Tahoe Cross Country Lodge Project - Construction
Partner Agency:

Amount Funded:
$600,000 (Zone 1 Committee) & $400,000 (CAP Committee)
Funding Committee(s):
Zone 1 & CAP Committees
- The Tahoe Cross County Lodge’s mission is to provide affordable access to outdoor education and year-round recreation, building enduring connections between community and nature
- This project provides the community with a welcoming and upgraded gathering place for users enjoying the extensive trail system in North Tahoe’s backyard
- Relocates the trailhead next to North Tahoe High School, improving access for all trail users, especially students, and those who are older, younger, and/or have a disability
- Allows more community members to experience the mental, physical, and emotional health benefits of having affordable trail access
- Repurposes a historic 1930s Tahoe home into an innovative, energy-efficient new trailhead facility, leading the Tahoe basin area in sustainable and climate-neutral development
- Photo shows an architect rendering of future Lodge on Polaris Drive
RECENT UPDATES:
The Tahoe XC Lodge Project initiated site work during Q3 on this anticipated community project. This quarter, despite low winter snow pack and warm temperatures, tree harvest activities could be accomplished. Approximately 175 trees were harvested, limbed, and cut to length. Due to rapidly melting snow, creating concerns for soil disturbance, the material was left on the ground, awaiting spring cleanup.
Phase 1 construction on track for May 2025 groundbreaking.
PREVIOUS UPDATES:
The land exchange between the Tahoe City Public Utility District and the California Tahoe Conservancy has been completed, allowing on-site work to commence. The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District has completed construction of the ADA-compliant sidewalk connecting its property to the project’s shared parking site.
Biologists have conducted surveys on the property to check for nesting migratory birds, a soil restoration expert has advised on long-term restoration at the site, and neighborhood outreach has been a priority to foster transparency.
Phase one work will commence in November 2024, including BMP installation and tree removal. In 2025, site grading and excavation, utility trenching and installation, and paving and drainage facilities will be completed.