Reno Tahoe is an easy drive from the Bay Area, so make the most of your drive to the mountains with stops along the way to have some old-fashioned family fun.
Take a break from the car to stretch your legs and play in the snow! With the largest concentration of ski slopes in North America, there are also a lot of hills to sled down. Check out these tamed slopes located just off highway Interstate 80 for some great winter recreation.
Donner Summit Sno-Park
Looking for a maintained and plowed road with restrooms and some fun for all ages? The Donner Summit Sno-Park is great for sledding, building snowmen or making snow angels. The Sno-Park is located at the Boreal ski turn off and a permit is required; these passes can be used at other locations including California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho Sno-Parks.
Soda Springs' Mountain Adventure
This commercial snow play area is located just a mile off of I-80! Soda Springs Mountain Adventure, which includes Tube Town and Planet Kids. Tube Town features 20 special lanes for the tubers and a 400-foot surface lift to take you back up to the top. It's a great place to spend the entire day or to take a quick break on the way to or from Reno. For the little ones, Planet Kids is an area just for children 7 and under. This play area includes a mini tubing area, tube carousels, snow volcanoes to climb on and coaches for the beginner ski and snowboarders.
Boreal's Tahoe Tubing
Tahoe Tubing at Boreal Mountain Resort offers snow tubing with convenience to produce nothing but smiles for the whole family. Equipped with a moving carpet, exciting groomed tubing lanes and quality tubes, Playland Tubing is a place where the whole family can enjoy the snow! Visit Boreal's site for rates and hours of operation.
Tahoe Donner Snowplay
Playing in the snow at Tahoe Donner Snowplay consists of sledding, tubing, building snowmen and much more! Hours of operating are dependent on weather and conditions. If you are looking for a particular location for family fun, there are several other snow parks in Tahoe to host a snowball fight, make snow angels and experience different levels of thrill on a sled!