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(from Reno)
Very helpful CalTrans winter
road conditions map.
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(from Sacramento)
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(from Minden, Hwy. 395)
The shuttle
service that runs between the Reno/Tahoe airport and South Lake Tahoe costs about $24 one
way, or $43 round trip and is based in the far corner of the airport baggage claim
area of the Reno airport. The ride takes about
seventy minutes and lets you off at the casinos in Stateline, Nevada, one and a
half miles from Black Bear Inn. Taxis can be called from any casino. Once you're at
Black Bear, public buses, casino shuttles and ski resort shuttles stop in front of the
lodge. Car rentals are also available at the
Reno airport. Be advised that it is
best
to have a four wheel drive vehicle if you come during the winter months.
From Reno:
A
new highway from Reno
is under construction. For the next couple of years, as you drive this route you
will be getting on and off the elevated highway/bypass. Once it's finished it
will have a new number.
It's
a seventy minute drive from the Reno airport to Black Bear Inn. Just beyond the
airport exit, take Highway 395 south out of Reno. After a few
miles, take exit 57B in order to stay on
395. Highway 395 takes you into Carson City. Just as you
enter Carson, take the new 395 Business exit. Otherwise you will continue on a
new elevated bypass that only goes a mile or two. While you are on 395 Business,
Highway 50 merges with 395. When 50 and
395 split, turn to the right and stay on 50. You will immediately begin to ascend the
Carson mountain range. In twenty miles or so you will see the only high rise
buildings on the road: the casinos. They are located right on the California/Nevada border
at the Stateline Street traffic light. Four lights further south is Ski Run
Boulevard. Turn left onto Ski Run. Black Bear is one-half mile up on the right:
1202
Ski Run Blvd.
From Sacramento:
It takes
approximately two hours to drive from Sacramento to Black Bear Inn. (If starting at the
Sac airport, add 15 minutes to drive South on Interstate 5 to
Highway 50). Take Highway
50 East out of Sacramento. Continue into the Lake Tahoe area until you reach the traffic
light at Pioneer Trail, about one-half mile past the point where
Highway 89 merges into 50
from the right. Turn right onto Pioneer Trail. Once on Pioneer, drive seven and one-half
miles to the Ski Run Boulevard traffic light (the third light). Turn left onto Ski Run.
Black Bear is one block down on the left:
1202 Ski Run Blvd.
From Minden (Hwy. 395) :
If you are
driving up 395 through Nevada, you'll want to take Highway 207 over the mountain rather
than going further north to Carson City. Highway 88 is the short link between the two
roads; Highway 88 hits Highway
395 at a traffic light in Minden. Make a sharp left onto 88. After
two miles on 88, turn right at the
light onto
Mottsville Lane. This road becomes
207/Kingsbury Grade. Kingsbury will take you up and over the
mountain and dead end at Highway 50 near the lake. Turn left onto 50. Soon you
will see the only high rise buildings on the road: the casinos. They are located right on
the California/Nevada border at the Stateline Street traffic light. Four lights further
south is Ski Run Boulevard. Turn left onto Ski Run. Black Bear is one-half mile up
on the right: 1202 Ski Run Blvd.
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