Snowflower Thousand Trails

We are Thousand Trail members, so this a free site for us. The location is great for many hikes and kayaking. There is a nice little lake at camp, also a larger one, Long Valley Resv., a short drive away. Great hikes from camp, and nearby in the Tahoe Nat'l Forest. Many lakes and trails off Bowman Rd. This camp has a pool and a club house and very clean bathrooms complete with showers. Each site has water & elect. There are two dump stations in the park. Cell service can be spotty. We have had sites with great Verizon service and some with spotty service.

Many things are the park were not working which was pretty unfortunate (4 of the 7 dryers in the laundry were broken) and the sites were only 30 amp power with water - so a long term stay could be tough. We parked in The Cliffs which was a large parking lot next to some cliffs. Hard to determine where each site started and ended, but it was close to pool and playground.

The "ski lodge" seemed well stocked with pool table, activities, and pretty good wifi.

We would stay here again since we are 1000trails members, but just have to be prepared for limited services.

This place is absolutely beautiful. The staff is friendly, I had cell reception in the upper campground (which is a little tight for larger trailers), and the lower campground. Current speed test @ lower campground with ATT: Ping: 28, 25mbps down, 3.00mbps up. If I added my $20 MIMO antenna it would probably do even better.

Snowflower is a beautiful natural rustic park. Most of the sites are fairly level and extremely long. Our site was in Upper Fawn, where we were surrounded by trees and giant rocks. Sites in the loops are nice too- especially on the lake. There’s also a flat parking lot type area for people who want to feel like their tailgating (?) or maybe for people who like concrete? The showers were excellent, clean, and hot. Great reception Verizon hotspot. Office staff were super helpful.

I see that my last review was back in 2017. We are Thousand Trail members, so we were not charged for our stay. This park has had management changes over the years. Who ever is managing it now, kudos. The park is clean, sites brushed, & it felt taken care of. It was spotty there for a while. Cell coverage was fabulous! That is the main reason for my update. The only reason why I didn't give site quality 5 stars, is because there are many sites that are steep, & not so big. However, many sites are 5 stars. Ours would have been a 5 star.

We stayed here this last weekend July 1-6th. We decided to try tent camping and left our RV at home. We made the 1 1\2 trip the previous week so we could check the camp site out to see what we would need to bring. The bathrooms in the tent oak section were clean smelled like bleach and the showers had nice not water. There were electric boxes at each tent site we didn't check them didn't have anything with us at the time. So we decided to come back and stay our week.. So we arrived July 1 st. Office staff seems friendly enough. We checked in and drove up to the very top of the mountain to the tent Oak section for our week adventure in the woods. When we picked our site and started to unpack the neighbor campers informed us that the bathrooms are clogged and out of order and locked, and have been since Friday, (no one at the office mentioned this before we drove 300 ft up the mountain. Or when I called to tell them the site we chose). Ok so no bathroom.... I called the office again ( twice in less than 1\2hr.). I asked about the restroom and after much discussion between the office the come back on Line and said that the Plummer was on his was and everything would be fixed in a few hours.. Ok so we set up camp. We went to plug into the electric box and it didn't work! So we called the office for a third time and was told the electric hasn't worked for over 2 years in the tent sites. ( again the office didn't inform us of this when we checked in). So we settled in and watched as the Plummer did arrive and did lots of work with pipes and such. He left we walked down to the rest room and it was still locked and out of order. WTF.....I called the office no answer but it was after 3 pm so they were probably closed..... A few days later a young man in a thousand trails shirt stopped by with a clip board. Ask who we were.... we told him he said we weren't on his list.... I had my red check in receipt on the power pole as instructed to do.... So I he found us... I asked him about the bathrooms. He said they have had problems with them for years.... I ask about the electric. He said once again it hasn't worked for years. I told him I am really disappointed and this is my last time here. HE BASICALLY said he didn't care..... I told him I was giving a bad review he said so....Too bad it is a nice park if things worked as promised.. He said it's corporate and not up to him... He had a thousand trails shirt on he i s corporate.... DO NOT STAY HERE.....They do not care about you... Drove on the hill to the "lake". There was a party of people all hooked up with boats and rafts to the boat dock so no one else could use it had trucks parked on boat ramp blocked to all others all day long..... No one said anything thousand trails people walked by us....Had to see.... said nothing..... pool was limited and they turned away the family at a near by camp to us... Kids couldn't even swim.....bathrooms by pool clogged and no not water in shower.......unkempt park......

This is only our second thousand trails park but so far awesome park! Everyone was nice and friendly everything worked great we’re in a class our spot was perfect I felt bad for the tent people in earlier review, maybe if they take their RV next time they’ll find a better spot. Lots of birds and small critters to entertain while enjoying the peaceful outdoors. Oh and the area between there and Reno so much to see and do unbelievable! Try the local restaurant!

This is my first Thousand Trails experience and it was excellent. Drove through all of the loops to get a feel for the spots and views available. Some spots are definitely difficult to get into with larger rigs but just keep looking and you’re bound to find one that will work perfectly. I chose to do the upper loop and ended up in the Tahoe Loop section. I’m glad I made that choice. With a clear night the stars can’t be beat.

This is a very busy place on the weekends with lots for families to do. Some sites are crazy close together and others have space to spare.

We stayed 4 days up in the area called Tahoe with space to spare. The only drawback is that there is no dump at the sites (anywhere in the park) so you either have to sign up in advance for the $40 honey wagon or drive down the steep rough road to the central dump station. Some people have their dump buddy thingy to haul to the dump station. We don’t have one.

So, we drove down the hill and decided to change spots. Check out time is 11:00 so you can find a different site before the new arrivals pick theirs at 12:00. We chose #10 in Lower Fawn. It’s a short walk to the lake from there and the bathhouse is just up the hillside in Redwood. Showers were adequate.

We got some local tv when up in the Tahoe section but none in Lower Fawn. There is satellite dish available.

Verizon LTE was strong with 2-3 bars

Came in late Friday so we got a squished site in the group area. A place by the lake is pretty tough to get. Probably need to move there the morning of your second day (wishful thinking on a Saturday). Anyway, some nice spots opened up in the Tahoe loop Saturday morning but we’re only here 3 nights so not worth the move. Very rough dirt roads up the hill to the “not by the lake” sites. About a mile and a half at 5 mph to save the rig. 4 washers, 3 out of order. We went to Truckee to do laundry. Cool Donner museum there. Not much of an area to enjoy the lake if you don’t have a site by it. Pretty crowded. We didn’t bother trying to fit our chairs in.