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Category: North Lake Tahoe Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing

Cross-Country Skiing & Snowshoeing at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area

November 12, 2019
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Copyright © 2019 Jared Manninen

Tahoe Donner Cross Country was founded in 1984 by Glenn Jobe, in partnership with Peter Werbel. Since then it’s gone through a number of evolutions. The most recent major overhaul to the cross country ski area was the construction of a new state-of-the-art ski center called the Alder Creek Adventure Center. This center replaced all…

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Posted in Blog, North Lake Tahoe Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing, Winter Trails Tagged advanced, beginner, intermediate, north tahoe Leave a comment
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