Operations

A snowcat in the doorway of the upper vehicle shop at Palisades.

How To Get Operations Updates This Season

Our teams work around the clock to get the mountain ready for skiing and riding. They’re among the best in the game – and they ...
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A snowcat operating during snowmaking on First ventures

Operations Update: Opening Weekend To Include Treeline Cirque

As stated in our first operations blog of the season, Palisades will open on Wednesday, November 22nd with First Venture chairlift in the base area. ...
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Celebrating 50 Years of Jimmy King

This season marks the 50th year that Jimmy King has been working at Palisades Tahoe. Jimmy is our Mountain Manager on the Palisades side of ...
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Snowmakers on First Ventures.

Operations Update: What’s New for Snowmaking in the 2023-24 Season

In the past 2 years, Palisades Tahoe has invested over 6 Million in snowmaking infrastructure upgrades across both Palisades and Alpine. A lot of the ...
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Two PistenBully snowcats in a storm at Palisades.

Operations Update: What’s New For Grooming in 23-24

As we look ahead to this coming winter, our Operations teams are gearing up to start the season again. We're checking in with each team ...
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Sunrise Snowmaking at Palisades

Operations Blog: Snowmaking 101

When the autumn chill moves into the Tahoe region, those thoughts of impending winter start to creep back in. For our snowmaking department, this is ...
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A drone shot of the snowpack at Alpine in June.

Operations Update: Closing Weekend Expectations

The closing celebration of the historic 2022-23 winter season is here! We'll be saying goodbye to winter with skiing, t-shirt giveaways, live music, and more ...
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A Funitel cabin in low visibility during a winter storm.

Operations Blog: Funitel Haul Rope Project Updates

This summer, we will be replacing the haul rope on the Funitel. The haul rope is the main cable you see carrying cabins to and ...
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A snowcat winching Siberia face.

Operations Blog: Deep Dive into SNOWsat Grooming Technology

Have you ever wondered how we maintain our ski runs as the snow starts to melt? There is a TON of work that goes on ...
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What is Happening with the Massive Snow Pile in the Parking Lot?

As you may have noticed, we have a huge pile of snow in our Palisades Tahoe parking lot. 723" of snowfall and counting this 2022-2023 ...
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