The Resort at Squaw Creek offers a variety of winter activities for families with children. Located in Lake Tahoe, tourists can enjoy a dog sled tour or ride a one horse open sleigh at the Resort even if they are not hotel guests. For first-time visitors, the Resort is located on Squaw Creek Road away from Squaw Valley USA and the Village at Squaw Valley. If you’ve reached the Village, you need to turn back.

Anyways, the dog sled tours are offered by Wilderness Adventures. You do need to make reservations as the dog sled tours do fill-up. However, be forewarned that the availability of the dog sled tours depends on the weather. The first day that I tried to book a tour, the dogs were not running because of adverse weather conditions. The second day I tried, the tours were all booked. Fortunately, I was in Lake Tahoe long enough and was able to fit in a dog sled tour the following day. Wilderness Adventures is located in a yurt in the back of the Resort at Squaw Creek. Their one hour dog sled tour takes you through the Squaw Valley meadow. It’s a fun and relatively unique excursion.

Adjacent to the dog sled tours is the one horse open sleigh that also travels through the Squaw Valley meadow. This adventure is a lot cheaper than the dog sled tour and even more popular for young children.

The Resort at Squaw Creek also has an ice skating rink that young children might enjoy. While it lacks the history of the Olympic Ice Pavilion, it is located in a more protected environment. Also, the food choices at the outside chuckwagon were definitely more enticing. The hearty pastrami sandwich looked like real pastrami.