Northstar at Tahoe Review

Great old school facility with large kitchen and plenty of room, fair price per space ratio. We fit 8 people without an issue for $300 2br/1ba unit.

Excellent mountain biking resort, had a blast, friendly and helpful staff.

Condos are awesome however be prepared to haul your gear down the shuttle, maybe 300 feet at most. Traffic outside of the resort but nice within after lifts close. Hella pricey but tots worth it. Gondola to the Ritzs is free. Very very nice. Slopes are pure dope and hecka maintained. Good signage but you gotta know your greens and blues theres always a black dimond off the main lines seemingly. Staff was super friendly and real!

Had a Fab time....ice skate, beer and cocktails, good food, a great weekend!

Very fufilling resort, with sometimes unusual pricing. Exceptional location for snow sports.

Super popular ski resort. We'll developed with its own ski village. A lot of shops and restaurants though of course most are on the pricey side. The skiing is great though overall it costs a lot to play here. It definitely has a great resort feel to it, though if you only care about skiing there are other places that's just as good and way less expensive.

Wonderful resort for moderate to advanced riders. The best park set ups in Tahoe. Hands down. Also best tree riding in the north shore.

Visited to take my 2 year old ice skating. The skate rental staff and the staff taking drink orders were all very polite and knowledgeable.

Great variety of slopes. Modern facilities. Beautiful views. A little pricey (111 USD if you buy a week in advance; 126 USD if you buy a day in advance). Food is pricey too (chicken sandwich 16 USD before tax ; beef chilli cup 11 USD). There is quite a bit of walking from the parking lot to the ski area, even if you take the bus.

Parking is a bit of a challenge, but lots of things for the kids. Ice skating, tubing, gondola. We had a fun day.

Everything was closed but Starbucks. Good coffee though.

Definitely one of my favorite places. I love the village and the ski area is amazing!

It s pretty great, I only wish there were more middle class options for staying in the village limiting choice to the super wealthy and upper middle class families makes resorts miss out on a fun atmosphere. I d love it if they had a microhotel like they do in whistler. A good tip is to take the TART bus from truckee if you re lucky enough to stay at the hostel there as the parking lot is the least fun part of any ski resort anywhere! There is a big snowboarding culture because of the park thankfully and if it were only skiiers this would be just another boring place with nothing fun or creative or inspiring to look at when you re riding. While food is high I don t feel it s a Vail thing pretty much every place in Tahoe seems to sell lots of gross greasy meat burgers or burrito with cheap cheese and mystery flesh or deep fried stuff for $21 and is out to rip off the tourists. It d be cool if they had affordable ramen with great broth or banh mi or roti and tastier veggie options but bad american food is part of the ski experience in america. It s a nice place to get into tree skiing and man this place would be nothing without the snowboarders who add a soul and life that makes all the hassles worth it !

Experienced one of the worst customer service moments of my entire life. Staff was incredibly rude and even displayed physical agresion. My wife and her mom got her passes mixed up, and rather than helping fix the confusion, a staff member grabbed the passes from their hands and put them in his jacket pocket in a clear demonstration that he was keeping them, accusing them of fraudulent use. It was a confusion man! Eventually we got a new set of passes but man, it was enough to ruin a day of skiing. The resort is beautiful but don't expect staff to solve anything for you. The place needs to seriously reconsider the temperament of the staff they have on the ground.

This is the wife's favorite and the terrain parks are excellent for the kids and adults. I just wish prices were lower!

Northstar skiing is a great time. The best terrain park by far! Be ready to spend a pretty penny to play on the mountain, lift tickets are around $120 for adults

My favorite Tahoe resort. It's easy to get to, parking is great, and there's a good variety of trails. The only thing I don't like is the long walk from the shuttle to the tram.

Typically a great place shops ice skating places to eat and drink.Must be off season Place was a ghost town.Hopefly wll open for the ski season

I met some friends at Tavern 6330, the staff was friendly and knowledgeable

The slopes at Northstar are the best! Love coming here!

Very beautiful and super challenging Tough Mudder course

Like snowboarding here. Lines can be long to get tickets and for lifts

Great instructors and we'll groomed snow. Accommodations are very nice and reasonably priced. The bad: food. Limited options a d very over price. Paid $16.50 for a burger, no fries and $6 for a soft drink.

Northstar is fun to ski for intermediate skiers. I will remark that the price of lift tickets seems to have risen without any real changes in the resort. Buy your lift tickets before arriving.

Service was really helpful and nice, the food was good too.

Facilities were clean, staff was very friendly and welcoming. Food at Rubicon was fantastic, great pizza and salads.

Everything was really nice. The snow was great and the lifts were fast. Only downside is the cost of food. Be prepared to pay 2x more than normal.

Freaking deserted when I went...... To bag looks nice

I looked up resorts and this amazing looking winter resort stood out as a gem to be considered.

Special for skiing in winter or in summer for down hill

The atmosphere is nice. There is tons to do. If you want your one stop option for a ski resort this is a good option. We were there over a holiday weekend, so there were a lot of people.

Good place to ski and snowboard, lots of efficient runs and lifts, good parking and relatively easy to get in and out. Pretty pricy as of late.

So crowded in the weekends. It takes a long time for the shuttle buses to pick up and drop off from the parking lots

I thought this place was warm and inviting and the staff was very friendly and helpful. I had a really nice time at Northstar.

Great service, tons of stores, plenty of food options. Will be back in winter

It's good, but still my least favourite out of three: heavenly, Kirkwood and N*. Parking sucks the most there. Not as much terrain. Greatest park out of three.

