When does Diamond Peak open? Opening day 2026-27
Early December
Diamond Peak says it will open in early December, without naming a day yet (diamondpeak.com).
Opening-day alerts
A notification on this device on opening day, early in the morning, with a link to the resort’s own report. Pick your resorts:
For Mt. Rose, Sugar Bowl and Diamond Peak it comes the morning their lift page first shows a lift running; for the others, the morning of the opening day they announced, whether or not it holds. It is a heads-up, not the resort’s report: check the resort’s own site for hours and terrain before you go. One alert per resort; no account, no email, and you can turn them off here any time (what we keep).
Snow at Diamond Peak
The nearest SNOTEL station, Little Valley at 6,500 feet, measured 0 inches of snow on the ground on Sunday, October 18 (no change on the day, no change on the week).
National Weather Service forecast at the resort
Snowfall forecast: 0 in over the next three days and 0 in over seven, from the NWS Reno office’s gridded forecast for the base area, read Oct 19, 12:27 PM PT.
| When | Forecast | Temp |
|---|---|---|
| This Afternoon | Sunny | High 59°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | Low 42°F |
| Tuesday | Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain | High 56°F |
| Tuesday Night | Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy | Low 41°F |
The road to Diamond Peak
From Reno, over the Mt. Rose Highway (SR-431) and down the lake side into Incline Village, about 35 miles; Country Club Drive leads to the base. When SR-431 is closed, the way round is I-80 to Truckee, SR-267 to Kings Beach and SR-28 east along the shore.
Road pages with chain controls, closures and every camera: SR-431 road conditions · SR-28 road conditions. What R-1, R-2 and R-3 ask of your car is on the chain-control levels page.
Webcams near Diamond Peak
The state highway cameras closest to the resort, on the Mt. Rose Highway above Incline Village. They show the road, not the slopes: the resort’s own cameras are on diamondpeak.com.
Live video, confirmed streaming at .
| Camera | Road | Elevation | From the resort |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR-431 at Country Club Dr | SR-431 | 7,154 ft | 1.9 mi |
| SR-431 at Diamond Peak | SR-431 | 8,139 ft | 2.1 mi |
| SR-28 south of SR-431 | SR-28 | 6,436 ft | 2.2 mi |
| SR-431 at Brake Check Area | SR-431 | 8,206 ft | 2.3 mi |
| SR-431 at 2nd Creek Dr | SR-431 | 6,508 ft | 2.6 mi |
Diamond Peak Ski Resort and the highway cameras around it.
How this page decides "open"
Announced: the resort’s own site names an opening day or a target, shown here with the date we read it. It is a plan, not a promise: a warm, dry autumn moves it. We read Diamond Peak’s own pages once a day, early morning: the page that states its opening plan and its lift status page. A target date passing does not make a resort open here; only a lift running on its own lift page does. Before you drive, check diamondpeak.com for hours, terrain and parking.
Other Tahoe resorts
All of them on one page, with snow and forecasts side by side: Tahoe ski resort opening dates. Choosing between them from Reno: ski resorts near Reno compared.
Opening plan and lifts: Diamond Peak’s own site, diamondpeak.com, read every morning. Snow on the ground: USDA NRCS SNOTEL station Little Valley (1242:NV:SNTL). Forecast: National Weather Service, api.weather.gov. Road status: Caltrans and NDOT. Nevada Explorer is not affiliated with Diamond Peak Ski Resort.