New ‘chalet’ rooms proposed at Lake Tahoe hotel, ranked among top spots worldwide
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Lake Tahoe’s Northstar resort is seeking to expand with new “chalets” which can be offered as rentals.
The project, dubbed the Ritz-Carlton Residences/Lake Tahoe Mountain Chalets, will contain 38 condominium units with 74 bedrooms, all divided into 18 chalets; a parking garage partially underground; and an “elevated walkway” to connect the area to the hotel. Each chalet space will have its own private two-car garage, according to a Placer County report.
The plan is still in its initial stages, and its approval will come before the Placer County Planning Commission for a vote during its Dec. 4 meeting.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel has been ranked the No. 1 best resort in Northern California and No. 28 out of a list of the world’s top 50 resorts by Condé Nast Traveler. Opened in 2009, the hotel has 170 rooms and suites, a slopeside spa and several dining options, according to The Sacramento Bee’s previous reporting.
Forty-one condominiums had previously been approved for construction and listed in a 2005 master plan for the area. But the units were never built after the economy tanked in 2008. The 3.4 acre site will be built atop a 114-space parking lot dedicated for hotel employees, according to the Placer County report.
The site will also include improvements such as a new private road, sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, according to the report. Chalet owners can also place a unit under the hotel’s voluntary rental program.
The Placer County Planning Commission will consider an ordinance to rezone the area from a residential multifamily design to a resort design and to move forward with the project.
A spokesperson with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Lake Tahoe could not be immediately reached Friday.
This story was originally published November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM.
