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SnowFest! 2012 – Schedule of Events, New Snow in Tahoe City, California

March 3, 2012 By Laura Allen, Broker Associate, Tahoe Real Estate Agent, CA RE 01473598 | 530-414-1260

SnowFest! 2012 – Schedule of Events, New Snow in Tahoe City, California

It’s Friday, March 2, 2012, and it finally stopped snowing here in Tahoe City, California. While snow in February and March is not unusual, what is different this year has been the lack of snow storms, when compared to last year’s near record breaking snow fall totals.

I’m here on the West Shore of Tahoe City, near the Sunnyside Resort area, and by mid-afternoon yesterday we have between 1.5 – 2 feet of new snow.

This new snow has come just in time for the 31^st Annual SnowFest that will officially kick-off today, Friday, March 2, 2012. Anyone who has been wishing for more snow so they can snowshoe, cross country ski, downhill ski, snowboard, snowmobile, sled, or just play in the snow, you’re going to get another chance to do that with this storm. Check out the what the weather was like yesterday:

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This snow storm will certainly enhance the upcoming SnowFest! events. SnowFest! has become the largest winter carnival in the west. Event organizers plan all-year to make this winter event and experience one that will bring people back year-after-year. This year the ten days of fun for SnowFest 2012 will officially begin on Friday, March 2, 2012, and will end on Sunday, March 11, 2012.

Here’s a look at the upcoming SnowFest! Events:

Thursday, March 1, 2012 (Pre-Kick Off Party)

5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Kick Off Party at Garwood’s in Carnelian Bay, CA

Friday, March 2, 2012

12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Space Cowboy’s and the Unimog – KT-22 Sundeck, Squaw Valley, CA

4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Mamasake Extreme Food Challenge – Mamasake Patio, Squaw Valley, CA

5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Downtown Truckee Snow Ball Poker Walk – Registration located next to the Train Depot, Truckee, CA

6 p.m. – 7 p.m. SnowFest Queen Coronation and Laser Show Display – KT 22 Deck Squaw Valley, CA

7 p.m. – 7: 30 p.m. SnowFest Opening Ceremonies with On-Mountain FIREWORKS presented by Coors Light – Squaw Valley, CA

7:30 p.m. Opening Night Party – Olympic Plaza Inside KT-22 Deck, Squaw Valley, CA

9 p.m. 3^rd Annual Hot Dog “80’s Retro Party” – Cornice Cantina, Far East Building, Squaw Valley, CA

9 p.m. Free Mumbo Gumbo Concert – Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, NV

Saturday, March 3, 2012

7 a.m. – 11 a.m. Pancake Breakfast by the North Tahoe Firefighter’s Association – Tahoe City Fire Station, Tahoe City, CA

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rahlves’ Banzai Tour – KT 22 Bazai, Squaw Valley, CA

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Parade Watching Party at Rosie’s Café, downtown Tahoe City, CA

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tahoe City SnowFest Parade – downtown Tahoe City, CA

11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Paint the Bear – North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, CA

12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Pete ‘n Peters Post Parade Party, downtown Tahoe City, CA

2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. 22 Annual Garwood’s Polar Bear Swim, Garwood’s, Carnelian Bay, CA

9 p.m. – 12 a.m. 4^th Annual “Snowdown” with the Space Cowboys – Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City, CA

9 p.m. Tainted Love Concert – Crystal Bay Casino – Crystal Bay, NV

Sunday, March 4, 2012

9 a.m. 36^th Annual Great Ski Race – Tahoe XC Center, Tahoe City, CA ends in Truckee, CA

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rahlves Banzai Tour – KT-22 Banzai, Squaw Valley, CA

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Special Olympics North Lake Tahoe Polar Plunge – Hyatt Regency, Incline Village Private Beach, Incline, NV

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wacky Winter Bowling – Tahoe City Golf Course, Tahoe City, CA

2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Arbor Car of Tahoe Man Contest – Tahoe City Golf Course, Tahoe City, CA

4 p.m. – 10 p.m. Sunnyside Luau, Sunnyside Resort, Tahoe City, CA

5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Blind Pigs and Speakeasies: Prohibition Pub Crawl – Tahoe City – Multiple Sites, Tahoe City, CA

Monday, March 4, 2012

4:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Jake’s Mardi Gras Party, Jake’s, Boatworks Mall, downtown Tahoe City, CA

7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Broomball Tourney – Resort at Squaw Creek Ice Skating Rink, Squaw Valley, CA

8 p.m. Hacienda Margarita Races and Twister DJ Party – Hacienda, Boatworks Mall, downtown Tahoe City, CA

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Cornice Cantina’s Sundeck Ski Race – Cornice Cantina, Squaw Valley, CA

6 p.m. Glamour Girls Night Out – Hacienda, Boatworks Mall, downtown Tahoe City, CA

7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Pete ‘N Peter’s Bar Game Olympics – Pete ‘N Peter’s, downtown Tahoe City, CA

9 p.m. Beer Gardener’s Local’s Night Party – Rosie’s Café, downtown Tahoe City, CA

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Truckee River Winery’s Ice Carving Extravaganza – Truckee River Winery, 11567 Brockway Road, Truckee, CA

6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Bunco Babes Bunco Bash – North Tahoe Event Center, Kings Beach, CA

7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Truckee’s Fastest Bartender Competition – Tourist Club, 10110 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA

Thursday, March 8, 2012

4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Cornice Cantina’s Bloody Mary Masters Competition, Cornice Cantina, Squaw Valley, CA

4:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. West Shore Café Toccata “Baroque Masters” and Antinori Wine Dinner, West Shore Café, 5160 West Lake Blvd., Homewood, CA

8 p.m. Hacienda Unofficial Thursday Grand Prize Night – Hacienda, Boatworks Mall, downtown Tahoe City, CA

8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Pete ‘N Peter’s Fastest Server Contest – Pete ‘N Peter’s, downtown Tahoe City, CA

9 p.m. Rosie’s Bingo Night – Rosie’s Café, downtown Tahoe City, CA

Friday, March 9, 2012

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Dick Linkey Rotary- Annual Ski Challenge – Northstar at Tahoe, Northstar, CA

4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Bridgetender’s 4^th Annual Rib Fest, Bridgetender, across Fanny Bridge, Tahoe City, CA

7 p.m. – 12 a.m. Dress the Part(y) Incline Karneval Pub Crawl, Incline Village, NV

Saturday, March 10, 2012

8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. North Tahoe Public Utility District Pancake Breakfast – North Lake Tahoe Event Center, downtown Kings Beach, CA

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rahlves’ Banzai Tour Final and Super Final “Silver Belt Banzai” – Sugar Bowl Resort, CA

10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Dress up your Dog Contest – North Tahoe Events Center, downtown Kings Beach, CA

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. SnowFest! Kings Beach Parade

12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Caliente After Parade Party and SnowFest! Queen Raffle

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. New York Hot Dog Stand “Hot Dog Eating Contest” – 8369 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach Chevron, downtown Kings Beach, CA

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Kings Beach Friends of the Library Snow “what” Building Contest – Kings Beach Library, Kings Beach, CA

2 p.m. – 5 p.m. SnowFest! Après Ski Party – Alpine Meadows Ski Area Lodge, Alpine Meadows, CA

5 p.m. – 9 p.m. ARC and NLT Family Resource Center “2012 Snow Fiesta” – North Tahoe Boys and Girls Club, Kings Beach, CA

9 p.m. Creekside Benefit Concert – Dockside, 700 North Lake Blvd. (At Tahoe City Marina), Tahoe City, CA

Sunday, March 11, 2012

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rahlves’ Banzai Tour Final and Super Final – “Silver Belt Banzai”, Sugar Bowl Resort, CA

10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Citizen’s Against the Clock X/C Biathlon Event, Sugar Pine Point State Park, Tahoma, CA

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Ta-Hoe Nalu Arctic SUP Race, Blue Onion Café, Hwy 28 and Hwy 267, Kings Beach, CA

