Donner Ski Ranch

User Reviews of Donner Ski Ranch

Yelp.com Review - by omar k.

4.0 of 5 stars. definitely good for beginners but really small went to sugar bowl which is right next to Donner and went to the top of the biggest mtn and looked down at Donner. it looked like a small flattish hill...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Recommend this place for beginner/intermediate riders. The resort has an un-renovated feel, older lodge, and is not nearly as fancy as other Lake Tahoe resorts. Advanced riders or people who just come...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by kristie s.

5.0 of 5 stars. this place is great, especially if you're only decent like me. well i thought i was decent before i came here! they have 6 lifts, with 3 in the back! i don't think a lot of people know this. if...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Greydon U.

3.0 of 5 stars. Donner is a great option for beginners or intermediates on a budget. A group of friends and I came here on Tuesday, mostly because I had a free admission with my Snowbomb card. One in my group was a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard Y.

3.0 of 5 stars. Obviously, you wouldn't come here if you weren't a beginner. You would know that Squaw and Alpine are the best places to go, and this place wouldn't cross your mind.With that said and out of the way,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bill K.

2.0 of 5 stars. I came here for their opening day (12/19), since admission was free with a Snowbomb card. I was pretty disappointed that they only had a couple of lifts open, especially since there was plenty of...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Traffic G.

2.0 of 5 stars. I'm torn about Donner Ski Ranch.I learned to ski here.In high school, it was an adventure to stay in stinky dorm rooms.It's cheap.Beginners love the place.They haven't upgraded their lifts since the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I haven't skied in twenty years. A friend of mine and I have been trying to get a 'ski date' together and yesterday was our day. She's like a fucking pro. She tried to play it down...like she...
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lenore S.

4.0 of 5 stars. A good place to brush-up on skills, grab a lesson or 2 and learn/remember how to stand-up on skis or boards. We stop here after driving MANY HOURS (at least it feels like it) with 3 kids. The kids...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy Z.

5.0 of 5 stars. I come here several times each year because my stepdad is a ski patroller here, and it's damn convenient -- especially since we're members of the Peninsula Ski Club, which has a cabin a stone's throw...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer K.

4.0 of 5 stars. So I am a bare bones beginner ski-bunny, and this was a great place to learn. My instructor, Craig, was awesome. Since it was less crowded than the big resorts, I was able to have one-on-one...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by erica G.

5.0 of 5 stars. We decided to go to Donner Ski Ranch because it was small, and good for beginners. Most of us had experience snow boarding, but we took some new boarders.I had a lot of fun here. There were a variety...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Wella A.

3.0 of 5 stars. I had a great time snowboarding in this little mountain. The variety of runs makes up for the short distances. It's also cheap! With the number of huge and expensive resorts in the Sierras, this...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kieve W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great value for beginner and low intermediate skiers.Great instructors.Easy to get to from I-80.Little crowd if at all.This was the place where I took many lessons and loved. Although now I usually go...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by C D.

4.0 of 5 stars. I like Donner, It's cheap, easy to get to, nobody is ever there, and the backside of the mountain (when it is open) is a lot of fun. Also, a friend of mine got a snowboarding lesson here, and the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Wes M.

4.0 of 5 stars. So, it's probably unusual for someone to review Donner Ski Ranch without drawing the obvious contrasts with Sugar Bowl, but I haven't been to Sugar Bowl yet.At any rate, this was basically like going...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by ToAsTy T.

2.0 of 5 stars. A few years ago they had some Wicked Midweek special, one thursday of the month 5$ all-day pass. They had this calendar with this crazy color coding, one day of the month is the 5$ day, rest of the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Gracie B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'd never been snowboarding before. It's pretty flat in Indiana. not quite as flat as say - Kansas or the Central valley. But there are definitely no mountains. But my friend's family has a condo...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Derek B.

3.0 of 5 stars. We see the big Sugar Bowl sign, get excited, pull in (to what we later find out is NOT the Sugar Bowl parking lot), get our gear on, walk into the lodge (which we thought was sorta ghetto, but we...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sofi P.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place gets one star because it was my FIRST place to go snowboarding. It gets another star for being so DARN CHEAP! 13$ for half day lift ticket when I went. This is probably one of the cheapest...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rick H.

4.0 of 5 stars. For a novice/low intermediate skier like myself, this place is ideal. It has plenty of moderate terrain, not too many crazy-ass snowboarders, is reasonably priced and is easy to get to being...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2006
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Donner ski ranch

This is by no means a fabulous ski resort. I stop by here on my way to Tahoe. Its cheaper than those huge ski resorts, but you can really see it in the quality. The slopes arent long, not very interes...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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