North Lake Tahoe, CA – North Lake Tahoe celebrates its long winter season with SnowFest, a 10-day carnival and one of the region’s most popular annual family celebrations. SnowFest is scheduled for March 4-13, 2011 this season, and will be held at a variety of venues throughout North Lake Tahoe.nIn its 30th year, SnowFest is expected to draw thousands of attendees, with the majority of events free to spectators. The annual favorites are back, along with expanded special events, including the Opening Night Ceremonies, Laser Show, Torchlight Parade and Fireworks.

Other highlights include the Mamasake Extreme Food Challenge for those with a strong stomach, the 21th Annual Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim in Tahoe’s frigid waters, SnowFest Parades in Tahoe City and Kings Beach and a Sunnyside Luau. The Great Ski Race, an annual cross country adventure will get the competitive juices flowing. Kings Beach will be decorated with an Ice Castle and Lighting Contest, and Wacky Winter Human Bowling with snow saucers and inflatable pins is surely good for a laugh. Tahoe City Golf Course’s “Dog Pull”, the Dragon Snow Palace, a Dummy Downhill at Diamond Peak ski area in Incline Village, the highly creative 23rd Annual Snow Sculpture Contest at Tahoe City’s River Ranch Lodge, Special Olympics Polar Plunge at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, and the 3rd Annual Ta-Hoe Nalu Arctic Standup Paddleboard Race round things out.

For more information about SnowFest and a complete list of events, visit the organization’s website at www.tahoesnowfestival.com.