Best ski resort EVER!( including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows!)

Northstar is beautiful! The staff at the resort are wonderful and friendly. The skiing is great too. Highly recommend staying here!

Improve your bussing services particularly for day guests. You should have a better system to park people and be able to get the busses through. Waiting over an hour to get on the bus in the parking lot is terrible customer service.

The general feel is pretty lame. What's here is generally pricey (as one might expect), and there isn't much of it. Restaurant menus disappoint in variety, and the product generally disappoints in overall quality and value for dollar (i.e. it's expensive and not very good).

I love the snow, but since there aren't a ton of ski resorts they charge whatever they want. BRING YOUR OWN FOOD. Even after the hundreds for a day trip up there, they charge $65 for 2 waters, a Gatorade, a bowl of chilli, chicken straps, and a lettuce wrap.

Do not stay in a room here but visit a friend who was staying here and it was very nice.

Great skiing. Awesome for families. The village is super nice too.

The whole place was amazing. I wish i was able to stay longer to explore the area

Love the resort! It's my favorite ski resort in LakeTahoe. They have a variety of slopes and fun parks.

Pretty amazing location. Near perfect service. And an impeccable, beautiful, big, and clean home. What more need be said?

Great resort, fun shopping, perfect access for snowboarding. Parking and shuttling are a bit annoying, but it's not too bad.

I was NorthStar for the Interbike show. Show started at NorthStar Resort then moved to Reno Sparks Convention Center. If your into bikes you need to be at the NorthStar leg of the show in 2019. Its open to the public price of admission is a waiver of liability and drivers liscence. You will see the latest in ebikes mountain bikes and gear. 2018 show let you ride the tram up and bike down. My opinion is this will be so popular in 2019 that 2020 may be invite only.

I love this resort. I visited many other resorts in Tahoe but I particularly find northstar very family friendly. My four year old kid took ski lessons. The school was very good and the entire ski school area was separate so I find it much safer for kids.

Our favorite resort by far! Great amenities as a resort and some of the best snow, backside and long runs! We ride here over a dozen times a year; can't wait to be back!

Easy, friendly mountain. Love that there's a lodge off of most of the lifts hidden in the corner. Nice cozy downtown area. ( Yes it's a Vail resort so expect it to be commercialized ) . Make your way to the backside, you won't be disappointed

I love skiing Northstar in the winter but this place is also a winner in the summer. The village is beautiful with a nice variety of clothing and equipment stores, restaurants/food kiosks serving everything from sushi to frozen yogurt, and a huge skating rink for rollerblading/skating in the summer to ice skating in the winter. At one end of the rink is a stage where local talent plays every afternoon. The rink is surrounded by outdoor bars and comfortable seating around firepits.
There's lots of activities for kids in the village: a miniature golf course that encircles the village's common area, a sandbox, bungy jumping, gold panning, a movie theater and more.
Without snow the mountain becomes one of the best mountain bike parks in the country and also has hiking paths that take you up to a beautiful view of Lake Tahoe. So much to do, so little time! There's also an 18 hole golf course, horse-back riding and a nature trail with over 20 ceramic tiles for you and your kids to look for. And oh yes, it's only 6 miles to Kings Beach/Lake Tahoe to the south and 6 miles to Truckee to the north.
You'll love it, I promise.

Terrible preparedness for crowds. Lift lines topped an hour and fifteen minutes. The storm wasn't a sudden event, they could have planned for a week. Total waste of $130.

Very disappointed by the food situation. There is essentially no good food option. Unless you like burgers I mean.

I m writing an review about Brian, from the security department of Northstar. Our car got broken into today. It took a very long time, 1.5 hrs, for the police department to give us a case number. However, Brian spent the whole time with us to help, he tried to call the police department several times for us, and let us stay in his car so we can keep warm. He also helped us to tape the window that was broken. Super nice guy, it s good to have someone as helpful after such an unfortunate incident.

Lots of slopes, which was great. The day started out icy but they supplemented with snow for the rest of the day.
Also one area of the resort lost power for part of the day. It was quite a problem for the cafe staff because suddenly they couldn't cook or use the payment machines. I think they handled it alright despite the stressful situation, and there was no panic. Would come again!

Many places to eat and a rink for skating. Very nice natural presence all around.

Pretty good experience with the whole reservation and parking self pay system. Amazing what a little virus can do for innovation. The outdoor tables are spaced nice with placards for cleaning, although users of the tables don't flip the placards we saw. The food is self serve and people can't follow directions in line, especially single riders. However, that's not the staff's fault, it's the impatient idiots in the single line or people too busy messing with their dopamine device to pay attention. Other than that a wonderful experience despite the current situation.

They have a lot of snow making equipment but don't use it. They shut it down in November.

Great place to take the family. Beautiful location and with the snow this year, you couldn't ask for anything more.

The skiing was fenominal and way less crowded than at Heavenly, definitely my go to from now on

Northstar is a great, easy mountain. Love to go there every time I'm in the North Shore. Love that it is attached to my Heavenly pass.

Flatstar, sticky snow, overpriced everything, crowded, great downhill mountain biking in the summer though!

Uppity rich folks with way too much money. Terrain is so so

Parking is so bad, if you want to pay anything under 20$ to park ON TOP OF YOUR LIFT TICKET then parking is only a 15 minute wal . Otherwise your waiting half hour both ways for the bus from the distant parking lot. True bummer.