Tahoe snow comes in large dumps and at times it can be weeks between storms. Because Tahoe starts at 6000 feet (not that high) and because it is roughly where North Carolina is on the east coast, Tahoe gets more than its fair share of warm sunny days in the middle of winter and this really damages the snow. It is impossible to know in advance when these stretches will arrive. This was the biggest year on record at Squaw and they got around 12 inches of snow for the entire month of January. Go figure!!
Generally November the resorts are rarely open due to lack of snow. December for the the past 6-7 years has been very spotty. Usually by around Christmas enough snow shows up and saves the day (last year was the first good December and November in many years). January , February and March are usually solid and if I had to pick a time in advance I would go late Jan into early Feb. From MLK weekend up to Presidents Day weekend would be the month that I would focus on.
Squaw has a great feature on its site and gives daily snowfall for each seaosn going back 10 or so years. Here is the link:
http://www.squaw.com/snowfall-tracker-2010-11
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