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Link: image_src Skip to Navigation Skip to Content Home more cities * San Francisco * Portland * Seattle * Eat+Drink * Style + Design * Arts + Culture * Fitness + Outdoors * Music + Nightlife * Tech + Gadgets * Trips and Travel * Wine Country * Tahoe * Love + Sex * Weddings * Kids * Pets * Recipes * Visitor's Guide * Photos Search mysite.com: ________________ [ Go > ] No Ride To Tahoe? No Sweat. Rideshare Programs Abound IFrame No Ride To Tahoe? No Sweat. Rideshare Programs Abound For Northern-Bound Skiers Photo via dennis on Flickr.com Now that winter has decided to come out of hibernation, it's time to consider that long-delayed trip to the slopes. What, you've got no ride to Tahoe? No problem. There's a plethora of options available to get you on your way. Studies have shown that nearly 80 percent of visitors to Tahoe each year arrive by car with at least one empty seat. Zimride and RideJoy are a couple of high-profile and efficient means to help fill those seats. Both are community driven marketplaces for sharing rides, and you can figure spending anywhere from $10 to $40, depending on the driver and the number of riders, for a one-way passage. Also, you don't have to worry too much about creepy passengers or drivers; both ride-share sites require a Facebook account to verify identities and help put everyone at ease. Like-minded skiers and snowboarders generally end up making the three-hour drive in pleasant company. Another way to get a lift is to checkout snowpals.org. For the past 13 ski seasons, they've been hooking up riders and drivers and have about 5,600 local members in their ride-sharing pool. Snowbomb.com and Sierra-at-Tahoe share an online rideshare board that finds rides for passengers and vice versa. You can log on to them at ridelaketahoe.com and rideshare.sierraattahoe.com. And, of course, there's always Craigslist. By Dan Giesin on January 24, 2012 2:00 PM under Tahoe, zimride IFrame More Tahoe Postings Next PostingBuy Lift Tickets Online for Less with Liftopia Add Comment 6 Comment Cool. By AnonymousPz (not verified) on January 27, 2012 It's 180 miles from SF to South Lake Tahoe with a 65 mph speed limit for 2/3 of the way and a 55 mph speed limit for the rest. It's 3 hours if your driver knows how to drive. 4 hours if there's snow. On the other hand, if you get stuck with someone who goes 10 under the speed limit in the left lane on the freeway and then doesn't understand that going uphill into the mountains requires a little more pressure on the gas pedal to maintain speed -- well, then it could take days. And for the record, I made it there in 3:30 hours in snowy conditions last Saturday and returned in 4 hours in even snowier conditions on Sunday. And my all-time record is 2:15 on a clear, dry, empty road. By Anonymous (not verified) on January 25, 2012 "Depending on Road Conditions" - what you mean is 3-4 hours if there is no snow on the roads. By Anonymous (not verified) on January 25, 2012 3-4 hours no problem depending on road conditions. By Anonymous (not verified) on January 25, 2012 3 hour drive? From where Sacramento? Definitely not from San Francisco. 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