Important Updates

In order to better serve our growing number of participants, we are making some changes to our booking and cancellation policies for the 2026/27 season. Please read carefully before signing up. More information is available about the types of snowsports lessons we offer below.

Making a Reservation

General Reservations

Fill out the Achieve Tahoe participant form, liability releases 1-4, and the Northstar Waiver.
1. Participant Information Form
2. Liability Releases 1, 2, & 3
3. Northstar Waiver (all participants are required to complete and submit this release via email, even if you don't plan to take lessons there)
Once all forms have been submitted and processed*, you will receive an email with a link to the reservations website.

Reservations will open on October 11th at 2pm for Regular Rate Lessons and October 15th at 6pm for Holiday Rate Lessons.

*It takes our team 48 hours to process all forms.

Formularios en español:

Formulario de información del participante
Exenciones de responsabilidad 3-5
Exención de responsabilidad de Northstar (todos los participantes deben completar esta exención, incluso si no planean tomar clases en Northstar)

Regional Center and SDP Reservations

Fill out the Achieve Tahoe participant form, liability releases 1-4, and the Northstar Waiver.
1. Participant Information Form
2. Liability Releases 1, 2, & 3
3. Northstar Waiver (all participants are required to complete and submit this release via email, even if you don't plan to take lessons there)
Email [email protected] verification of your funding from your regional center (this can be an email from the service coordinator or a copy of the spending plan). Include any information that you have about which regional center you work with, and who will be providing payment.
Once all forms and your funding verification email have been submitted and processed*, you will receive an email with a link to the reservations website.

Reservations will open on October 11th at 2pm for Regular Rate Lessons and October 15th at 6pm for Holiday Rate Lessons.

*It takes our team 7 days to process all regional center participants.

Formularios en español:

Formulario de información del participante
Exenciones de responsabilidad 3-5
Exención de responsabilidad de Northstar (todos los participantes deben completar esta exención, incluso si no planean tomar clases en Northstar)

Financial Assistance

Fill out the Achieve Tahoe participant form, liability releases 1-4, and the Northstar Waiver.
1. Participant Information Form
2. Liability Releases 1, 2, & 3
3. Northstar Waiver (all participants are required to complete and submit this release via email, even if you don't plan to take lessons there)
Fill out the Financial Assistance Application.
Once all forms and your financial assistance application have been submitted and processed*, you will receive an email with a link to the reservations website.

Reservations will open on October 11th at 2pm for Regular Rate Lessons and October 15th at 6pm for Holiday Rate Lessons.

*It takes our team 7 days to process all financial assistance applications.

Formularios en español:

Formulario de información del participante
Exenciones de responsabilidad 3-5
Exención de responsabilidad de Northstar (todos los participantes deben completar esta exención, incluso si no planean tomar clases en Northstar)

Cancellation Policies

Self-Funded Reservations

Lesson Changes – Dependent on availability

31+ Days Before Lesson: $15 change fee per lesson
30-3 Days Before Lesson: $25 change fee per lesson
Within 48 hours: No changes and no refund

Lesson Cancellations

31+ Days Before Lesson: Full refund minus $25 admin fee.
3-30 Days Before Lesson: 50% Refund
Withing 48 Hours of Lesson Start Time: No Refund

Regional Center or SDP

Lesson Changes – Dependent on availability

31+ Days Before Lesson: $15 change fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
3-30 Days Before Lesson: $25 change fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
Within 48 hours: Full cost of lesson, to be paid by participant

Lesson Cancellations

31+ Days Before Lesson: $15 admin fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
3-30 Days Before Lesson: $25 admin fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
Withing 48 Hours of Lesson Start Time: Full cost of lesson, to be paid by participant

Failure to pay admin fees will affect future ability to sign up using Regional Center or SDP funding.

Scholarship

Lesson Changes and Cancellations

31+ Days Before Lesson: $10 change fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
3-30 Days Before Lesson: $20 change fee per lesson, to be paid by participant
Within 48 hours: $30 change fee, to be paid by participant

Failure to pay admin fees will affect future financial assistance.

Storm Policy

If the roads are open and the resort is open, then we are open! Regardless of weather! If you see weather in the forecast that you think will affect your ability to participate, you must cancel in advance, according to the above policies.

Full refund only if:

The road you drive to get to Achieve Tahoe is closed.
Access to Achieve Tahoe, the resort, or North Lake Tahoe is closed.
If your selected resort is closed, and another resort we operate at is open, we may offer to move your lesson there.
The lifts you would use for your lesson are closed.
Achieve Tahoe cancels your lesson.

Lesson Limits

In October, each participant is permitted to sign up for 12 half-day lessons or 6 full-day lessons.
In early December, participants are permitted to go online and sign up for more than 12 half-day lessons or 6 full-day lessons (depending on availability). They are also permitted to sign up for the waitlist for any additional dates that they want.
There is no season limit for lessons, just a limit to the number of lessons a participant can sign up for in October. This is to ensure we can accommodate as many participants as possible this season!