Boreal
Boreal stands alongside Interstate 80 virtually at the top of Donner Summit. The ski and snowboard resort has a base elevation of 7,200 feet and rises to 7,677 feet along the summit of Boreal Ridge. With aggressive snow-making, they are often the first resort to open for the season. Lighted slopes allow them to offer night skiing until 9:00 PM.
Their lifts include two quads, three triples, a double, a moving carpet, and another moving carpet at their tube park. The longest run is one mile. Boreal has 480 acres of terrain, with most of it geared toward intermediate skiers and boarders.
Terrain Parks
Boreal features 9 Pikes and Terrain Parks:
- Easy Rider - a great introduction to freestyle terrain with mini rails boxes and jumps
- Start Park - gentle snow features including bumps and berms
- Woodward Peace Park - an ever-changing terrain park
- Pacific High Line - a series of jumps gradually increasing in size
- Half Pipe - a 13-foot MiniPine
- Wave Pool - table top jumps and banks
- California Wave Pool - a variety of jumps and berms
- Jibassic Park - exciting new features to an old terrain park
- Big Blue - street rails and countless transitions
Boreal has a separate Tahoe Tubing Park with groomed tubing lanes located at the far end of the parking lot. For more information about Tahoe Tubing Park, see Sierra Snow Play.
Lift Operation Hours:
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The resort closes at 4:00 PM when night skiing and boarding are not in operation.
Official Website: Boreal Ski Resort
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Boreal Lift Tickets
Go Time Tickets
Boreal: "Go Time tickets are one price for all ages! Go Time tickets must be purchased before arriving and will not be sold on-site this year.
"Day lift tickets and lessons must be purchased online prior to arrival to our resorts. We have reduced the daily capacity and have designed a new phased arrival ticket model, called Go Time Tickets, that allows for a percentage of daily guests to arrive at the resort each hour. Guests will choose their lift ticket start time to access the resort, lodge, services and lifts. All tickets will be valid until the closing of the resort each day at 8PM."
Parking
Parking is free to guests with a valid and pre-purchased Daily Ticket, Woodward Membership, Season Pass, Bunker Session, or Tahoe Tubing Session as spots are available.
Boreal Ski and Snowboard Rentals
The Rental office is located in the Boreal Base Lodge, 1st floor, and is open from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Advance purchase is required. Use your OnePass to pass through the entrance RFID gate and head inside to the rental shop to pick-up your rentals.
Rental packages include skis or board, boots, helmet, and poles.
Boreal Rental Equipment
Boreal Ski and Snowboard Lessons
Private lessons and group lessons are offered for both children and adults. Save money by purchasing lesson 3-packs. Lessons are slightly more expensive during holiday periods.
Boreal Ski and Snowboard Lessons
Boreal Facilities
- Base Lodge includes restrooms, first aid, cafeteria, bar, BBQ on the deck. Family Meeting Center has a children's play area and changing tables (parents provide their own supervision)
- Underground Sports - Sports shop on main floor of the base lodge, weekdays 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, open till 6:00 PM Friday - Sunday
- Western Ski Sport Museum - shows the history of skiing. Open 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, admission free
- The Bunker - Skatepark, trampolines, and much more. See Woodward Camps for information about the Bunker.
Woodward Camps
Woodward Camps are based at their 33,000 square foot facility known as The Bunker.
Camps include a variety of activities for children and adults, both during the summer and the winter.
Activities include snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, BMX, cheer, digital media, and tumbling. The Bunker is home to trampolines, a skatepark, a skate ramp, tumbling track, and much more.
- June - August is reserved for week-long camp sessions.
- From mid-August through April open 2-hour drop-in sessions are available.
- A Bunker Pass is an add-on to your season pass at Boreal and allows you access to the Bunker and the BagJump.
- The Ride with Woodward Program is offered to skiers and snowboarders.
Find complete information at Woodward Tahoe.