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Granite cliffs, pine forest and Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley seen from Tunnel View, California, USA

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California

From the granite walls of Yosemite to the ski slopes of Palisades and Mammoth, California’s Sierra Nevada is America’s great high-mountain playground: giant sequoias, glacier-carved valleys and some of the sunniest skiing in the West.

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Resort buildings and snowy mountain slopes in Olympic Valley at Everline Resort & Spa, Palisades Tahoe, USA

Palisades Tahoe · California

Everline Resort & Spa

Everline Resort & Spa is a ski-in, ski-out resort at Palisades Tahoe, the legendary Californian ski area that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and is one of the most searched ski resorts in the United States. Set in Olympic Valley, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, the resort combines direct access to the slopes with a huge pool complex, a spa and a championship golf course, making it a true all-season mountain base.

Lodge exterior among pine trees in summer at Tamarack Lodge & Resort, Mammoth Lakes, USA

Mammoth Lakes · California

Tamarack Lodge & Resort

Tamarack Lodge & Resort is a historic mountain lodge on the shore of Twin Lakes, in the beautiful Mammoth Lakes Basin of California's Eastern Sierra. Built in 1924, it has the cosy, timeless charm of an old-fashioned mountain retreat, with rustic cabins among the pines, a lakefront restaurant and trails leading straight into the high country, at prices well below most mountain resorts in California.

The Ahwahnee illuminated at dusk beneath Yosemite cliffs in winter, Yosemite National Park, USA

Yosemite National Park · California

The Ahwahnee

The Ahwahnee is the grandest hotel in America's national parks, a monumental lodge of stone, timber and stained glass set beneath the soaring granite walls of Yosemite Valley. Opened in 1927, it has welcomed presidents, royalty and film stars, and its interiors inspired some of the most famous hotel scenes in cinema. Staying here puts you in the heart of one of the most celebrated landscapes on Earth, with Half Dome and Yosemite Falls on your doorstep.

Aerial view of the resort amid forested mountain slopes at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, Northstar, USA

Northstar · California

The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe

The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is a grand timber-and-stone lodge set mid-mountain at Northstar California, one of the most family-friendly ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada. With ski-in, ski-out access, a large spa, heated outdoor pools and a fire pit where guests toast s'mores every evening, it brings classic five-star service to the slopes, a short drive from the north shore of Lake Tahoe.