12 p.m. – 4 p.m. River Ranch Annual Snow Sculpture Contest, River Ranch, Hwy 89 South at the entrance to Alpine Meadows, CA

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Tahoe Donner Ididarun Dog Pull Race – The Lodge Restaurant, 12805 Northwood’s Blvd. Tahoe Donner, Truckee, CA

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Gourmet Ski Tour Fundraiser – Tahoe Cross Country Ski Center, 925 Country Club Drive, Tahoe City, CA

8 p.m. Fine ‘N Funky SnowFest! Fashion Show – Hacienda, Boatworks Mall, downtown Tahoe City, CA

Get ready to have a lot of fun. For a complete calendar of events and more details, check out the SnowFest 2012 schedule here, or better yet plan to be here in Lake Tahoe and have some winter fun!

Thinking about making Tahoe City, California your second home? Check out the homes that are for sale in Tahoe City here:

Want to see what condos are for sale in Tahoe City? Here are the current listings:

For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –

Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304

All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.

SnowFest! 2012 – Schedule of Events, New Snow in Tahoe City, California

SnowFest 2012! North Lake Tahoe, Carnelian Bay, California

March 2, 2012 By Laura Allen, Broker Associate, Tahoe Real Estate Agent, CA RE 01473598 | 530-414-1260

SnowFest 2012! North Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, California

Each year, since 1982, North Lake Tahoe becomes the place to be with ten days and nights of crazy fun, events, and activities for everyone. This year the fun begins on Thursday, March 1, 2012, with a kick-off fundraising event and will run through Sunday, March 11, 2012

SnowFest! has become the largest winter carnival in the west. Event organizers plan all-year to make this winter event and experience one that will bring people back year-after-year.

SnowFest! will unofficially begin on Thursday, March 1, 2012 with a Kick Off Party/Fundraiser – “Get your SnowFest! On” at Garwood’s in Carnelian Bay beginning at 5 p.m.

A $25 donation at the door gets you into this SnowFest! party, along with appetizers, Wet Woody’s, Wine and Beer, as well as a Great Raffle. Get ready to party and dance to the live music with the “Drunken Neighbors”!

If you’ll be up in the greater Tahoe City – Truckee, California you’ll want to be up here for all of the crazy winter fun and winter SnowFest! events.

Here are the details for the kick-off event:

Get Your SnowFest! On

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Starts at 5 p.m.

Garwood’s, 425 North Lake Blvd., Carnelian Bay, California

$25 Donation

Live Music with “Drunken Neighbors”

Get more information for the official SnowFest! calendar here.

Thinking about making Tahoe City, California your second home? Check out the homes that are for sale in Tahoe City here:

Want to see what condos are for sale in Tahoe City? Here are the current listings:

For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –

Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304

All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.

SnowFest 2012! North Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, California

Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

March 1, 2012 By Laura Allen, Broker Associate, Tahoe Real Estate Agent, CA RE 01473598 | 530-414-1260

Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

Real estate is a local market. Even in the Lake Tahoe – Truckee, California area not all neighborhoods and communities are experiencing the same market conditions, which includes our luxury ski resort areas.

Let’s take a look at the Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California, which is located approximately five (5) miles north of Tahoe, City, California, or seven (7) miles south of Truckee, California.

The Squaw Valley community known for hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics is a premium ski resort location. This resort area is very desirable for many reasons. Property owners find the close proximity to the ski resort area, golf course, the Village at Squaw Valley, the Resort at Squaw Creek, and Tahoe City the perfect location to enjoy the Tahoe lifestyle.

The Squaw Valley community has had a significant price correction over the past few years, like most of the Lake Tahoe-Truckee, California region. The average median sold single family home sales price has dropped -39% since the market peak in 2006.

So where is the Squaw Valley market headed? The following graph shows the Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California pricing trend for the area. The overall pricing direction has changed and is moving up. Only time will tell if the Squaw Valley market has really turned around.

Buyers are finding great values and deals in the Squaw Valley area. Low interest rates combined with lower prices are giving buyers a great opportunity to own luxury real estate in one of the premiere ski areas in the United States.

Ready to make the Squaw Valley area your second home? Check out what is for sale here:

For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –

Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304

All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.

Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

Northstar (Truckee), California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

March 1, 2012 By Laura Allen, Broker Associate, Tahoe Real Estate Agent, CA RE 01473598 | 530-414-1260

Northstar (Truckee), California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

Real estate is a local market, despite the national headlines. Even in the Lake Tahoe – Truckee, California area not all neighborhoods and communities are experiencing the same market conditions, which including our luxury ski resort areas.

Let’s take a look at the Northstar, Truckee, California, which is located approximately six (6) miles south downtown historic Truckee, California, or six and one-half (6.5) miles north of Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, California.

The Northstar neighborhood is a premium ski resort location. This exclusive, luxury resort area is very desirable for many reasons. Property owners find the close proximity to the Ritz Carlton at Tahoe resort and the Village at Northstar, with all of its amenities such as shopping, restaurants, ski lifts, ice skating, and the special events that the Northstar organizers put on a real plus.

Despite all the premium features the Northstar area has, this area has also had a significant price correction over the past few years. The average median sold single family home sales price has dropped -37% since the market peak in 2007.

So where is the Northstar market headed? The following graph shows the Northstar, Truckee, California pricing trend for the area. The overall pricing direction is still down, despite a great year in 2010. Only time will tell if the market has put in a pricing bottom.

Buyers are finding great value in the Northstar market. Low interest rates and lower prices have created a great opportunity for buyers looking to invest in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee, California area.

Thinking about making Northstar your second home? Check out these mountain homes that are for sale in Northstar here:

Want to see what Northstar condos or townhomes are available for sale? Check out the current listings here:

For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –

Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304

All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.

Northstar (Truckee), California Homes Real Estate Price Trend Report

Leap Year, February 29, 2012 – How will you spend your extra day this year?

February 29, 2012 By Laura Allen, Broker Associate, Tahoe Real Estate Agent, CA RE 01473598 | 530-414-1260

Leap Year, February 29, 2012 – How will you spend your extra day this year?

It’s that time again, when we all get an extra day – Leap Year! While I struggle with the fact that another four years has slipped by, I know that this is an opportunity to make this extra day really count.

What will you do with your extra day? Will you make a few extra calls? Schedule an extra meeting? Get your Sweetheart a gift to remember the day? Take the family out to dinner? Perhaps this is the day that you’ll plan to do something very special later this year, like a vacation, or special event.

Sometimes making your day special can be as simple as giving a smile to everyone you meet, or doing something nice and unexpected for someone else. It’s not about money, or putting on a big production, it’s about making the ordinary, something more, making that extra time count.

This year I plan to do something nice for someone that isn’t expecting anything other than another Wednesday. It may be as simple as letting another car get into traffic, or letting someone go ahead of me in line, but I’ll wait and see what opportunities happen that day. My goal is to do as many random acts of kindness as I can.

On a personal note, I will surprise my guy with an alpenglow picnic at Commons Beach in downtown Tahoe City, California. My menu is very simple, a bottle of great wine, or champagne, I’ll make some chocolate covered strawberries earlier in the day, and I’ll include some crackers and cheese just too round things out. I have no idea what the weather will be like. It may be a snow blizzard, or we may see a spectacular alpenglow in Lake Tahoe. It doesn’t matter what the weather will be like, the point will be to make a Wednesday, my extra day, a special day.

So there’s my plan to turn my extra day this year into a memorable one. I’d love to know how everyone else will spend their bonus day.

How will you spend your extra day, February 29, 2012?

Perhaps Leap Year will be the time to start your Tahoe Property search here.

Thinking about making Tahoe City, California your second home? Check out the homes that are for sale in Tahoe City here:

Want to see what condos are for sale in Tahoe City? Here are the current listings:

For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –

Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304

All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.

Leap Year, February 29, 2012 – How will you spend your extra day this year?