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Lodging and Logistics
LODGING
Western Placer County
- Placer Valley Tourism
- With one call the Placer Valley Tourism will send out an email to the hotels in their region with all your pertinent information and needs. Individual lodging companies will respond to you directly with their bid.
Central Placer County
Eastern Placer County-Lake Tahoe Area
- North Lake Tahoe Resort Association
- The Conference Sales Department at the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association will email your room needs to all properties who then respond to your production office directly with bids.
LOGISTICS
Major Airports
Placer County is easily accessed by two major airports. The Sacramento International Airport to the west is a quick 40-minute drive to Auburn, the county seat nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills; and the Reno -Tahoe International Airport to the east, with hundreds of daily commercial flights, is just a 55-minute drive to Tahoe's North Shore.
Small Airports
In addition, private planes, helicopters, and small jets utilize three smaller airports in Placer County:
- Auburn: In the Sierra foothills
- Lincoln: In the western country area
- Truckee: Tahoe Airport 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe
Interstates
Interstate 80, crosses through Placer County. I-80 begins in the San Francisco Bay Area and heads east to Sacramento, crosses over the Sierra Nevada mountains and reaches Lake Tahoe at the eastern end of Placer County before continuing to Reno, Nevada.
Interstate 5, from Los Angeles is a reasonable drive north to I-80 in Sacramento; then connect with I-80 east 10 miles to the Placer County line.
Information
Western Placer County Sun Chart (Roseville, CA)
Central Sun Chart (Auburn, CA)
Eastern Placer County Sun Chart (Lake Tahoe, CA)
Lakeshore elevation is 6,255 feet (1,907 meters)
Mountain peak elevations can be over 9,000 feet (2,743 meters)
Winter
Some of the finest skiing and snowboarding in the world can be found at the numerous ski resorts around Tahoe. In fact, the first viable ski resorts in California started in the Tahoe area in Placer County. In 1960 Squaw Valley Resort in Placer County was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. All the amenities that go with a world class ski resort can be found here.
Shoulder Season
Spring and Autumn are referred to as shoulder season in Tahoe, the months between the summer and winter ‘high seasons.’ Often hotel rates and other prices may be less at these non-peak times. Traditionally these are observed from Easter to mid-June (Spring) and between Labor Day and Thanksgiving (Autumn).
Summer
Summer activities have been popular here long before Lake Tahoe became known as a winter playground.
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