Sierra-at-Tahoe’s West Bowl on Monday, March 23, 2026
Rewind one month ago and it seemed like California’s ski season might have been saved. A historic mid-February storm dumped several feet of snow across the Sierra Nevada, just in time to make at least a few people hope a March Miracle was about to follow. Mammoth Mountain announced the storm had locked them in to a solid window for spring skiing, and they still plan to stay open until at least Memorial Day. Palisades at Tahoe is joining them in that timeline.
But an intense heatwave on the West Coast just put an end to the season for several resorts and ski areas in other parts of California, across Colorado, Idaho, and even in Utah, in the span of just a few days. According to the Los Angeles Times, melting caused by the March heatwave shrunk the California Sierra Nevada snowpack by one percent per day, and the state’s snowpack dropped to just 38 percent of the mid-March average.
The first notable Tahoe resort to shut down for the season as a result was Homewood Mountain Resort on March 17. And in less than a week’s time, seven more California resorts joined Homewood and ended operations over the weekend: Dodge Ridge, Tahoe Donner, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Granlibakken, Donner Ski Ranch, China Peak, and Soda Springs. Bear Valley and Big Bear Mountain plan to join them by March 29, which would bring the total of California resorts closing before April to 10.
This, of course, is all tentative. Other resorts could announce new closing dates this week as more snow (likely) melts.
These eight Sierra resorts are still planning to stay open into April, but closing dates are all tentative:
Boreal: April 5
Sugar Bowl: April 12
Northstar: April 12
June Mountain: April 12
Kirkwood: April 19
Heavenly: April 19
Mammoth Mountain: May 25
Palisades Tahoe: May 25
