New Name Alert! Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is now Palisades Tahoe. Located in Olympic Valley, their SnoVentures Activity Zone provides fun for the whole family. Online reservations are recommended. Don't miss out on Disco Tubing complete with colorful LED lights, lasers and live DJs for the ultimate disco tubing experience.

Operating since 1920, Granlibakken's popular 300-foot sledding hill is perfect for a day's worth of slopes. Bring the kids for their first sledding experience or sign them up for skiing and snowboarding lessons. Additional Fun: The $5 s'more kits are a hit with the littles to enjoy around the fire pits.

Nestled on over 40 acres at the top of Echo Summit, Adventure Mountain is South Lake Tahoe's main stop for sledding, tubing and snow fun. It is family owned and operated, offering up to 15 machine-groomed sledding runs and plenty of space for snow play. Be sure to stop by the lodge for some hot cocoa by the fire. You may buy, rent or bring your own equipment. Helmets are encouraged.

Outdoor fun awaits at this family-friendly sledding hill located adjacent to Lake Tahoe. Disc rental is included with your reservation, but no outside sleds allowed. Reservations are required and limited walk-ups will be permitted. In addition to the sledding hill, there's an outdoor ice skating rink and you can rent snowshoes.

Hansen's Resort is home to a super-fun sledding and tubing hill. The snow tube run is about 400 feet long and great for all ages. Check the website to find out current snow conditions. Snow tubing sessions are an hour long.

Within four miles of Bear Valley there are three parking locations where you can find nice slopes to get your tubing fix. Lake Alpine Sno-Park is the pick of the bunch with some long, fast runs. Aside from some non-flush toilets there aren’t many amenities so pack a lunch and some warming drinks.

Tamarack Sno-Park is located between Shaver Lake and Huntington Lake, about a 3.5-hour drive from the Bay Area. You'll need to purchase a parking permit before you arrive.

The Soda Spring Mountain Resort is home to Tube Town, a huge tubing area with up to 20 lanes and a 400-foot surface lift to get you back to the top! The resort also caters specifically to kids with an area called Planet Kids—a playground that contains tubing carousels, tubing lanes, ski and snowboard learning areas and snow volcanoes to climb.

A snow hill set in the Sierra Mountains provides a deluxe environment for tubing. Four small lanes are reserved for the littler kids to enjoy and gentle lifts guide you to the top of the hills. Tired of tubing? There are also separate play areas for snowman making, playing in snow castles and a good old-fashioned snowball fight. Added Bonus: You can warm up and grab a bite to eat at the lodge featuring indoor and outdoor dining areas and a snack bar.

The mountains are calling. Visitors to the Northstar California Tubing Hill in North Lake Tahoe, can enjoy an exciting ride down a 200-yard hill. Take the tow lift to the top of the hill and do it all again, either one at a time or in daisy chains with your family. Need a rest? Take in a local tour of North Lake Tahoe or even do some nearby shopping.

Tenaya’s sledding and tubing hill is set in the world famous Yosemite National Park in a gorgeous forest setting. There are two sledding hills, a big one for all and a kiddie one—both are complimentary to guests of the resort. You can rent sledding discs for $15 for half day and $25 for a full day. Want more fun? Teyana also offers a guided snowshoe hike, ice skating and archery sessions.