Northstar at Lake Tahoe has long been the favorite ski area for families for its user friendly staff and facilities forgiving ski hill.   Noted for importing young people from other countries to act as lift operators and other public meeting jobs.  It was not unusual to hear, a “Ga Day Mate” in the lift lines.  The young people from other countries have given the atmosphere at Northstar an energy and smiles not found in most of the other ski resorts in this winter playground.

          Northstar has undergone many changes in the last 10 years,  notably the emergence of East West Partners of Vail Colorado who remodeled most   of the Village and turned it into a European village with classy boutique shops, large condominiums, restaurants and even an ice skating rink.   While not a part of Northstar, even a Ritz Carlton has been added to the property.

           The transition from Booth Creek, the former owners of Northstar, to Vail, is still rather new, but, it is rumored that the present staff will remain in place.  So, we in the Truckee Lake Tahoe region are glad to hear that.

           Curiously, a former general manager of Northstar, Bill Jensen,  had a dream for Northstar being a destination resort, complete with boutique shops, ski-in-ski out-homes, restaurants and a refurbished ski hill.  15 years after his departure it has become a reality.  So folks, wait long enough and your dreams too may well be realized.

 Don Schaller

Broker Owner

Schaller Family Realtors

Dickson Realty Truckee

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