Cal Lodge

Welcome to the Cal Lodge. We are a 10,000 sq ft Lodge owned by the Students of the University of California. We work as a large Lodge able to accommodate groups of 30 to 50+ guests and as a hostel hosting international guests and travellers. We are ideally located in North Lake Tahoe on Donner Summit at 7,000 feet. Accessible by private car, train, and bus. Over 5,000 guests annually visit the Cal lodge for recreation, retreats, and outdoor recreation.

There are many things to do at the cal lodge. The winter season is our busiest season as we receive over 25 feet of snow annually. Most of our guests come to the cal lodge in the winter to ski, snowboard, or just to enjoy Lake Tahoe, the snow and play outside on our sledding hill.

We are less than 5 minutes to sugar bowl ski/ snowboard resort/ boreal mountain resort and Donner Ski Ranch. Plus, we get excellent discounts at sugar bowl including discounted lift tickets and free 2 hour lessons and free rental gear for our guests; please call to inquire about discounts. Also, there is a free public bus that accesses our lodge from Truckee beginning December 17 to April 15th.

Amenities of the cal lodge include: free wireless internet a house computer, large living room to relax in, refrigerator space and a large kitchen for meal preparations. Guests can prepare their own meals and store their food in our refrigerator, however we only allow our guests to use the microwave for cooking. We do however provide meals in our kitchen dinners $12 per person.

Accommodation Information

The Cal Lodge has 50+ beds available. We have a large women's dormitory, a large Men's dormitory and several private rooms, plus our sun room with seven beds.

Location Information

The Cal Lodge is located on Donner Summit in North Lake Tahoe.
Our exact address is:
19818 Donner Pass roads
Norden California
Zip Code 95728