiful Tahoe landscape, a season pass is a small investment for a winter of fun. But don’t delay: this offer with special early rates is only valid through April 30, 2012.

Purchase your pass at ShopTD.

It’s that time of year again!

Come out for the annual Tour D’ Euer on Sunday, March 25, at the cross country ski center.

There will be three different tours to choose from:

• 7 kilometers to the Cookhouse and out
• 15 kilometers out around Coyote Crossing and up High Noon
• 25 kilometers out Coyote Crossing, up High Noon, Broken Spoke and Paiute.

Start times are between 8:30 and 11 a.m. Cost is $25 for public, $20 for season pass holders, and $15 for kids. The first 100 entries will receive a t-shirt.

Lunch will be served on the deck from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Enjoy beer by Great Basin Brewery, Caesar salad, pasta salad and garlic bread. Live music by Bill Blaylock and the boys.

Please join Tahoe Donner in celebrating the official purchase of the Euer Valley on Wednesday, March 7, at 1pm at the cross country ski center, 15275 Alder Creek Road, Truckee, CA 96162.

Staff, board members and special guests will speak briefly of the importance of this purchase followed by a ribbon cutting. Light refreshments will be served.

We hope you can celebrate with us!

More information on the Euer Valley purchase.

Tahoe Donner’s purchase of the Euer Valley is complete! Access and use rules are being determined. For all the latest info on this incredible property, please visit the Euer Valley page in the Members section of our site.