Snowfall: At lake level, annual snowfall averages 125 inches. At alpine skiing elevations, the snowfall averages 300 to 500 inches each year. Gaming: There are six 24-hour casinos in the South Lake Tahoe area. Together, they have a total of 7,051 slot machines and 411 game tables. Skiing: Skiers can hit the slopes on one of the 182 ski trails in the midst of more than 8,800 total ski resort acres. The longest ski run in the area is 5.5 miles long. Lake Tahoes greatest vertical drop is 3,600 feet. Both runs are at Heavenly. Fishing: The biggest fish ever caught in Lake Tahoe, a Mackinaw lake trout, weighed 37 pounds and 6 ounces. Famous Residents: Famous neighbors include and have included Charles Bronson, Cher, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minelli, Wayne Newton, Dave Duffield, and the Captain and Tennile. Movies Filmed at Lake Tahoe: Indian Love Call, starring Jeanette McDonald, was the first movie to be filmed at Lake Tahoe in the 1920s. Subsequent films have included The Godfather, starring Al Pacino and Marlon Brando and The Bodyguard, filmed at Fallen Leaf Lake, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the tenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth measured at 1,645 ft (501 m), average depth of 1,000 ft (305 m). footer image. Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake (1,949 ft or 594 m) in the United States. Please Note that the depth of Lake Tahoe changes every day as the lake level changes. The deepest measurement from the 1998 bathymetric survey was 1,637 ft (499 m) deep. The depth of Lake Tahoe depends on the height it is measured from; some measurements use sea level as a base reference, others use different points of reference. The appropriate reference, or datum, for Lake Tahoes depth is still being debated. Therefore the measured depth of a lake is only preliminary data and may change. Lake Tahoe is about 22 mi (35 km) long and l2 mi (19 km) wide and has 72 mi (116 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 191 mi2 (495 km2). The floor of the Lake Tahoe Basin is at an elevation of about 4,580 ft (1,396 m), which is lower than the surface of the Carson Valley to the east! With an average surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States. The water temperature near the surface generally cools to 40 to 50oF (4.5 to 10oC) during February and March and warms to 65 to 70oF (18 to 21oC) during August and September. Below a depth of 600 to 700 ft (183 to 213 m), the water temperature remains a constant 39oF (4.0oC). Lake Tahoe has a water clarity of about 70 ft (21 m) deep. The clarity has reduced from greater than 100 ft (30.5m) since readings began in the late 1960s. The last published annual average Secchi depth reading was 67.7 ft (20.6m) in 2006 North Lake Tahoe is home to some of the most enticing dining options in Northern California and Nevada. Foodies and casual diners alike find that some of our finer dining restaurants, like the Lone Eagle Grille in Incline Village which offers matchless panoramic views and signature High Sierra Cuisine; award winning seafood with spectacular deck dining at Jakes on the Lake, Tahoe City, Six Peaks Grille at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Grahams and PlumpJack Cafe in Squaw Valley and Moodys in Truckee, are reason enough to return again and again. Breakfast at the long standing favorite of locals, the Fire Sign Cafe on the West Shore and Rosies Cafe in Tahoe City, will leave you energized for the day…A lakeside fish taco at Sunnyside will keep your tummy happy…And Tahoe City’s Wolfdales, featuring “Asian Fusion cuisine” will quench your more adventurous taste buds at the end of the day. If you’re dining on a budget, each of our resorts and towns offers equally pleasing options in the ways of authentic Mexican, hardy burgers and made-to-order pizzas.
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