In a wave of announcements on Saturday afternoon, seven of the largest and most popular ski areas around Lake Tahoe shut down operations due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
The closures started late Saturday afternoon when Vail Resorts announced it would close its three ski areas in the region — Northstar, Heavenly and Kirkwood — until March 22. Within the hour, Alterra Mountain Co. posted that it would close Squaw Valley and neighboring Alpine Meadows and, in the southern Sierra, Mammoth Mountain, indefinitely. Shortly thereafter, Sugar Bowl, near Truckee, announced that it too would suspend operations until further notice.
No cases of coronavirus had been documented in El Dorado County, which includes South Lake Tahoe and much of the Tahoe Basin, as of press time...
MORE: https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/Tahoe-ski-areas-including-Heavenly-and-Squaw-15131996.php