A skier rides down the slopes from the KT-22 summit during the grand opening of Palisades Tahoe gondola line in Olympic Valley, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
With Presidents’ Day arriving just in time for near-perfect ski conditions and many Bay Area schools let out for their mid-winter break, Lake Tahoe-bound drivers can expect sunshine — but a perfect storm of traffic this weekend.
The notoriously jammed stretch between the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada takes about three and a half hours on a typical day, either through Interstate 80 or Highway 50. This weekend drivers