Near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, it offers 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) of skiable terrain, 13 different lifts, and a vertical drop of 1,802 feet (549 m).

[4][5] With the help of Peter Klaussen and a number of families who pooled resources to develop the area, Alpine Meadows was founded in 1958 and opened in 1961.

[5] JMA Ventures, owner of the Homewood Mountain Resort on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, purchased Alpine Meadows from Powdr Corporation in July 2007.

One person, Alpine Meadows employee Anna Conrad, was successfully extracted from the debris by search and rescue teams after being trapped for five days inside a collapsed resort building.

It supports a variety of non-profit organizations with the goal of contributing positively to the local community, particularly through education and environmental protection programs.

[16][17][18] It has been discussed in the media that the new company will seek to eventually combine the two resorts into one mega-resort through an agreement with a local property owner, Troy Caldwell, who owns the land connecting Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley - White Wolf Mountain.

[3] Resort owners need permission from local land managers, including both Placer County and the Tahoe National Forest which are currently studying the proposed project's environmental impacts.