"It feels like Alterra is saying, 'all aboard the same train wreck for Olympic Valley,'" said Mooers, whose group mounted a successful legal challenge to Placer County's approvals for a previous version of the project. "There are no changes to the plan."

The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve seven Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan items Tuesday night allowing Palisades Tahoe to move forward with the construction of

Placer County leaders approved a major development at Palisades Tahoe on Tuesday. The project will transform one of North America’s iconic skiing destinations.

Kids Ski Free Week offers youngsters a free lift ticket every day between Dec. 7 and 13 at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley. Alterra Mountain Co., which owns and operates Palisades Tahoe, is sponsoring the promotion at it and more than a dozen other resorts in the United States and Canada.

Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort is the legendary 1960 Winter Olympic hosting resort in Lake Tahoe. It boasts 6,500 acres to explore and offers two different base areas. Palisades Tahoe is a bucket list destination for skiers and boarders from around the world.

This week's round of snow is a welcome sight for the Tahoe resorts which have kicked off their season a little early this year and comes after a new ski village was approved in Placer County.

Palisades Tahoe debuted its free and paid parking program last season to combat gridlock traffic on nearby roads.

The ski village at Palisades Tahoe is about to get a lot bigger – about 85 acres to be exact. PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved unanimously Tuesday the ‘Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan,