"The Longer You Stay, The More You Win"-- Gar Woods annual winter Friday Night Apres Ski event is back for the 2011-2012 season! North Shore Nights takes place every Friday in the bar from 6:30-9:30 pm immediately following Happy Hour. Local resorts as well as retail and liquor sponsors have partnered with us once again to offer awesome prizes, raffled every 30 minutes, including: Lift Tickets, Porter's Gear, Big Mack Charter Fishing Passes, Gift Certificates, Native Eyewear, Lakeview Threads Logowear, Snowbomb Tahoe Gold Cards & Swag- and a Grand Prize every week (usually a Snowboard, but it could be Skis, a Toboggan, or maybe even a new Ski Jacket)! Raffle tickets are earned with each purchase made in the bar and it's easy to rack them up with $4 Fish Tacos, $7 BBQ Chicken Quesadillas, $4.95 Sponsor Specials, $4.25 Draft Beers, and $5.25 Wet Woods. Live music with Durango Bones starts at 8:00 pm, but come early for a warm seat by the fire. The only rule is "if you win it, you wear it"!  The photos tell the story best... Our emcee, Ilana, looks forward to seeing you on Fridays at Gar Woods!

Don't miss Gar Woods' 22nd Annual Polar Bear Swim at 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 3rd!  Each year hundreds of spectators line the pier and deck to watch hardy souls brave the frigid waters of Lake Tahoe. Participants swim approximately 250 yards in 39 degree bone chilling water before returning to Gar Woods Bar to minimize their pain.  With any luck there will be hot tubs to warm their bodies after the swim. Free appetizers are provided to all following the swim and the event is capped off with a hugely popular raffle in the bar.