Hi.
Have anyone been lodged in Northstar at Tahoe recently?.
I've booked a two rooms condo from January 3rd to 10th and will be travelling along to my wife and 10 years ols daughter.
What to wear?
Since we are from Venezuela we are not familar to snow environments.
Thanks in advance to all.

Greetings from Caracas.

Ramon

You will need ski clothes- jackets, pants, gloves. Bring lots of layers- long underwear, turtleneck shirts, fleece pullovers, and then you can wear as many layers as you need depending how cold it is.

Tahoe is a casual place. There are few places where you need to wear nicer clothes. Jeans are appropriate in lots of restaurants.

We did respond to your last identical post. You can read it here:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...1&tid=35063521

I don't think there's anyplace in Lake Tahoe where dressing up is a requirement. Even in the casinos, most of the people you see, even on a Saturday night, will be wearing jeans and ski jackets.

Will you actually be skiing, or just "hanging out"? If you are skiing, then you need everything padams mentioned. If you are not skiing, you can get away with jeans, snow boots, ski jacket, sweatshirt or sweater, warm gloves (if you are skiing, your ski gloves can be used as regular gloves, too, and you ski jacket can be used as a regular jacket, too), and hat or headband. Snow boots are the trickiest because there is often no snow in the areas you'll be walking, but it's impossible to know in advance (we go to Northstar regularly, in winter and summer, and there's no pattern, unfortunately). If you have a car, it would be easy to get snow boots, even inexpensive ones, locally if you find you need them. In Truckee (the nearest town) you can even get them at the big drugstore or supermarket. You can find nice ones in all price ranges at the ski shops at Northstar or in town, too, of course.

Thanks to all for your insights.
However do you consider Northstar at Tahoe a nice accomodation?

We love Northstar, but let me explain its layout a little bit. You turn into the resort, which is on a mountainside (obviously ). On both sides of the road, all the way up to the village (several miles), are areas with condomiums, and areas with private homes. The condominiums are older -- they are nice, but not luxurious, and the furnishings completely depend on the owner of the home, as they are all privately owned. The condominiums are mostly 2 and 3 bedroom units. As far as private single-family homes go, some are older and some are brand-new. Again, the degree of luxury completely depends on how old the house is, when it was last remodeled, and the taste/pocketbook of the individual owner. We have stayed in many of the private homes on the Northstar rental program, and while some are better than others, we have never had a really bad one.

Then there is the village. Up until a couple of years ago, the village was just a patio/walkway area with a few stores and restaurants. Not any more. Now it is a fancy development, with many new buildings, some new and very high-end condominiums, nice stores and restaurants, an ice-skating rink, etc. These condominium units are luxury units (although I have only seen pictures, not the actual units/furnishings). Bear in mind that the village condominiums do not have access to the Northstar health club, although within each condominium building, you may (or may not, you should ask) have access to its own fitness center.

The ski area is "above" the village. They are building a new Ritz-Carlton hotel and residential area on the mountain, but it will not be open by this winter.

I hope that helps.

Indeed. Thank you very much.
Greetings from Caracas.
Ramón.

Although we plan to ski this is not our main interest.Since we come from Venezuela where snow is unexistent would like to do a little of everything such as snowtubing,snowmobiles,dogsled (is this word right?)and just hang out enjoying the snow.We are not a sport oriented family and basically we love to hang out and know new places. With this in mind is still Northstar a good choice?. I have never been in west coast mostly the east of US.
Thank you guys.
Ramon
Caracas.-